How to find episodes of the BBC comedy The Thick of It in the US
April 14, 2010 2:00 PM   Subscribe

Where can I find episodes of the hilarious BBC comedy The Thick of It in the US?

In the Loop was easily my favorite movie of last year and when I learned it was based on a series, I just about shit myself. But, alas, Netflix doesn't know the show exists and Amazon has only a non-US version of just one season. I even tried employing some of the dark internet arts, but found them to be about as much use as a marzipan dildo.

So what am I to do? If I can't get my fix, I may just hop a plane and go work the British elections next month just so I can know what the hell Malcolm Tucker is talking about on his blog.
posted by willie11 to Media & Arts (9 answers total) 5 users marked this as a favorite
 
Hurmm really, because unless marzipan dildo's are state of the art multitools - you're doing it wrong. One Google search and I found working access to the first season of the show. It's all over the place online. That's how I watched the whole thing. Check you're mefi mail for details.
posted by metsauce at 2:18 PM on April 14, 2010


Apologies for what marzipan does to my apostrophe usage.
posted by metsauce at 2:20 PM on April 14, 2010


It is available online as the other commenters have said, but you might also enjoy Malcolm Tucker's guide to the UK elections from the Guardian.
posted by ellieBOA at 3:18 PM on April 14, 2010


And I should really read the last line of your question before posting!
posted by ellieBOA at 3:19 PM on April 14, 2010


Memail me and I'll send you links to streaming sites. All but a few episodes of Season 2 are out there
posted by vincele at 3:32 PM on April 14, 2010


Type the name of the show and the word series into YouTube's search bar.
posted by Sys Rq at 3:36 PM on April 14, 2010


>: I even tried employing some of the dark internet arts, but found them to be about as much use as a marzipan dildo.

Really? If so, marzipan dildos are amazingly effective.
posted by dunkadunc at 5:08 PM on April 14, 2010 [1 favorite]


eBay has a whole lot of Thick of It DVDs - you'll need a region-free DVD player to watch these, though, as they are Region 2 DVDs.
In extremis, consider Usenet + Binsearch.info.
posted by Susurration at 5:11 PM on April 14, 2010


Response by poster: The "dark" sites lined above had spotty coverage. I was hoping for full seasons. Same goes for the streaming sites. Wish I didn't have to go that route but, considering I don't have a region free DVD player I just might have to.

Special thanks to the two folks who MetaMailed me. I really appreciate it.
posted by willie11 at 6:45 PM on April 14, 2010


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