Armando Iannucci

Known for WritingBorn 1963-11-28 (age 62)Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Armando Giovanni Iannucci CBE (/jəˈnuːtʃi/ yə-NOO-chee; born 28 November 1963) is a Scottish satirist, writer, director, producer and performer. Born in Glasgow to Italian parents, Iannucci studied at the University of Glasgow, followed by the University of Oxford. Starting on BBC Scotland and BBC Radio 4, his early work with Chris Morris on the radio series On the Hour transferred to television as The Day Today. A character from this series, Alan Partridge, co-created by Iannucci, went on to feature in several of Iannucci's television and radio programmes, including Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge and I'm Alan Partridge. Iannucci also fronted the satirical Armistice review shows and, in 2001, created his most personal work, The Armando Iannucci Shows, for Channel 4. Moving back to the BBC in 2005, Iannucci created the political sitcom The Thick of It and the spoof documentary Time Trumpet in 2006. In 2009, he won funding from the UK Film Council. He directed the critically acclaimed feature film In the Loop, featuring characters from The Thick of It. As a result of these works, he has been described by The Daily Telegraph as "the hardman of political satire". Other works during this period include the operetta libretto Skin Deep and his radio series Charm Offensive. Iannucci created the HBO political satire Veep and was its showrunner for four seasons from 2012 to 2015. For his work on Veep, he won two Emmys in 2015, Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. He followed this with the feature films The Death of Stalin (2017) and The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019), a 2019 adaptation of the novel David Copperfield. In 2020, he created the comedy series Avenue 5 on HBO. Description above from the Wikipedia article Armando Iannucci, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Art Matters

Can Elon Musk Rule the World?

Taskmaster

Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?

Spinners and Losers

The Rise of the Nutters

The Russell Howard Hour

The Day Today

The Thick of It

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

A Life on Screen

Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle

The Thick of It

2004: The Stupid Version

The Armando Iannucci Shows

Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge

Would I Lie to You?

You Have Been Watching

Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge

Veep

Time Trumpet

Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt

I'm Alan Partridge

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge

The Saturday Night Armistice

The Death of Stalin

Michael Palin: A Life on Screen

Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life

In the Loop

Have I Got News for You

Timeshift

Alan Partridge's Country Ramble

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

The Franchise

Avenue 5

The Personal History of David Copperfield

Where's Elvis This Week?

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove

Armando's Tale of Charles Dickens

Newsnight

The Last Leg

Question Time

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

The South Bank Show

Tube Tales

Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels

The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure