Armando Iannucci
- 61 years old
- Scottish
- Writer, director, producer and satirist
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Armando Iannucci on how the Americans ruined The Thick Of It
Armando Iannucci has spoken of how the Americas ruined The Thick Of It - exorcising all the swearing and making a "really boring" version of his political sitcom.
Chortle, 26th June 2024Cancelled: Armando Iannucci's stage satire on Covid and Boris Johnson axed over election date
A Scottish theatre has apologised to its customers after plans to host a stage satire lampooning Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak were scuppered by the timing of the General Election. The plug has been pulled on Pandemonium, a "caustic" new play by award-winning Scottish writer Armando Iannucci, just weeks after the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh unveiled it as the curtain-raiser for its new season.
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 25th June 2024Armando Iannucci: Brexit was a catastrophe, yet our politicians won't discuss it
Starmer's calculated reticence and Sunak's miscalculations are feeding a dangerous vacuum at the heart of British politics.
Armando Iannucci, i Newspaper, 13th June 2024Armando Iannucci receives honorary degree from St Andrews University
Writer and satirist Armando Iannucci has said it is a "delight, an honour, a thrill" to be awarded an honorary degree by one of the UK's oldest universities.
Ross Hunter, The National (Scotland), 13th June 2024Armando Iannucci joins cast of Westminster figures for King's honours
Political satirist behind The Thick Of It is understood to be recognised in list, expecting to get his OBE upgraded to a CBE.
Aubrey Allegretti, The Times, 12th June 2024Armando Iannucci compares Tory plan to Thick Of It's "The Rise of the Nutters"
Armando Iannucci has compared a bizarre plotline in The Thick Of It to the Conservative Party's latest immigration initiative.
Nicole Vassell, The Independent, 4th June 2024Armando Iannucci urges comedians to stop taking "path of least resistance" on political satire
"Comedy is not belittling a subject but if it chooses to look at that subject it is offering a way into it that might offer a surprising or fresh perspective."
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23rd May 2024New Royal Society of Edinburgh fellow Armando Iannucci is not just a satirist but a "futurologist" too
Today's politics frequently seems self-parodying as if satire and reality have merged.
The Scotsman, 9th April 2024BBC Comedy Festival 2024 sessions now available to book
The BBC Comedy Festival 2024 will be in Glasgow on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd May, with speakers set to include Armando Iannucci, Jennifer Saunders and Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith. Free tickets to the sessions can be booked now.
British Comedy Guide, 8th April 2024Armando Iannucci says level of child poverty "like Dickens novel"
Creator of the TV series The Thick Of It attacked government policy as he appeared on Laura Kuenssberg's BBC show.
Sian Bradley and Charlotte McLaughlin, The Times, 24th March 2024