--- title: "The Thick of It: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it" cast: 60 crew: 20 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # The Thick of It (2005): cast and crew 60 cast and 20 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Chris Langham](https://film.one/person/chris-langham.md) as Hugh Abbot (6 episodes) - [Peter Capaldi](https://film.one/person/peter-capaldi.md) as Malcolm Tucker (21 episodes) - [Rebecca Front](https://film.one/person/rebecca-front.md) as Nicola Murray (15 episodes) - [Chris Addison](https://film.one/person/chris-addison.md) as Olly Reeder (21 episodes) - [Joanna Scanlan](https://film.one/person/joanna-scanlan.md) as Terri Coverley (21 episodes) - [James Smith](https://film.one/person/james-smith.md) as Glenn Cullen (21 episodes) - [Roger Allam](https://film.one/person/roger-allam.md) as Peter Mannion (10 episodes) - [Morwenna Banks](https://film.one/person/morwenna-banks.md) as Mary (1 episodes) - [Tobias Menzies](https://film.one/person/tobias-menzies.md) as Simon Weir (1 episodes) - [Tim Bentinck](https://film.one/person/tim-bentinck.md) as Cliff Lawton (1 episodes) - [John Biggins](https://film.one/person/john-biggins.md) as Driver (1 episodes) - [Matthew Marsh](https://film.one/person/matthew-marsh.md) as Simon Hewitt (1 episodes) - Vincent Franklin as Stewart Pearson (8 episodes) - Manjinder Virk as Journalist (1 episodes) - Georgie Glen as Susan Dorling (1 episodes) - Di Botcher as Pauline McKendrick (1 episodes) - [Robert Portal](https://film.one/person/robert-portal.md) as Mark Davies (1 episodes) - Theo Fraser Steele as Christian Holhurst (1 episodes) - [Paul Higgins](https://film.one/person/paul-higgins.md) as Jamie (1 episodes) - James Doherty as Steve (1 episodes) - Graeme Mearns as Frankie (2 episodes) - Richard Betts as Online Telegraph (1 episodes) - Eve Matheson as Claire Ballantine (1 episodes) - Martin Ball as Roy Smedley (1 episodes) - [Pearce Quigley](https://film.one/person/pearce-quigley.md) as Doug Hayes (1 episodes) - [Rory Kinnear](https://film.one/person/rory-kinnear.md) as Ed (1 episodes) - [Alex Lowe](https://film.one/person/alex-lowe.md) as John (1 episodes) - Judith Faultless as Guardian Journalist (1 episodes) - [Melanie Hill](https://film.one/person/melanie-hill.md) as Julie Price (1 episodes) - [Lucinda Raikes](https://film.one/person/lucinda-raikes.md) as Angela Heaney (4 episodes) - [Simon Chandler](https://film.one/person/simon-chandler.md) as Permanent Secretary (1 episodes) - Nick Sidi as Head Teacher (1 episodes) - Richard Bacon as Richard Bacon (1 episodes) - Sara Pascoe as Janice (1 episodes) - [Rufus Wright](https://film.one/person/rufus-wright.md) as Gavin Boyes (1 episodes) - Peter Sullivan as Geoffrey (2 episodes) - Zoe Telford as Marianne Swift (2 episodes) - [Alex Macqueen](https://film.one/person/alex-macqueen.md) as Lord Nicholson (3 episodes) - [David Haig](https://film.one/person/david-haig.md) as Steve Fleming (2 episodes) - [Tom Hollander](https://film.one/person/tom-hollander.md) as Cal Richards (1 episodes) - [Struan Rodger](https://film.one/person/struan-rodger.md) as Pat (1 episodes) - Hamza Jeetooa as Raj (1 episodes) - [Jessica Henwick](https://film.one/person/jessica-henwick.md) as Charlotte (1 episodes) - Rob Edwards as Geoff Holhurst (2 episodes) - Emily Bevan as Tara Strachan (1 episodes) - Zahra Ahmadi as Nurse (1 episodes) - [Miles Jupp](https://film.one/person/miles-jupp.md) as John Duggan (2 episodes) - [Justin Edwards](https://film.one/person/justin-edwards.md) as Ben Swain (3 episodes) - Joe Cole as Jack (1 episodes) - [Mandeep Dhillon](https://film.one/person/mandeep-dhillon.md) as Rohinka (1 episodes) - William Hoyland as Lord Goolding (1 episodes) - Priyanga Burford as Baroness Sureka (1 episodes) - [Michael Maloney](https://film.one/person/michael-maloney.md) as Matthew Hodge (1 episodes) - Tony Gardner as Dan Miller (5 episodes) - Polly Kemp as Robyn Murdoch (6 episodes) - [Olivia Poulet](https://film.one/person/olivia-poulet.md) as Emma Messinger (8 episodes) - Rebecca Gethings as Helen Hatley (4 episodes) - Ben Willbond as Adam Kenyon (5 episodes) - Geoffrey Streatfeild as Fergus Williams (5 episodes) - [Sylvestra Le Touzel](https://film.one/person/sylvestra-le-touzel.md) as Mary Drake (2 episodes) ## Directing - [Armando Iannucci](https://film.one/person/armando-iannucci.md): Director (15 episodes) - [Natalie Bailey](https://film.one/person/natalie-bailey.md): Director (2 episodes) - [Becky Martin](https://film.one/person/becky-martin.md): Director (1 episodes) - [Billy Sneddon](https://film.one/person/billy-sneddon.md): Director (1 episodes) - [Chris Addison](https://film.one/person/chris-addison.md): Director (1 episodes) - [Tony Roche](https://film.one/person/tony-roche.md): Director (1 episodes) ## Writing - [Ian Martin](https://film.one/person/ian-martin.md): Writer (21 episodes) - [Sean Gray](https://film.one/person/sean-gray.md): Writer (15 episodes) - [Will Smith](https://film.one/person/will-smith.md): Writer (15 episodes) - [Simon Blackwell](https://film.one/person/simon-blackwell.md): Writer (9 episodes) - [Tony Roche](https://film.one/person/tony-roche.md): Writer (8 episodes) - [Jesse Armstrong](https://film.one/person/jesse-armstrong.md): Writer (8 episodes) - [Armando Iannucci](https://film.one/person/armando-iannucci.md): Writer (7 episodes) - [Roger Drew](https://film.one/person/roger-drew.md): Writer (2 episodes) - [Sam Bain](https://film.one/person/sam-bain.md): Writer (1 episodes) ## Production - [Natalie Bailey](https://film.one/person/natalie-bailey.md): Producer (21 episodes) - [Armando Iannucci](https://film.one/person/armando-iannucci.md): Producer (21 episodes) - [Adam Tandy](https://film.one/person/adam-tandy.md): Producer (21 episodes) - [Jon Plowman](https://film.one/person/jon-plowman.md): Executive Producer (21 episodes) - Andy Forssell: Executive Producer (21 episodes) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it.md