The Rise of the Nutters

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 2, 2007

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

BBC

Cast

Peter Capaldi,Chris Addison,Joanna Scanlan,James Smith,Justin Edwards,Paul Higgins,Alex Macqueen,Roger Allam,Olivia Poulet,Will Smithand 3 more

Director

Armando Iannucci

Writer

Armando Iannucci,Tony Roche,Simon Blackwell,Jesse Armstrong

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0933666