The Thick of It (TV Series)

Episode #3.3 (2009)

Chris Addison: Oliver Reeder

Quotes 

• Glenn Cullen : Listen, John, on the outside chance she might just prefer to meet a human being, I'm going down with you.

  Oliver Reeder : Good idea. You could buy her a coffee. You could buy her a collapse-achino.

  John Duggan : Might bring back memories of her Latte husband. As in late husband.

  [to Ollie] 

  John Duggan : Like Dick and Dom, aren't we? Great chemistry.

  Glenn Cullen : Except neither one of you are Doms.

• Malcolm Tucker : [Glenn's in the bathroom after Tucker punched him. Tucker comes into the room]  Where's the patient?

  Glenn Cullen : I don't wanna speak to you right now, Malcolm.

  Nicola Murray : I think you should leave.

  Malcolm Tucker : Do you?

  Nicola Murray : Yes. What, you gonna hit me?

  Malcolm Tucker : I don't fucking hit women.

  Oliver Reeder : Except Glenn, obviously.

  Malcolm Tucker : Just fucking leave Glenn out of this. Glenn's been through enough as it is. Listen mate, I'm really... I'm really sorry about what happened at the heat of the fucking moment, yeah? I'm under a lot of pressure right now. I'm trying to plug a lot of leaks. I've had my finger in the dyke but the dyke's really very squirty.

  Oliver Reeder : As in Fat Pat? I've heard that she's a...

  Malcolm Tucker : Shut up. We're old soldiers, right? This is like the war time, ok? I mean, every now and then you're gonna get an incedent of friendly fire. Yeah?

  Glenn Cullen : Yeah.

  Malcolm Tucker : Good man.

• Terri Coverley : Did you send an e-mail this morning, about me, calling me a cunt?

  Oliver Reeder : No! No, I never use that word, let alone about you, no, absolutely, I won't use it until, you know, it's been fully normalized and has no further assosiation with the... female twat.