Alan Partridge - Mid-Morning Matters [DVD] + The Thick Of It Series 1 DVD

Product Description

All three episodes from the first series of BBC4's satirical political comedy series written and directed by Armando Iannucci. The caustic comedy, set in the corridors of power, follows the career of Hugh Abbot (Chris Langham), a put-upon MP who is continually harassed by Number 10's foul-mouthed policy enforcer Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) and is dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.

The corridors of Whitehall have, of course, proved a rich trough for comedy in the past, but sitting among the finest must be The Thick Of It, a terrific, insightful and desperately entertaining satire.

This complete first season follows the antics of Hugo Abbot, a simple MP, whose ongoing fight with his party’s spin doctors provides just one richly mined strand for the show. Skilfully mixing drama and comedy, and shot in the increasingly popular fly-on-the-wall documentary style, The Thick Of It manages to be both laugh-out-loud funny, yet eerily scary at the same time.

The credit, clearly, lies with the brains and the cast behind the programme. In front of the camera, both Chris Langham and the seemingly-brutal Peter Capaldi have won the plaudits, but much of the acclaim also needs lying at the doorstep of Armando Iannucci. Iannucci already has a comedy CV that few can rival, both in front of and behind the lens, and it’s testament to the quality of The Thick Of It that it stands next easily next to anything in his back catalogue.