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Armando Iannucci\u2019s The Thick of It might have ended in 2012, but that hasn\u2019t stopped it being mentioned almost every time there\u2019s a political storm \u2013\u00a0which is pretty much daily, at the moment.<\/p>\n
His foolish and cumbersome characters lied, cheated and bluffed their way to the top of politics, and some of their antics became scarily real life.<\/p>\n
RadioTimes.com<\/a> recently caught up with Roger Allam, who starred as Peter Mannion MP in the satire, to reflect on the popularity of the series.<\/p>\n Does he think there\u2019s space for the show to return, especially now the political landscape is different?<\/p> \u201cI don\u2019t know, it\u2019s interesting, isn\u2019t it?,\u201d he said. \u201cI mean, it\u2019s bleaker [in real life] in many different ways. When it [The Thick of It] started, things were more optimistic, we were still in the Blair government.<\/p>\n \u201cThere wasn\u2019t a war in Europe, there wasn\u2019t a cost of living crisis, there wasn\u2019t an economic disaster that I don\u2019t know where it would sit now.\u201d<\/p>\n Allam continued: \u201cPossibly\u2026 I mean, someone would have to do something different, invent something different and brilliant to make a political satire now.\u201d<\/p>\n Iannucci previously ruled out any more episodes of The Thick of It.<\/p>\n Writing in a New Statesman column, via The Guardian<\/a>, the creator explained: \u201cNo, absolutely not. I now find the political landscape so alien and awful that it\u2019s hard to match the waves of cynicism it transmits on its own. Fiction is winning out because fact is no longer making sense.\u201d<\/p>\n Check out our Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news, interviews and features or find something to watch with\u00a0<\/strong>our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Helen Daly Published: Monday, 22 August 2022 at 12:00 am Armando Iannucci\u2019s The Thick of It might have ended in 2012, but that hasn\u2019t stopped it being mentioned almost every time there\u2019s a political storm \u2013\u00a0which is pretty much daily, at the moment. His foolish and cumbersome characters lied, cheated and bluffed their way […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":20633,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/the-thick-of-it-star-downplays-return-i-dont-know-where-it-would-sit.jpg",1210,806,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/the-thick-of-it-star-downplays-return-i-dont-know-where-it-would-sit-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/the-thick-of-it-star-downplays-return-i-dont-know-where-it-would-sit-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/the-thick-of-it-star-downplays-return-i-dont-know-where-it-would-sit-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/the-thick-of-it-star-downplays-return-i-dont-know-where-it-would-sit-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/the-thick-of-it-star-downplays-return-i-dont-know-where-it-would-sit.jpg",1210,806,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/the-thick-of-it-star-downplays-return-i-dont-know-where-it-would-sit.jpg",1210,806,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Helen Daly Published: Monday, 22 August 2022 at 12:00 am Armando Iannucci\u2019s The Thick of It might have ended in 2012, but that hasn\u2019t stopped it being mentioned almost every time there\u2019s a political storm \u2013\u00a0which is pretty much daily, at the moment. His foolish and cumbersome characters lied, cheated and bluffed their way…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/20632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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