The Thick Of It - Deleted Scenes (The Specials)

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  • @Jonjooooo
    @Jonjooooo Рік тому +139

    "Do you want a splintered glass facial?" Incredible writing, I love it.

  • @theslimbin
    @theslimbin Рік тому +57

    20:46 by far my favourite tucker and Jamie moment. Taking the working persons side and especially when Jamie says he’ll kill Ben so she doesn’t have to get her hands dirty

  • @matthewglover7742
    @matthewglover7742 3 роки тому +257

    "You're obviously devoted to her,again" brilliant! !!

  • @bigshort9296
    @bigshort9296 3 роки тому +481

    ‘He trained as a priest”....hilarious.

    • @aquaries206
      @aquaries206 3 роки тому +82

      Funny thing is that Paul Higgins, the actor who played Jamie, was indeed trained as a priest until he picked up acting.

    • @SouthernFriedCyanide
      @SouthernFriedCyanide 3 роки тому +31

      Be fantastic, I'd confess everything to him...😂

    • @thephoenixsystem6765
      @thephoenixsystem6765 2 роки тому +2

      @@SouthernFriedCyanide Well you would

    • @pipo7440
      @pipo7440 2 роки тому

      P

  • @gergelykiss
    @gergelykiss 3 роки тому +341

    "Who doesn't like people? Some of my best friends are people..." 8:10 Love it.

    • @pcrana1
      @pcrana1 3 роки тому +23

      I love how we went some of my best friends are people, some of my best friends are money grabbing wankers in the next season

    • @joliecollier7937
      @joliecollier7937 3 роки тому

      I mean he’s not wrong ahahaah

    • @guibredacalixto9086
      @guibredacalixto9086 3 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂

  • @ThinkingFandom
    @ThinkingFandom 2 роки тому +92

    12:22 Even someone as harsh and morally dubious as Malcolm has standards, just shuts Ollie down

  • @domlzz
    @domlzz 3 роки тому +293

    u have no idea how much you've improved my quality of life by posting all of these.

    • @bobsmudger3979
      @bobsmudger3979 3 роки тому +12

      I second that sentiment 👍

    • @bartholomewdan
      @bartholomewdan Рік тому +1

      Absolutely. They're just as good as the rest of the show.

  • @southsidejohnny5624
    @southsidejohnny5624 3 роки тому +177

    “Fight, fight, fight, fight.” Jamie taking me right back to the playground in my 1970s Glasgow secondary school. Then trying to help them take their jackets off. 😂😂😂

    • @acm1137
      @acm1137 2 роки тому +6

      Looking around for hauners.

  • @valty3727
    @valty3727 3 роки тому +86

    no fucking idea how any of the actors at 22:44 didn’t immediately crack up laughing that shit has me crying

  • @Samwell-L
    @Samwell-L 3 роки тому +371

    Jamie's morals kick in when in the presence of a non-politico. Psychotic but honourable til the end

    • @davestar4718
      @davestar4718 3 роки тому +42

      Non politico? You mean muggle.

    • @Samwell-L
      @Samwell-L 3 роки тому +15

      @@davestar4718 ah yes, my mistake!

    • @clarkmannen8789
      @clarkmannen8789 3 роки тому +10

      @@davestar4718 Pack it in Phil!

    • @flygonfiasco9751
      @flygonfiasco9751 3 роки тому +47

      Malcolm has incredible sympathy towards Sam. Their relationship is really sweet

  • @thatlonewolfguy2878
    @thatlonewolfguy2878 Рік тому +32

    8:48 "don't joke, you are not funny Julius, you're about as funny as a blind toddler in a fucking minefield" 💀💀🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @jamesogorman3315
    @jamesogorman3315 3 роки тому +98

    It’s weird how these deleted scenes almost give more context to things

  • @anthonycleary4676
    @anthonycleary4676 3 роки тому +82

    "banging your head against the table, the sound of oak against fucking willow" has to be my favourite thing ever

  • @damagedbug8848
    @damagedbug8848 3 роки тому +47

    7:06 Love how that lady in the background broke when Jamie flips out lol

    • @ellwill5709
      @ellwill5709 3 роки тому +26

      I think that might be Malcolm's PA, Sam

  • @lifesabeachnyc8568
    @lifesabeachnyc8568 2 роки тому +113

    I love how Phil brings Queen and Freddie Mercury into any conversation. I didn’t realize my first time watching this that the actor playing him (Will Smith) wrote many of the episodes and also wrote for Veep

    • @jamiestewart48
      @jamiestewart48 2 роки тому

      When he says he hopes the large woman doesn't have a thong on but wouldn't be surprised if she has a couple of paninis down there I die every time.

