Armando Iannucci

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...

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.

Armando Iannucci to make David Copperfield film

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

Armando Iannucci hopes to write Doctor Who episode

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

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.

Armando Iannucci working on Stalin comedy

Armando Iannucci, the British comic and satirist behind Emmy-winning HBO show Veep and its UK predecessor The Thick of It, has revealed that his next project will see him move into previously unchartered cinematic territories. "It's a sort of comedy about the death of Stalin," he told an audience at the British Film Institute.

Armando Iannucci on the 2015 general election

It really says a lot about the state of British politics that the televised leaders' debate I'm most looking forward to is the one between Russell Brand and Al Murray. The way things stand, it looks more likely than a Cameron v Miliband debate. It also looks the more interesting.

Armando Iannucci on Paris and Sony Attacks

Armando Iannucci talks about the Paris and Sony attacks, Rupert Murdoch's tweet and self-censorship fears.

In the 1990s, I used to do a Sunday afternoon show on the late, lamented GLR (now BBC London). There would only be one person on the premises when I turned up and this was a tall, intense cove who unfailingly enquired whether I planned to play anything by the Pixies. This, I discovered, was Chris Morris, laying the foundations of a broadcasting career which would see him repeatedly fired by the very people who are now gathering to celebrate his contribution to British humour in special seasons on Radio 4 Extra and programmes such as Raw Meat Radio (Saturday, 7pm, Radio 4 Extra). The latter features collaborators, admirers and occasional firers such as Armando Iannucci, David Quantick and Matthew Bannister. There's also a repeat of his Radio 1 series Blue Jam on 4Extra at 11pm on Friday. Incidentally, if the powers that be wish to know how they can reproduce the circumstances in which Chris Morris did a lot of his best stuff, they might care to note that he was paid next to no money, given no help, and left the hell alone. I fear there's very little of that in today's BBC.

Armando Iannucci on Peter Capaldi and Doctor Who

There's something about Peter Capaldi. When he came to audition for the role of Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It, I remember him as quiet, humble, reserved and quietly funny. I asked him to fire me, as a minister. I would refuse and he would get cross.