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Armando Iannucci

Armando Iannucci is a film and TV writer whose credits include The Thick of It, In The Loop, and Veep

December 2023

  • Samir Shah, who is to replace Richard Sharp as the next chair of the BBC, in London on 13 December 2023.

    The panel
    Troublesome talent and meddling ministers. As BBC chair, Samir Shah, here’s what you’ve got to do

    Armando Iannucci, Jane Martinson, Pat Younge, Marcus Ryder, Sophie Chalk, Patrick Barwise, Peter York and Joe Lycett
    Our expert panel on how the BBC should deal with perfidious governments and a hostile press – all while continuing to engage the public

March 2023

  • L to R, Rebecca Front, James Smith, Joanna Scanlan and Chris Addison star in The Thick of It (2009), written and directed by Armando Iannucci.

    The Iraq invasion: 20 years on
    The Thick of It was fuelled by my anger at the Iraq war – and the way it left truth for dead

    Armando Iannucci
    Tony Blair’s terrible decision inspired my tale of stupidity in the corridors of power – with a howl of frustration among the one-liners, says film and TV writer Armando Iannucci

April 2022

  • Channel 4’s studios in London.

    We, the public, own Channel 4. And this sell-off isn’t a done deal

    Armando Iannucci
    Why is the government intent on ruining our world-leading TV industry, asks Royal Television Society vice-president Armando Iannucci

February 2022

  • Cabinet Meeting<br>(left to right) Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis, Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg and Chief Whip Mark Spencer leaving 10 Downing Street, London, following the government's weekly Cabinet meeting. Picture date: Tuesday February 1, 2022. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

    Evade, gaslight, attack: this is the playbook of a corrupt company, not a government

    Armando Iannucci
    All organisations take on the characteristics of the person controlling them, warns film and TV writer Armando Iannucci

September 2021

  • Armando Iannucci

    Armando Iannucci’s epic Covid poem: ‘It’s my emotional response to the past 18 months’

    When Covid stalled his film work, the writer took revenge on the virus in the form of a poem about Britain, Brexit and the pandemic – exclusively extracted here

January 2020

  • OBserver New Review<br>Armando Iannucci interviewed for his latest film The Personal History of David Copperfield. Photographed at the Soho Hotel for Observer New Review by Suki Dhanda.

    Today in Focus
    Armando Iannucci on politics and satire

    The creator of The Thick Of It and Veep discusses why modern politics has moved beyond satire. And: Bryan Graham on Kobe Bryant

December 2019

  • 2019, THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID<br>DEV PATEL Character(s): David Copperfield Film 'THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD' (2019) Directed By ARMANDO IANNUCCI 05 September 2019 SBA478 Allstar/FILMNATION ENTERTAINMENT **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of FILMNATION ENTERTAINMENT and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To FILMNATION ENTERTAINMENT is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    'It's full of one-liners': Armando Iannucci on why we should all read David Copperfield

    Even those who haven’t read it regard Dickens’s novel as a literary treasure, but when the screenwriter adapted it for cinema, he was surprised by how modern it felt

September 2017

  • Rheingold at the Bayreuth festival, in a production premiered in 2006.

    A night at the opera with Armando Iannucci: the agony, the ecstasy – the giant rotating antlers

    The V&A is about to launch its giant show Opera: Passion, Power and Politics. In this exclusive extract from his new book Hear Me Out, Armando Iannucci revels in the artform’s weird rituals, from Wagnerians in cowboy hats to the sublime music soaring out over your neighbour’s coughing

April 2017

  • Supporters of French presidential election candidate Emmanuel Macron.

    Can’t be bothered to vote? If you’re young, you simply can’t afford not to

    Armando Iannucci
    Voter apathy among the 18-24 age group has seen the advent of tuition fees and cuts to housing benefit and student grants. It’s time to turn out to reverse this cycle, writes Armando Iannucci

January 2017

  • Donald Trump

    Armando Iannucci on Donald Trump: 'This is the best moment, isn't it?'

    An open letter to the new president, from the creator of Veep and The Thick of It

December 2016

  • Deeply divided: rival factions outside the royal courts of justice in London, in November, when the high court ruled that parliament should vote on Brexit.

    Confused by momentous times? Me too. Let’s talk

    Armando Iannucci
    The new world order of 2016 ignites wildly contradictory thoughts. And maybe that’s the healthiest response

May 2016

  • Culture secretary John Whittingdale

    So how will they kill off the Beeb? The plot thickens

    Armando Iannucci
    Cameron and Co’s strategy seems to be that, if they can’t get rid of public broadcasting, they’ll make it unwatchable

November 2015

  • Steve Coogan in conversation with Armando Iannucci - Guardian Live, Central Westminster Hall, 15/10/2015.

    Guardian Live
    Guardian Live event: Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci in conversation

    At a Guardian Live event in London actor, writer and producer Steve Coogan discusses comedy and his wide-ranging career with long-time collaborator Armando Iannucci.

September 2015

  • BBC reform options

    We might have been honoured in LA, but were very much made in the UK

    Armando Iannucci
    The UK’s successes in the Emmy awards make a nonsense of talk of cutting back the BBC and selling off Channel 4

August 2015

  • BBC Broadcasting House

    Unless you want TV by diktat, defend the BBC

    Armando Iannucci
    British television is the most creative in the world. But instead of cheerleading, ministers talk us down

May 2015

  • A rioter in Baltimore

    Our better selves are bold and inclusive

    Armando Iannucci
    It’s tempting to be beguiled by the politics of apathy or of negativity and exclusion. Don’t be. Vote for hope

April 2015

  • Cabinet meeting at Downing Street, London, Britain - 21 Jan 2014

    These Tory quacks and charlatans are beyond belief

    Armando Iannucci
    The Tories usually confine themselves to verbal trickery. Now the conning goes a stage further

March 2015

  • Labour leader Ed Miliband is interviewed by Jeremy Paxman on the Sky News/Channel 4 programme: Cameron & Miliband Live: The Battle for Number 10.

    A question for Ed and David: are you scared to talk about policies?

    Armando Iannucci
  • For the past 40 years, politicians have been in thrall to the world of business.

    Politics was once about beliefs and society. Now it’s a worship of money

    Armando Iannucci

February 2015

  • Britain's Prime Minister Cameron leaves Downing Street in central London

    So much for a Punch and Judy show. Our feeble MPs are out for the count

    Armando Iannucci
    Increasingly hands-on prime ministers have neutered the Commons. What we need is stronger representation
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