    • @monkeytennis8861
      @monkeytennis8861 Рік тому +1

      Showing off your googling skills. Cool story

    • @janisauzins4103
      @janisauzins4103 Рік тому +2

      Unless I googled wrong, I think he first got in there as an actor, and started writing later. Maybe he wrote some stuff uncredited though

    • @gregoryborton6598
      @gregoryborton6598 Рік тому +8

      @@janisauzins4103 A lot of the lines are totally improvised too. In a show like this, it's kind of hard to tell where the script ends and the actor's improv begins.

  • @essexboys2
    @essexboys2 3 роки тому +122

    “I bet she’s got some paninis down there though” Mannion couldn’t hold it together 😂

    • @jamiestewart48
      @jamiestewart48 2 роки тому +13

      It's such a genuine laugh as well!

    • @AlsatiaZevo
      @AlsatiaZevo 2 роки тому +16

      I'm pretty sure that's Roger Allam corpsing - that's a feat, breaking a member of the RSC

    • @sambrown2126
      @sambrown2126 2 роки тому +8

      would have been Phil’s best line in the entire show

  • @bou7990
    @bou7990 2 місяці тому +2

    19:15 Terri just having a nap haha - honestly some of the best parts of this show happen in the background of every scene. The gift that keeps on giving...

  • @joelkaranikas7314
    @joelkaranikas7314 2 роки тому +28

    5:44 Ben Swain uses an interruption line when the interviewer isn't interrupting him

  • @LifeOfRy
    @LifeOfRy 2 роки тому +47

    16:26 one of the best insults of the show!

  • @darthollie
    @darthollie Рік тому +37

    6:20 scene is probably one of the funniest scenes in the whole show, cannot fathom just how they could get rid of it.

    • @francainable
      @francainable Рік тому +2

      I guess it doesn't drive the plot forward really, same with the panini line,which is my favourite here. Agree it's a shame though. Would love an extended ep with all these scenes.

  • @saffron3618
    @saffron3618 7 місяців тому +8

    The actress playing the cleaner is brilliant! 🤣
    “You’re gonna have to call the police cause I’m gonna kill him!”

  • @233kosta
    @233kosta 3 роки тому +70

    In fairness, I can see how a blind toddler in a minefield would be funny in a South Park kind of way

  • @thetributingstrober552
    @thetributingstrober552 3 роки тому +67

    Malcolm's scarily young in the first shots

  • @kitpalmer1583
    @kitpalmer1583 2 роки тому +21

    7:05 Sam trying so hard not to laugh on camera and utterly failing

  • @baileyrob
    @baileyrob 2 роки тому +23

    "Everything's fine and... calm."
    "Calm?"
    "YES, EVERYTHING'S FUCKING CALM, D'YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH CALM?!"
    hahahahha

  • @PaddyRoon7
    @PaddyRoon7 2 роки тому +24

    I love the father/son thing between Malcolm and Jamie lol, he 's Malcolm's minime!

  • @liamkeegan432
    @liamkeegan432 2 роки тому +47

    I think 3:43 is the first time I've ever seen Malcolm laugh

    • @Theseamus2000
      @Theseamus2000 Рік тому +5

      He has a slight snigger in the episode Olly starts going out with Emma and says "he's a lover not a fighter"

  • @strider6056
    @strider6056 3 роки тому +363

    Jamie should've appeared in this more often.

    • @Aerostarm
      @Aerostarm Рік тому +7

      No he shouldn’t have. He was cringe

    • @JM19649
      @JM19649 Рік тому +23

      "SHUT IT" love actually

    • @themadplotter
      @themadplotter Рік тому

      @@JM19649love how you completely ballsed up the quote marks there, fat man who’s name I can’t remember.

    • @fairsaa7975
      @fairsaa7975 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@AerostarmI found him a bit much

    • @Jackdaw5
      @Jackdaw5 11 місяців тому

      Jamie tends to be the character favoured by those people who miss much of the subtlety of the show.

