Armando Iannucci
- 61 years old
- Scottish
- Writer, director, producer and satirist
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Armando Iannucci on impact of Donald Trump on satire
I created The Thick Of It and Veep but Donald Trump is beyond satire. Armando Iannucci's verdict on POTUS.
Armando Iannucci, Evening Standard, 30th October 2020The Oral History of Alan Partridge
Alan Partridge is Middle England incarnate. From hapless sports presenter, to hapless TV presenter, to hapless podcaster, Norwich's favourite son is as maddening as he is endearing. He's also managed to do what very few characters in the comedy world successfully manage to do: endure.
Daniel Dylan Wray, Vice.com, 9th October 2020Iannucci shares set he did of just Tory MPs' jokes
But possibly the best thing to come out the left-wing/right-wing BBC comics debate is this Armando Iannucci tweet, in which he remembered when he tried out Tory MPs' jokes on an unsuspecting audience, pretending it was new material.
The Poke, 1st September 2020Armando Iannucci's lockdown watch
Ran, Kurosawa's 'uplifting' film about poverty and Chernobyl are on the viewing roster of the Avenue 5 creator, who calls on the UK 'government to prioritise the arts sector'.
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 19th June 2020Armando Iannucci warns of terrifying future for arts
The Thick Of It creator Armando Iannucci has warned that the coronavirus crisis may destroy the UK's cultural landscape if the government doesn't offer financial support to save it.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 9th June 2020Armando Iannucci leads calls for a 'Boo for Boris'
Scottish satirist Armando Iannucci has led the growing calls for a national "boo for Boris".
Gregor Young, The National (Scotland), 25th May 2020The Thick of It cast & creators look back at the sitcom
The comedy that gave us Malcolm Tucker was funny because it was true, but for politicians it was harrowing, says Ed Cumming. He speaks to Armando Iannucci, Peter Capaldi, Rebecca Front, Chris Addison and others about marzipan dildos, loudmouth spads, and ministers with no status or power as the show turns 15-years-old.
Ed Cumming, The Independent, 16th May 2020Armando Iannucci on the current comedy landscape
How can I be funny when there is nothing to laugh about?
Armando Iannucci, The Big Issue, 27th April 2020Armando Iannucci says coronavirus a 'creative dilemma'
Armando Iannucci has said that coronavirus has left him with a "creative dilemma" that is forcing him to reconsider the plot for an upcoming series of his TV programme. The writer and director told The Big Issue that the second series of his comedy Avenue 5 features a "chaotic fight for survival led by a broken leadership among dwindling supplies". However, he added that he is now not certain whether the public want to hear jokes on the subject of "death lotteries" in the current climate.
Bolton News, 21st April 2020The Personal History of David Copperfield review
Armando Iannucci both respects and reinvents the novel in a wonderfully entertaining adaptation full to bursting with fantastic comic performances.
Mark Kermode, The Observer, 26th January 2020