It was first broadcast on BBC Four in 2005, and has so far completed fourteen half-hour episodes and two special hour-long episodes, as well as a non-canonical spin-off film "In the Loop" in 2009.
It was first broadcast on BBC Four in 2005, switching to BBC Two for the third series. So far, "The Thick of It" has run for fourteen half-hour episodes and two special hour-long episodes, as well as a non-canonical spin-off film "In the Loop" in 2009.