  • @gingerg85
    @gingerg85 2 роки тому +22

    "She's a lovely woman - gorgeous, and you're obviously very devoted to her again."

    • @sirisaac2000
      @sirisaac2000 2 роки тому +4

      I've seen every episode and most of the deleted scenes. I think that is the funniest line, just the simplicity of it.

    • @gingerg85
      @gingerg85 2 роки тому +3

      @@sirisaac2000 The writing was so sharp, truly excellent.

  • @BalrogsHaveWings
    @BalrogsHaveWings 6 місяців тому +7

    "Do you feel lucky, punk?"
    "No. Honestly, no"

  • @jonathanbennet2580
    @jonathanbennet2580 6 місяців тому +4

    epilepsy of the eyes is such a good line

  • @roystonlodge
    @roystonlodge 2 роки тому +29

    Poor Glen. He had such a good relationship with Hugh, and then he had to start over with Iam Bent.

  • @yatindawra770
    @yatindawra770 11 місяців тому +11

    I’ve only come to realise how small our community is of people who absolutely praise the show. It’s got that underground vibe. Fucking best thing ever made and there ain’t nothing like it. I’m probably watching this video for nth time and it still hits. Also all the love to us guys. Greetings from India. If anyone of you flies into the country, I would love to meet y’all someday.

  • @steveellis9288
    @steveellis9288 3 роки тому +50

    I could happily work with people like them and would look forward to arriving at work everyday.

    • @Bagofnowt
      @Bagofnowt 2 роки тому +11

      It'd be therapeutic to be able to shout at people like that

  • @ben6993
    @ben6993 Рік тому +26

    Why were any of these deleted? An extended edition of The Thick of It with all these scenes would be a dream come true

    • @GustawK
      @GustawK Рік тому +10

      One day I’ll put it together and send you the link.

  • @davidobrien5654
    @davidobrien5654 3 роки тому +20

    It is a *crime* that that hummus scene didn't make it in.

  • @rbrown4378
    @rbrown4378 6 місяців тому +2

    21:39 I cry every time Jamie randomly takes her jacket off

  • @DeanRmma
    @DeanRmma 2 роки тому +14

    “You’re devoted to her..again”

  • @tonyclifton265
    @tonyclifton265 3 роки тому +20

    "dark one, you go. blonde one, you stay" lol

  • @gingerg85
    @gingerg85 2 роки тому +8

    "Jazz hands, feeling you up under the table!" All the Newsnight tricks

  • @BarryLetts379
    @BarryLetts379 3 роки тому +35

    The situation with the janitor, I'm literllay the bloke when it comes to someone getting bullied.
    "I'll do it for you, since I'm bored and in a bad mood"

  • @Lasergridable
    @Lasergridable 2 роки тому +11

    "Blinky Spamfuck" - Ben Swain

  • @DeathBoxDeadBoxHead1
    @DeathBoxDeadBoxHead1 2 роки тому +14

    I love these deleted scenes they are great, I need to find the two 1 hour specials, I got all the episodes of the show, and in the loop...I just need to track down the specials

    • @juicy.em_
      @juicy.em_ 5 місяців тому

      bit late but they’re on bb iplayer

  • @aquaries206
    @aquaries206 3 роки тому +36

    I always find Jamie extremely attractive. Wish could see more of him!

    • @christopherdavies1759
      @christopherdavies1759 3 роки тому +19

      If you like the actor, I recommend 'Utopia' if you haven't seen it, he plays pretty much the opposite of Jamie, and it's one fo the greatest series i've ever seen

    • @aquaries206
      @aquaries206 3 роки тому +2

      @@christopherdavies1759 Utopia is on my list! Thanks for the recommendation!

    • @gchecosse
      @gchecosse Рік тому +2

      ​@aquaries206 he's also in Line of Duty, with a posh English accent, which is hard to take seriously because it sounds like Jamie mocking Ben Swain.

  • @mattcurchin8337
    @mattcurchin8337 4 місяці тому +1

    When Stewart says to Peter about his wife "You're obviously devoted to her.... again" 😂😂

  • @peterlivingstone
    @peterlivingstone 3 роки тому +13

    I like that Malcolm says "...undoubtably.." at 11.42

  • @JJHaggy
    @JJHaggy 3 роки тому +17

    In an alternate reality Mannion is our first Cypriot prime minister

    • @edpatel6929
      @edpatel6929 9 місяців тому

      Brilliant! A true Cypriot crook at that!!!

