The Thick of It Chris Addison, Peter Capaldi, Gina McKee and Steve Coogan. The film followed the plight of the International Development minister as an inadvertent comment in an interview leads to him being used as a puppet by the president of the United States and the prime minister who are looking to launch a war in the Middle East. The film follows the officials and advisers in their behind-the-scenes efforts either to promote the war or prevent it. Although many of the TV series cast returned, the only actual returning characters are Malcolm Tucker, Jamie McDonald and Sam Cassidy, with series regulars Chris
Criticism of the BBC Webb said that the BBC is so biased against America that deputy director general Mark Byford had secretly agreed to help him to "correct" it in his reports, and that the BBC treated America with scorn and derision and gave it "no moral weight". In April 2007, Webb presented a three-part series for BBC Radio 4 called "Death to America: Anti Americanism Examined" in which he challenged a common perception of the United States as an international bully and a modern-day imperial power. Conservative American news commentator Bill O'Reilly has repeatedly sought to draw attention to what he calls the