Armando Iannucci
- 61 years old
- Scottish
- Writer, director, producer and satirist
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Film of the day - Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Steve Coogan's revels in the role of the fading one-time talk show host now graveyard shift local radio DJ Alan Partridge. The Partridge character has evolved over 20 years, a period in which he has seen his star rise and fall - courtesy of killing a guest on live TV.
Gareth Hargreaves, On The Box, 22nd December 2016600 Limmy Vines to be screened at film festival
600 vines by playful, provocative Glaswegian comedian Limmy, aka Brian Limond, are to be screened in one evening as part of the forthcoming London Short Film Festival 2017, which runs from 6th-15th January. After the screening there will be an onstage Q&A with fellow Scot Armando Iannucci.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th December 2016Is satire dead? Comics on why there are so few laughs
It's hard to poke fun at politicians in an era when they're held in contempt and every joke is policed for offence, say top television writers.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 18th October 2016On The Hour: revisiting a brilliant radio comedy
Armando Iannucci & Chris Morris' BBC Radio 4 news spoof not only gave rise to Alan Partridge but also launched countless comedy careers.
Andrew Blair, Den Of Geek, 17th October 2016Scanlan has asked Iannucci to write a Brexit special
Joanna Scanlan - who played Terri in the critically-acclaimed BBC comedy series - told Metro.co.uk British politics had gone 'beyond The Thick Of It' and that she had even asked Iannucci to write about it.
Hanna Flint, Metro, 6th September 2016Armando Iannucci wants you to stop giving him credit
The Thick Of It creator wants to you to stop giving him credit for the UK's mad politics.
Hanna Flint, Metro, 30th June 2016Armando Iannucci wouldn't write The Thick of It now
"Rather than joke about it, I'd sooner urge people to change it"
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 11th June 2016Armando Iannucci about 'The Armando Iannucci Shows'
I spoke to Armando about CGI, Hugh, performing in front of a room full of unimpressed children, life, and also death.
Joel Golby, Vice.com, 12th May 2016Armando Iannucci on the government and the BBC
Cameron and Co's strategy seems to be that, if they can't get rid of public broadcasting, they'll make it unwatchable.
Armando Iannucci, The Guardian, 8th May 2016How comedy became a language of democratic politics
Like all forms of resistance, comedy can both shore up and legitimate existing political structures, yet it can also, in certain moments, work to encourage revision. Here, James Brassett looks specifically at the critical nature of radical British comedy by the likes of Russell Brand, Charlie Brooker, and Stewart Lee and writes that it raises questions about the nature of resistance and reveals the deeply political nature of the British public.
James Brassett, Democratic Audit UK, 18th April 2016