  • @TheGrimble
    @TheGrimble 10 місяців тому +3

    For some reason ‘who is Peter O’Doherty?’ Gets me everytime

  • @filmreviewer117
    @filmreviewer117 Рік тому +5

    Phil is me trying to explain a geek stuff in normal conservations and people just not getting it.

  • @mossy642
    @mossy642 3 роки тому +16

    Churchill probably did eat Hummus.

  • @stevenmccormackmusic
    @stevenmccormackmusic 2 роки тому +6

    I laughed more than I should at the Irene Handl reference

  • @JPMM316
    @JPMM316 2 роки тому +3

    "He's not interrupting him. Paxo is not interrupting him!"

  • @janisauzins4103
    @janisauzins4103 Рік тому +5

    Ben: I'm the heavyweight of hope
    Ollie: Well what if they say, hey, he's just a blinky dork.
    Contrasts make good writing.

  • @werewolvesdeathmetal
    @werewolvesdeathmetal 3 роки тому +6

    "Nonono, he needs to do it. He should do it. I WANT him to do it"

  • @leetucker6016
    @leetucker6016 2 роки тому +4

    Genius show

  • @tardihydr5641
    @tardihydr5641 3 роки тому +50

    Is there a reason Malcolm is so concerned about whether Claire's partners are blindfolded or not?

    • @aquaries206
      @aquaries206 3 роки тому +28

      Probably if everybody else was also blindfolded then its complete anonymity so it’s not that big of a deal😂 idk?

    • @laserpanda94
      @laserpanda94 2 роки тому +4

      @@aquaries206 Yeah, that's how I understood it. Nobody can prove anything if they're all blindfolded 😄

  • @Hacienda_27
    @Hacienda_27 Рік тому +2

    2:44 it’s so bang on

  • @AlchemistOfNirnroot
    @AlchemistOfNirnroot 2 роки тому +7

    That third eye joke....

  • @deanlawrence3881
    @deanlawrence3881 2 роки тому +7

    Even the out takes are fucking brilliant.

  • @TobeWilsonNetwork
    @TobeWilsonNetwork 3 роки тому +7

    1:33 “… verifiable”

  • @jeffmoo9235
    @jeffmoo9235 Місяць тому

    I wish they hadnt cut that first scene from Spinners and Losers because Malcolm knowing that Dan isnt standing, before assuming otherwise makes the whole time wasting mess so much funnier

  • @jacksimpsonguitar253
    @jacksimpsonguitar253 2 роки тому +9

    Yes everything's fucking calm do you have a problem with calm!?

  • @hoilst265
    @hoilst265 2 роки тому +2

    "That...could just be...somebody who likes walks."

  • @keepyoureyespeeled
    @keepyoureyespeeled 3 роки тому +25

    "You’re like the man with the Midas touch…"
    So…Midas?

    • @c.l.u
      @c.l.u 3 роки тому +1

      Midas was a greedy king who given the power to turn anything he touched to gold by Dionysius. (he chose the reward)

  • @damxcv
    @damxcv 2 роки тому +1

    6:23 Epilepsy of the eyes 😂😂😂

  • @MX.Unicorn1999
    @MX.Unicorn1999 2 роки тому +6

    I see the cleaner is well adjusted to them

  • @Islington_Express_Bus
    @Islington_Express_Bus 2 роки тому +2

    0:18 you can see a boom mike briefly

  • @premier1975
    @premier1975 2 роки тому +1

    6:13 the opposite of the midas touch is, the kowalski touch.

  • @Rapscallion2009
    @Rapscallion2009 3 роки тому +8

    That tucker guy swears a lot.

  • @jesse98362
    @jesse98362 3 роки тому +2

    So good.

