
Imagine... The Academy Of Armando
- TV documentary
- BBC One
- 2025
- 1 episode
A profile of satirist Armando Iannucci. Also features Alan Yentob, Michael Palin, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Steve Coogan, Chris Morris and more.

Key details
- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 2025
- Channel
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Alan Yentob, Armando Iannucci, Michael Palin, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Steve Coogan, Chris Morris, Peter Capaldi, Rebecca Front and more
- Directors
- Catherine Abbott
- Producers
- Alan Yentob, Catherine Abbott and Tanya Hudson
- Company
Alan Yentob profiles the stellar career of one of the great satirists of our age, Armando Iannucci, whose impressive body of work includes The Day Today, The Thick Of It, Veep, The Death Of Stalin and The Personal History Of David Copperfield.
With contributions from key collaborators such as Chris Morris, Steve Coogan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Rebecca Front, Jesse Armstrong, Michael Palin and Peter Capaldi, Imagine... sheds light on Iannucci's unique creative process.
Catch-up
Additional details
- Also known as
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- Imagine... The Academy Of Armando Iannucci
- Picture
- Colour
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 3rd March 2025 at 10:40pm on BBC One
- Episode length
- 75 minutes
- All previous repeats
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- Thursday 13th March 2025 at 2:35am on BBC2