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The Speech
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Episode Number
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Series Three, Episode 4
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Original Airdate
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December 12, 2008
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Special Guest Stars:
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Nolan - Tom Binns
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The Speech is the fourth episode of the third series of The IT Crowd.
Summary[]
When Jen actually wins Employee of the Month, she goes drunk with power and earns disrespect from Moss and Roy, who play a cruel trick on her. Meanwhile, Douglas dates a transgender woman, unbeknownst to him.
Plot[]
Jen Barber, after previously being falsely told by Maurice Moss that she had won Employee of the Month in The Haunting of Bill Crouse, finally wins the accolade for real. Roy Trenneman asks what happened to Richmond Avenal, with Moss replying that Richmond got scurvy.
April Shephard asks Douglas Reynholm about his role at Reynholm Industries, to which he responds:
Douglas: Well I'm the boss, head honcho, el numero uno, Mr. Big, The Godfather, Lord of the Rings, The Bourne Identity, er… Taxi Driver, Jaws. I forgot the question quite a while back. Who are you again?
April: I'm April Shephard. You're being made Richest magazine's Man of the Year. I'm doing the profile.
Guest Stars[]
- Nolan - Tom Binns
- April - Lucy Montgomery
Trivia[]
- Roy's shirts: "My Pet Monster" in Japanese, the hotel in The Shining.
- Roy and Moss tell Jen that the 'Internet' had been demagnetised by brilliant, disabled scientist Stephen Hawking.
- This episode is sometimes just credited as 'Speech'.
- This episode marks Tom Binns' last appearance as 'Nolan', he previously appeared in From Hell and Tramps Like Us.
- When Douglas lists the films that best describe him, he says The Bourne Identity. Graham Linehan stated that the final fight between Douglas and April was the 'Bourne Identity' fight, as it mimics the style utilized by the films.
- This is one of the few episodes where Roy doesn't suffer.
- This episode was pulled from circulation by Channel 4 in 2020 over allegations that it was transphobic and due to Douglas' reaction to April and Graham Linehan's opinion on the Transgender community. Despite this, a callback to the existence of this episode remains in the Series 4 finale Reynholm v Reynholm wherein Douglas mixes up his ex-wife Victoria with April by claiming that Victoria used to be a man, before Jen corrects him and informs him that he is thinking of April rather than Victoria.
External Links[]
| v - e - dSeries 3 of the IT Crowd |
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| From Hell ♦ Are We Not Men? ♦ Tramps Like Us ♦ The Speech ♦ Friendface ♦ Calendar Geeks |