The Rise of the Nutters

The story

With Hugh in Australia and Glenn in Wales, Ollie is left in charge, feeding policies to junior minister Ben Swain. He is one of the 'Nutters', the group keen to take power when the P.M. resigns and keen to make a name for himself - which he does in the wrong sense when Jeremy Paxman skewers him on 'Newsnight'. This is music to Tucker's ears as it is in his interest for the P.M. to remain in power for as long as he can. Ollie's new girlfriend Emma is working for Shadow Minister Peter Mannion and hopes to impress by stealing one of Ollie's idea for use on their immigration policy though things do not go fully to plan.

Cast & crew

Peter Capaldi

Malcolm Tucker

Chris Addison

Oliver Reeder

Joanna Scanlan

Terri Coverley

James Smith

Glenn Cullen

Justin Edwards

Ben Swain

Paul Higgins

Jamie

Alex Macqueen

Julius Nicholson

Roger Allam

Peter Mannion

Olivia Poulet

Emma Messinger

Will Smith

Phil Smith

Lucinda Raikes

Angela Heaney

David Dawson

Affers

Jeremy Paxman

Himself

Armando Iannucci

Director