The Thick Of It, Armando Iannucci's satirical political comedy ... are confusingly grouped together as "Series One" on the DVD release), it was up to minister Hugh Abbot and his team of spin-doctors ...

The Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.

Episode 1 - Junior Policy Advisor, Ollie Reeder, finds himself the butt of all jokes after a one-night stand with his Opposition Shadow researcher while Hugh Abbot's ministerial visit to a factory ...