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In the Loop

Armando Iannucci's political satire about a British minister who backs military action and becomes popular in Washington. With Peter Capaldi and James Gandolfini.

When British Secretary of State for International Development Simon Foster accidentally backs military action on TV, he suddenly has a lot of friends in Washington DC.

If Simon and his entourage of one can get in with the right DC people, and if they can stop the PM's chief spin doctor Malcolm Tucker rigging the vote at the UN, then maybe they can halt the war.

1 hour, 41 minutes

Last on

Tue 3 Jun 202523:45
BBC Two

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Well Tempered Clavier Book I - Prelude and Fugue in C BWV896

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Malcolm TuckerPeter Capaldi
Lt Gen George MillerJames Gandolfini
Simon FosterTom Hollander
Toby WrightChris Addison
Judy MolloyGina McKee
Paul MichaelsonSteve Coogan
Liza WeldAnna Chlumsky
Karen ClarkMimi Kennedy
Linton BarwickDavid Rasche
Suzy DouglasOlivia Poulet
RozJoanna Scanlan
Mrs MichaelsonRita May
Civil ServantHarry Hadden-Paton
Malcolm's SecretarySamantha Harrington
DirectorArmando Iannucci
WriterArmando Iannucci
WriterJesse Armstrong
WriterSimon Blackwell
WriterTony Roche
ProducerKevin Loader
ProducerAdam Tandy
Executive ProducerChristine Langan

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