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Her Majesty's Civil Service

 * Terri Coverley
 * Joanna Scanlan
 * Director of Communications, DoSAC
 * Notionally responsible for press relations at DoSAC, Coverley was headhunted from supermarket chain Sainsbury's where she was once Head of Press. . Professional but prudish, she is often left to "mop up" the bad press garnered by the department. She is reluctant to do anything outside of the remit of her job, and resents staying late.
 * Series 1, 2, 3 & Specials
 * Robyn Murdoch
 * Polly Kemp
 * Senior Press Officer, DoSAC
 * Despite her job title, Robyn is Terri's secretary, and during Terri's absence is largely ignored by the minister, Hugh Abbot who was initially under the mistaken belief that she was an unknown secretary to a man called "Robin". Invited to attend Malcolm Tucker's 8.30am briefings, Julius Nicholson has her dis-invited, and she ends up killing time in St James' Park in order that Abbott doesn't realise they are no longer represented at the 8.30 meetings. Well-meaning, but politically naive, she is often sent to do menial tasks such as photocopying and tea-making especially when Terri returns in the last episode of Series Two. She finds both Malcolm and his understudy, Jamie MacDonald, partiularly terrifying.
 * Series 2, 3 & Specials
 * Sam Cassidy
 * Samantha Harrington
 * Personal Assistant to Malcolm Tucker
 * Malcolm Tucker's personal assistant and secretary, and often witness to many of his profanity-laden rants. Mostly appears in the backgrounds of episodes, but occasionally interacts with the main cast. Seems to be one of the few people who actually likes Tucker and is visibly upset when he gets the sack. As with Tucker, Sam also appears in In the Loop.
 * Series 1, 2, 3 & Specials
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 * Malcolm Tucker's personal assistant and secretary, and often witness to many of his profanity-laden rants. Mostly appears in the backgrounds of episodes, but occasionally interacts with the main cast. Seems to be one of the few people who actually likes Tucker and is visibly upset when he gets the sack. As with Tucker, Sam also appears in In the Loop.
 * Series 1, 2, 3 & Specials
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Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition

