Armando Iannucci
TV Writer
1963 –
Who is Armando Iannucci?
Armando Giovanni Iannucci, OBE is a Scottish satirist, writer, television director and radio producer of Italian descent. Born in Glasgow, he studied at Oxford University and left graduate work on a PhD about John Milton to pursue a career in comedy.
Rising quickly through BBC Scotland and BBC Radio 4, his early work with Chris Morris on the radio series On the Hour was transferred to television as The Day Today. A character from this series, Alan Partridge, went on to feature in a number of Iannucci's television and radio programmes including Knowing Me, Knowing You and I'm Alan Partridge. In the meantime, 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 as well as the spoof documentary Time Trumpet in 2006. Winning funding from the UK Film Council, he directed a critically acclaimed feature film In the Loop featuring characters from The Thick of It in 2009. 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 an operetta libretto, Skin Deep, and his radio series Charm Offensive.
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- Born
- Nov 28, 1963
Glasgow - Also known as
- Armando Giovanni Iannucci
- Armando Ianucci
- Armando Giovanni Iannucci, OBE
- Parents
- Spouses
- Rachel Jones
(1990 - )
- Rachel Jones
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University College, Oxford
- University of Glasgow
- University of Oxford
- Lived in
- Glasgow
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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