She revealed that in series two of The Hour, Lix Storm has a "very repressed" love story with a character played by Peter Capaldi.

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The film, starring Bafta nominee Peter Capaldi as the venomous political spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker, is a spin-off from the BBC TV series The Thick of It.

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The Hour and The Thick of It actor Peter Capaldi is to star in a new 10-part BBC One adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' novel The Three Musketeers.

BBC: Peter Capaldi to star in Musketeer drama

The Bluebirds soon had what seemed a decent penalty shout turned down as Peter Capaldi went sprawling over a trailing leg, and was then booked for diving by referee Graham Laws.

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Omnishambles was first heard at the end of an episode in the third series of The Thick of It, during a characteristically foul-mouthed rant by spin doctor Malcolm Tucker, played by Peter Capaldi.

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