Malcolm Tucker Malcolm Tucker Malcolm Tucker is the antihero of the BBC political satire, "The Thick of It", and is portrayed by Peter Capaldi. He is the Director of Communications for the Labour Party, in both Government and Opposition, acting as the Prime Minister's chief enforcer overseeing cabinet ministers. Tucker was originally a secondary character, with Chris Langham's Hugh Abbot as the protagonist being watched over by Tucker, but after Langham was fired from the series the show directed more attention towards the character of Tucker and his dealings with the inept Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship (DoSaC), originally the Department
Malcolm Tucker will not survive the transition if he is not properly prepared, Tucker tries to leak the prime minister's legacy project to the opposition, thinking it will delay the resignation. In the ensuing confusion, the prime minister decides to scrap the project altogether. Malcolm breathes a sigh of relief, but is shocked when this leads to the prime minister actually resigning much earlier than expected: the very next day. In the second "", Malcolm and others struggle to maintain their powers in the chaotic transition. "Nice Nutter Nick", a junior minister, appears to be a clear threat to Malcolm's position. Furious