  • @matthewpople9639
    @matthewpople9639 Рік тому +3

    How did they cut that scene with Ben, Jaimie and Malcolm? 😂

  • @josderbos9571
    @josderbos9571 3 роки тому +20

    7:37 without context

  • @Valhalla88888
    @Valhalla88888 Рік тому +2

    Jamie and Malcolm great Scots schooling the English with bad language❤❤❤❤

  • @monika2745
    @monika2745 Місяць тому

    I love how character of Fatty keeps being mentioned throughout the series but we never get to see him or his 10,000 folds (of fat) 😂😂😂

  • @Hacienda_27
    @Hacienda_27 8 місяців тому

    15:44 I feel personally attacked

  • @jeffmoo9235
    @jeffmoo9235 Місяць тому

    Spinners and Losers starts at 12:00 for anyone searching

  • @Hacienda_27
    @Hacienda_27 Рік тому +1

    Practically Non of these should of been deleted

  • @JD-fb5ps
    @JD-fb5ps Рік тому +2

    "Cannabis and wanking?"

  • @nelsonglover3963
    @nelsonglover3963 3 роки тому +13

    I swear these aren't deleted scenes

    • @ciaranmcguinness8900
      @ciaranmcguinness8900 3 роки тому

      Same

    • @Eliteerin
      @Eliteerin 3 роки тому

      Yeah I'm fairly sure most of these were in the series

    • @callumstringer1946
      @callumstringer1946 3 роки тому +18

      It’s different dialogue from the same scenes in the show

    • @francainable
      @francainable Рік тому +1

      Some of them are scenes that are in but a bit longer where they probably had to cut for time

  • @corneliuswonder
    @corneliuswonder 3 роки тому +5

    3:09

  • @SuperNeontrix
    @SuperNeontrix 3 роки тому +2

    Not just here, at Waitrose and other places...

  • @Gravedigger933
    @Gravedigger933 Рік тому +1

    12:25 😂

  • @darthollie
    @darthollie 3 роки тому +4

    "fight, fight, fight, fight"

  • @AbAb-th5qe
    @AbAb-th5qe Рік тому

    I really enjoyed 1:58

  • @georgeohunt2263
    @georgeohunt2263 2 роки тому +2

    I fucking love Ben Swain

  • @tmod231
    @tmod231 3 роки тому +4

    Not all of these were deleted tho?

    • @seankelly378
      @seankelly378 2 роки тому +2

      some had slight changes these ones weren’t used i think

    • @haztec.
      @haztec. 3 місяці тому

      some scenes are extended on here, so they add the bit they kept in for the context.

  • @PaulRoneClarke
    @PaulRoneClarke 6 місяців тому

    Claire's reason for not running for leader is a bit different in the out-takes than it is in the actual show... I mean.....

  • @janisauzins4103
    @janisauzins4103 Рік тому

    In the 3rd season Peter Manion is shown to meet Terry for the first time... Are the specials not canon?

    • @AzelfandQuilava
      @AzelfandQuilava 8 місяців тому +3

      Presumably some of the deleted scenes aren't canon, plus technically Peter and Terri DID meet prior to the show but only she remembers. I wouldn't really say the deleted scene contradicts much either way tho.

  • @h.a.b.arguille1896
    @h.a.b.arguille1896 3 роки тому +2

    The last of the last bus home...?

  • @corneliuswonder
    @corneliuswonder 2 роки тому +2

    12:22

  • @sirravixfourhorn7681
    @sirravixfourhorn7681 6 місяців тому

    14:19 for the Fatty joke

  • @gregbouchard414
    @gregbouchard414 9 місяців тому

    I got the thick of it complete collection on dvd and I can't wait too watch at of Downton Abbey see going too be good too watch at we'll be good too watch at my name see Gregbouchard

  • @RICKYMDOGG
    @RICKYMDOGG 3 роки тому +3

    "Sauron"

  • @valty3727
    @valty3727 3 роки тому +1

    12:00

  • @cmasseylynch
    @cmasseylynch 3 роки тому +4

    aaahhh what goes on behind the doors of the tories and labour in 2021....

  • @funkdoubt1
    @funkdoubt1 Рік тому

    🤣

  • @TimStamper89
    @TimStamper89 3 роки тому +7

    No surrender popes a bender 🤣

  • @Kris.G
    @Kris.G Рік тому +2

    People seem to like Jamie but I can't stand him. He was just nasty without the funny part.

  • @elliotthannant6
    @elliotthannant6 3 роки тому +1

    J NJ

  • @markpunt9638
    @markpunt9638 3 роки тому +2

    Funny how most of this just has not survived.
    It is not on a par with Yes Minister by any stretch of the imagination.