Set in the corridors of power and spin, 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.
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#1 – The Final Reckoning
Season 4 – Episode 7
Dan Miller gets sent on a fact-finding mission to the local cop-shop to press the flesh.
The episode was rated from 115 votes.
#2 – The Inquiry
Season 4 – Episode 6
The government, opposition and civil service are called before Lord Goolding’s inquiry.
The episode was rated from 121 votes.
#3 – Episode 7
Season 3 – Episode 7
Nicola Murray and her team are desperate to find a major sports personality to be the face of DoSAC’s new Healthy Choices campaign. Malcolm’s away on holiday and doesn’t want to be disturbed, so they take advice from Steve Fleming, who’s back on the scene as the PM’s new fixer. Is Steve really as nice as he seems? Everyone knows Malcolm never takes holidays, so what’s he up to now?
The episode was rated from 124 votes.
#4 – Episode 8
Season 3 – Episode 8
As the election looms and the Opposition eye the prize, the word around the Westminster Village is that Malcolm Tucker is running out of both options and friends. He may have bitten off more than he can chew with Steve Fleming, but when an offer of help appears from an unlikely direction, Malcolm starts to set his finest trap yet.
The episode was rated from 111 votes.
#5 – The Leak
Season 4 – Episode 5
With Nicola Murray and Peter Mannion both on the back foot after the unravelling of the key-worker housing sell-off policy there’s inevitably going to be a scramble for the moral high-ground.
The episode was rated from 117 votes.
#6 – Thought Camp
Season 4 – Episode 3
Stewart Pearson is running ‘Thought Camp’ at a remote country house hotel, as the perfect way to re-engage the party with the creative cloudscape.
The episode was rated from 134 votes.
#7 – Episode 1
Season 2 – Episode 1
Something goes terribly wrong at a ministerial visit to a factory – only Malcolm can help, but will he?
The episode was rated from 165 votes.
#8 – Episode 5
Season 3 – Episode 5
After weeks of trading bitter blows in the press, DoSAC minister Nicola Murray MP and her shadow Peter Mannion MP are invited onto BBC Radio 5Live for a debate on Richard Bacon’s late-night phone-in programme. Director of communications Malcolm Tucker and opposition PR guru Stewart Pearson decide to listen in the comfort of their respective offices, but when some breaking news threatens to make things difficult for the politicians, the programme quickly turns into a phone-in like no other. Malcolm and Stewart are left no choice but to start getting their people over to the studios.
The episode was rated from 134 votes.
#9 – Episode 3
Season 2 – Episode 3
Someone sends an email they shouldn’t have, while Hugh lies to a Select Committee…
The episode was rated from 133 votes.
#10 – Hear 2 Hear
Season 4 – Episode 4
With Nicola safely on a train to attend the party’s Here 2 Hear in far-flung Bradford, Malcolm is free to launch his latest plot.
The episode was rated from 134 votes.