The Rise of the Nutters

The Rise of the Nutters

60 mins | Comedy | July 1, 2007

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.

The Rise of the Nutters

60 mins | Comedy | July 1, 2007

The Rise of the Nutters
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.
IMDb rating 8.5
Producers BBC
Original title The Rise of the Nutters
Directors Armando Iannucci
Writers Tony Roche, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong

Cast

Peter Capaldi

as Malcolm Tucker

Chris Addison

as Oliver Reeder

Joanna Scanlan

as Terri Coverley

James Smith

as Glenn Cullen

Justin Edwards

as Ben Swain

Paul Higgins

as Jamie

Alex MacQueen

as Julius Nicholson

Roger Allam

as Peter Mannion

Olivia Poulet

as Emma Messinger

Will Smith

as Phil Smith

Lucinda Raikes

as Angela Heaney

David Dawson

as Affers