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Armando Iannucci. Copyright: Linda Nylind
Armando Iannucci

Armando Iannucci

  • 61 years old
  • Scottish
  • Writer, director, producer and satirist

Press clippings Page 22

Armando Iannucci's Edinburgh speech in full

Unless you want TV by diktat, defend the BBC.

Armando Iannucci, The Guardian, 26th August 2015

Armando Iannucci to direct satire on Stalin

The creator of The Thick of It and Veep will write a feature film based on the graphic novel by Fabien Nury.

James Gill, Radio Times, 15th May 2015

Armando Iannucci to give MacTaggart lecture

Armando Iannucci is to deliver the James MacTaggart Memorial lecture at this year's Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.

BBC News, 13th May 2015

Just for Laughs in Montreal salutes Armando Iannucci

Armando Iannucci is to be given an honour by Montreal's Just For Laughs comedy festival.

Chortle, 5th May 2015

Review: Ballot Monkeys

Comparisons with the The Thick Of It are inevitable. With less swearing and less cynicism, Ballot Monkeys doesn't have savage bite than Armando Iannucci's classic, but can still boast plenty of sharp lines as well as the ability to reflect the realities of campaigning.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd April 2015

Iannucci hopes The Thick of It didn't put off voters

As the General Election draws closer, Armando Iannucci and Westminster insiders reveal how The Thick of It blurred fact and fiction...

The Big Issue, 20th April 2015

Armando Iannucci quits Veep

The strains working in the States while his family remains in London is one of the main reasons for Iannucci's departure.

Chortle, 11th April 2015

Armando Iannucci to make David Copperfield film

Armando Iannucci is working on a feature film adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield.

Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 25th March 2015

Armando Iannucci hopes to write Doctor Who episode

The Think of It writer wishes to reunite with Peter Capaldi.

John Plunkett, The Guardian, 22nd March 2015

Armando Iannucci: BBC needs to bite the bullet

The writer and director on penning a Doctor Who episode and why he's itching to return to film-making.

John Plunkett, The Guardian, 22nd March 2015

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