The Best of Peter Mannion MP - Roger Allam in The Thick of It 

😂😂😂love it

with "I'm 54, Stewart, my knees are fucked and my patience is snapped, some of us had to go through this hippie shit the first time round!" being a strong second.

"NOT ONLY AM I A BANKER, I'M RAISING FUCKING TAXES!??!"

​@@hoilst265A banker, a nurse killer but now I'm rAISING *FUCKING* TAXES! 😭😭😭

every peter mannion line is underrated

Best line 🤣

He pronounced all 5 syllables in "Twix"

One of my favourite lines 🤣

I was hoping that line was in this compilation

Gonna use that at the next company meeting.

I’m going to have that quote engraved on my headstone

Personally, he should have said more "bugger" 💀 to emphasize his... Stature

He fully winds up to it when they're talking about The Bank. It's wonderful.

@@Mousy677 "I don't buy a FUCKING BANK!" "And now I'm raising FUCKING taxes!"

“Oh for phhhhhfucks sake…”

This 😂

I sometimes buy the Big Issue out of social embarrassment

@@MrLethalShots not a FUCKING BANK

I don't buy a _F U C K I N G_ *BANK!*

Genius!!

Copy-pasting from another comment He has played two characters who are said to be based on Christopher Hitchens. Ted Hughes in The Hippopotamus and Bill Huxley in Say Your Prayers. Say Your Prayers seems to me to be a more direct interpretation of Christopher Hitchens whilst not being literally him. I'm not especially familiar with Christopher Hitchens so I can't say how much these films achieve him, but they are both worth a watch. Especially Say Your Prayers, it's very good.

@@WatchingRogerAllam He's also recorded audiobooks of Hitchens' essays.

Amen. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who noticed the similarities.

Perfect casting!

that was actually ollie's line while wearing a face mask of mannion

@@peterburke3944 🤦‍♂️

Absolutely one of my favourite lines of the show.

That burst of pure built up anger is just terrifyingly realistic. Such a shame these actors probably won't be very well known.

@@easportsaxb8057for real. Anger is rarely so well acted as here. Almost doesn’t feel like acting. The guttural desperation came from a place we all know but hasten to venture to ..

It's also interesting that when Glenn resigns and shoots off at everyone, Mannion's the only one who seems to feel bad about it.

@@SimonFoston They were the old guard. Compatriots.

​@@SimonFoston Yeah. He suggests going after him, doesn't he? Yet, Glenn loathes Mannion. They're both considerably more balanced and conscientious than those around them.

Now I'm thinking about how he perjured himself at the inquiry, yet gave them the fuel to bring Tucker down. Mannion really was Aslan!

@@AndrewLuke manion isn't asian

or 70s!

amaze

So Peter Mannion is a real bloke? My steam name is your dad's name

@@BarryLetts379 it was just the surname. But he's based on my dad. My dad's family were something else and they can make a real impression on people!

That read as Armando Iannuci wrote The Thick Of It when he was in primary school.

@@arleygomez465 Honestly wouldn’t be surprised if he did have you met children raised in the U.K.

If you don't know the context it is just an unusual sentence. It is a teenth as funny without the context.

Love him in everything he does.

The thick of it's fantastic, very good characters.

It's been a while since I've seen this, but I'm I'm fairly certain in context he's emphasising how inappropriate that would be to say to his wife, on their anniversary no less, due to shenanigans at the office.

Sometimes we all just want a cup a soup and for everyone to fuck off

How about both?

Well if you want my advice just tell everyone to fuck off and you'll probably do ok ;-)

True.

I went and double-checked upon seeing this

@@ChrizzeeB Yeah, the resemblance is uncanny.

Copy-pasting from another comment He has played two characters who are said to be based on Christopher Hitchens. Ted Hughes in The Hippopotamus and Bill Huxley in Say Your Prayers. Say Your Prayers seems to me to be a more direct interpretation of Christopher Hitchens whilst not being literally him. I'm not especially familiar with Christopher Hitchens so I can't say how much these films achieve him, but they are both worth a watch. Especially Say Your Prayers, it's very good.

@@WatchingRogerAllam Thanks!

Lewis Prothero didn't have a news show. He was a concentration camp commandant turned voice actor pretending to be a computer.

You mean commander

😭😭🤣🤣🙏🙏 I do NOT rape cats ☠️

Lmao he really is Mark Corrigan in office ahaha. Although slightly more ballsy

the neocon era Hitchens more so.

Good evening Commander Prothero.

The Rise of the Nutters (Jan 2007 special). It's some of the best Peter. Look how much neater his hair is when he's opposition. See also this video in which Peter is not allowed to dress himself: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zmpoJRCpjxo.html

I would also watch that

Absolutely he could. Do you doubt him? (I'm kidding, of course) He has played two characters who are said to be based on Christopher Hitchens. Ted Hughes in The Hippopotamus and Bill Huxley in Say Your Prayers. Say Your Prayers seems to me to be a more direct interpretation of Christopher Hitchens whilst not being literally him. I'm not especially familiar with Christopher Hitchens so I can't say how much these films achieve him, but they are both worth a watch. Especially Say Your Prayers, it's very good.

No, but basically because reality has become too ridiculous to satirise. Armando Iannucci, the show's creator, has moved on to other (bigger?) things, including the excellent satire of the Soviet Union 'The Death of Stalin'.