 * Peter Mannion MP
 * Roger Allam
 * Shadow Secretary of State for Social Affairs and Citizenship
 * One of the "old guard" of Opposition MPs, Peter was "around in the 80's" and is thus very resistant to spin doctor Stewart Pearson's new management jargon style of public relations. He antagonises Pearson by refusing to accept his advice and his "no tie" policy. Mannion challenged the modernising party leader, JB, in his party's leadership election, which Mannion believes is the reason for Stewart's poor treatment of him. Mannion was dubbed "Cheater Mannion" by the press during a sex scandal in the mid-1990s and once served as a Junior Minister at DEFRA. He is believed by some to be analogous to Kenneth Clarke.
 * Series 3 & Specials
 * Stewart Pearson
 * Vincent Franklin
 * Opposition Director of Communications
 * The eco-friendly, media-savvy, new-school spin man for the opposition. While Stewart is forceful and manipulative, his style is very different to Tucker, and he struggles to exert control and influence over Mannion, who refuses to take him seriously.
 * Series 3 & Specials
 * Emma Messinger
 * Olivia Poulet
 * Policy Adviser to the Shadow Secretary of State
 * Emma was Ollie's girlfriend, shamelessly used by him for Tucker's ends, but she also often steals ideas and policies from him and takes the credit. Peter is somewhat averse to her presence in his department, but she is a key ally to Stewart.
 * Series 3 & Specials
 * Phil Smith
 * Will Smith
 * Researcher for the Shadow Secretary of State
 * In the department, Phil is very much Peter's man, to the point where he even writes the former's blog. Phil shares a flat with Emma, although they are not great friends, and he and Ollie are immensely antagonistic towards each other. He often makes analogies to Tolkien's Lord of the Rings books.
 * Series 3 & Specials
 * Cal Richards
 * Tom Hollander
 * Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Opposition
 * Stewart's fearsome boss, nicknamed "The Fucker" by his colleagues, is much more like Tucker in his style. In his brief appearance he appears uncouth and possibly psychotic, screaming wanton abuse at the policy team and threatening to sack Stewart. Possibly a reference to Andy Coulson.
 * Series 3 - Episode 8
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 * Tom Hollander
 * Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Opposition
 * Stewart's fearsome boss, nicknamed "The Fucker" by his colleagues, is much more like Tucker in his style. In his brief appearance he appears uncouth and possibly psychotic, screaming wanton abuse at the policy team and threatening to sack Stewart. Possibly a reference to Andy Coulson.
 * Series 3 - Episode 8
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The media
formerly Evening Standard
 * Angela Heaney
 * Lucinda Raikes
 * Junior Political Correspondent, Daily Mail
 * Junior Political Correspondent, Daily Mail
 * As Ollie Reader's ex-girlfriend, Angela Heaney is often called in when the department wants to leak a story. However, due to Ollie's comparative lack of influence, she often ends up being misinformed. Initially working for the Evening Standard, she becomes less of a soft-touch when she moves to the Daily Mail. A journalist played by Raikes, presumably Angela Heaney, also appears in In the Loop, and Tucker mentions an incident involving Heaney near the beginning of the film.
 * Series 1, 2, 3 & Specials
 * Adam Kenyon
 * Ben Willbond
 * Night Editor, Daily Mail
 * The put-upon night editor is seen in Special Two desperately attempting to write a coherent editorial from the conflicting stories leaking from Westminster. He eventually decides to write a piece about the "Night of Spin", naming those who have annoyed him as the night's "losers".
 * Specials
 * Marianne Swift
 * Zoe Telford
 * Freelance Journalist
 * Marianne overhears Nicola telling journalists "off the record" about deleted immigration figures at The Guardian offices after a lunch. She works occasionally for the Daily Mail and appeared in Malcolm's flat as a dinner guest with Geoffrey.
 * Series 3
 * Geoffrey
 * Peter Sullivan
 * Editor, The Guardian
 * Geoffrey is the Editor of The Guardian and present at a lunch attended by Nicola and Malcolm. He later appears at the party conference and then at Malcolm's home when he holds a meal for journalists.
 * Series 3
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 * Geoffrey is the Editor of The Guardian and present at a lunch attended by Nicola and Malcolm. He later appears at the party conference and then at Malcolm's home when he holds a meal for journalists.
 * Series 3
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Unseen characters

 * The PM
 * Unseen
 * Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
 * The first unseen Prime Minister of the series, we learn that he is obsessed with leaving a "legacy" from his time in office. We also learn from Julius Nicholson that he once tried to have the chief examiner sacked over his son's retake marks. On the basis of Tom Davis's succession, it is inferred that the character was probably based on then-PM Tony Blair.
 * Series 1 & Specials
 * Tom Davis MP
 * Unseen
 * Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
 * Tom succeeds to the premiership in the series 2 specials, having been the likely successor to the previous PM for some time, gathering a large following in the party referred to as the "Nutters". His succession is nearly derailed when rumours about his bouts of depression begin to spread. His premiership witnesses the slow decline of this government. Appears to be loosely based on Gordon Brown.
 * Series 3 & Specials
 * JB
 * Unseen
 * Leader of the Opposition
 * JB, who is only ever referred to by his initials, is the upper-class Leader of the Opposition. JB is modernising his party in order to broaden the appeal, irritating members of the party old guard. Reluctant to commit to firm policies before the election, according to Mannion he and his "Eton clique" like texting each other racist jokes, something Stewart Pearson describes as JB's progressive views. A thinly-veiled satire of David Cameron.
 * Series 3 & Specials
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 * JB, who is only ever referred to by his initials, is the upper-class Leader of the Opposition. JB is modernising his party in order to broaden the appeal, irritating members of the party old guard. Reluctant to commit to firm policies before the election, according to Mannion he and his "Eton clique" like texting each other racist jokes, something Stewart Pearson describes as JB's progressive views. A thinly-veiled satire of David Cameron.
 * Series 3 & Specials
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