Armando Iannucci directs Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander and James Gandolfini in this British satire where a cabinet minister and a spin doctor find themselves rushed off to Washington when the former lets out an accidental soundbite about a brewing war.

The Thick Of It goes abroad. But unlike Seventies sitcoms of old they visit the US capitol rather Skanko-Del-Mar. The original acid tongued TV show works a little better in more digestible 30 minute chunks. An episode means the lack of resolution and permanent inaction does not come across as quite so bleak. The addition of Gandolfini as an army general is a welcome bonus though.

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Perfect Double Bill: The Death Of Stalin (2017)

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