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The Thick of It: Season 3, Episode 4

Episode #3.4 (14 Nov. 2009)

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Opposition minister Peter Mannion comes to visit with his much-married spin doctor Stewart Pearson and ambitious researcher Phil. Pearson is desperate to bring old style Tory Mannion into ... See full summary »

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Opposition minister Peter Mannion comes to visit with his much-married spin doctor Stewart Pearson and ambitious researcher Phil. Pearson is desperate to bring old style Tory Mannion into the twenty-first century but Mannion is the only one of the party unenthusiastic about the visit. Terri is looking forward to new blood taking over the building but for Nicola,anxious to push through her Fourth Sector Path-finder policy,the visit is just another unwelcome diversion to add to the phone calls from her mother and her daughter's school. Written by don @ minifie-1

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Phil Smith: Stewart's very keen on using our visit to DoSAC as a scouting exercise.
Peter Mannion: Well, I'm very keen on using Stewart's mouth as an ashtray, doesn't mean I'd do it.
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