BBC Archive | 2009: ALASTAIR CAMPBELL vs MALCOLM TUCKER | The Culture Show | BBC Archive @BBCArchive | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
With the release of In The Loop, Armando Iannucci's film spin-off of The Thick of It, Mark Kermode watched the film with Alastair Campbell - the reputed inspiration for Peter Capaldi's sweary Machiavellian spin doctor who attempts to control the narrative within his omnishambles of a department.

What did Campbell think of this fictional reflection?

Clip taken from The Culture Show, originally broadcast on BBC Two, Tuesday 24 March, 2009.




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