Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive
- Radio sketch show
- BBC Radio 4
- 2005 - 2008
- 24 episodes (4 series)
Topical and surreal radio panel show hosted by Armando Iannucci.
Episode menu
Series 4, Episode 1
Recorded at the Pleasance Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival. The Olympics, bad names for restaurants and lads' mags were amongst the topics on discussion.
With Robin Ince, Lucy Porter and Matt Kirshen.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 15th August 2008
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Armando Iannucci | Host / Presenter |
| Lucy Porter | Guest |
| Matt Kirshen | Guest |
| Robin Ince | Guest |
| James Bachman | Writer |
| Jon Holmes | Writer |
| Tony Roche | Writer |
| Ian Martin | Writer |
| Nick Doody | Writer |
| Sean Gray | Writer |
| Dan Tetsell | Writer |
| David Tyler | Producer |
Press
The regular holiday replacement for The News Quiz/The Now Show returns as Armando Iannucci presents his version of a topical news quiz. It has no news, no rules and no quiz!
With the help of some itinerant humorists, the news is dissected and generally piffled around with, and each programme is recorded close to transmission. So although the line-up of subjects is yet to be finalised, it would take an idiot not to know that the Olympics will feature large, as will 'staycations' - the awfully named trend to holiday in the UK - and the US presidential shenanigans.
Frances Lass, Radio Times, 15th August 2008