Malcolm Tucker

"FUCK'S SAKE! JESUS CHRIST! Well, now we've got another fuckin' adjective to add to fuckin' 'smug' and 'glum', haven't we? FUCKING 'RETARDED'! Jesus Chri-- Do you not think it would be germane to check who you're talking to?! IT'S A FUCKING NEWSPAPER OFFICE! IT'S NOT A FUCKING SANATORIUM FOR THE FUCKING DEAF, IS IT?! ARE YOU SO DENSE?! AM I GONNA HAVE TO RUN AROUND SLAPPING BADGES ON PEOPLE WITH A BIG TICK ON SOME AND A BIG CROSS ON OTHERS, SO YOU KNOW WHEN TO SHUT YOUR GOB AND WHEN TO OPEN IT?! Jesus Christ! OH, BUT THAT'D PROBABLY CONFUSE YOU AS WELL, WON'T IT?! THAT'D BE TOO CONFUSING, YOU'D SEE THE CROSS AND GO "OH, FUCK, X MARKS THE SPOT! I'D BETTER TELL THIS LITTLE PERSON ABOUT THE PRIME MINISTER'S FUCKING CATASTROPHIC ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION!" Oh, but not to worry, not to worry. You've sent fucking Ollie over there to deal with it. FUCKING OLLIE! HE'S A FUCKING-HE'S A FUCKING KNITTED SCARF, THAT TWAT! HE'S A FUCKING BALACLAVA!"

- Malcolm Tucker ranting to Nicola Murray Malcolm Tucker is the one of the main protagonists/antagonists of the BBC political black comedy show The Thick of It and its film spin-off In the Loop. Tucker serves as the spin doctor and political enforcer for the Prime Minister of Great Britain, and is known as one of the most feared political fixers in the business.

His position in the British government is communciations director.

Malcom is portrayed by actor Peter Capaldi (who also plays Cardinal Richelieu in The Musketeers and is currently the Twelfth Doctor in Doctor Who).

Description
Malcolm has silvery-blue eyes with light brown (later grey) hair and speaks with a Scottish accent. Throughout the series, he is almost always wearing a suit though sometimes he wears a white fleece.

Personality
Malcolm is incredibly irritable and short tempered, frequently exasperated when the members of DOSaC costantly make mistakes that he subsequently has to fix, as well as spewing threats and insults to anyone who has angered him. He acts as the Prime Minister's enforcer, ensuring that all cabinet ministers follow the party line.

Despite his short temper, Malcolm is shown to be more capable of long term thinking that the other characters in the series, and while Hugh Abbot describes his schemes as borderline Machiavellian, they are more often than not aimed at a common good; otherwise friendly character, such as Ollie Reader, are shown to be more self-serving and egotistical by comparison. At the same time, Malcolm is implied to be a self-made man with humble origins, and always addresses anyone deemed socially inferior in a gentalmanly and empathetic manner devoid of condescension.