Armando Iannucci

Director: Armando IannucciIn this day and age, the cinema is king in terms of profitability when ranked against TV programmes. Especially in the UK where we have already seen hit TV shows like  and The Inbetweeners with an Alan Partridge film also in the pipeline for release in 2013 (also directed by Armando Iannucci). In the Loop is a big screen version of the superb The Thick of it which will air its final series quite soon.The film satirises Anglo-American politics and is widely believed...Read Full Story

Armando Iannucci BAFTA speech: 'Fight, Fight, Fight', because I want to encourage us to be more aggressive in promoting what makes British TV so good." http://www.voicegig.com/view-speech/2545/fight%2c-fight%2c-fight.-2012-bafta-lecture-armando-iannucci/Speech: Fight, Fight, Fight. 2012 BAFTA Lecture - Armando Iannucciwww.voicegig.comArmando Iannucci: My only working principle, whenever we make something, is rather ruthlessly to concentrate on that rectangular screen on the monitor as I'm...Read Full Story

Pozzitive.co.uk is billed as a new online ‘Encyclopaedia Of British Comedy’ and was launched by Pozzitive owners David Tyler and Geoff Posner with the aim of providing a friendly, insider’s-eye view to the wealth of information they have, all of which is now at your fingertips. Pozzitive is a multi-award winning comedy production company (6 BAFTAs, 6 Sony Awards and 2 International Emmys), and over the years have produced and directed such classic TV , Radio and Online projects as “Spitting...Read Full Story

Chris Addison, Gina McKee and Tom Hollander star in Armando Iannucci’s In the Loop. In the Loop is a spin-off of a British show… I didn’t know about that connection when I watched it. I guess it doesn’t matter, since In the Loop is–apparently–something of a prequel. The show’s called “The Thick of It,” for those interested. Now, where to start. In the Loop is, without being specific with names, about the rush to the Iraq war in 2003. As an anti-war film, it’s probably the most effective one I...Read Full Story

The resignation of George Entwistle as director general of the BBC sparked a flurry of responses on Twitter, with The Thick Of It creator Armando Iannucci and Newsnight frontman Jeremy Paxman among those weighing in. George Entwistle was BBC director-general for under two months (Picture: EPA) Armando Iannucci (producer and satirist): ‘George Entwistle is a decent man, brought down by a bucketful of botchers in the police and Newsnight team.’ Mark Easton (BBC home editor): ‘Even in 54 days in...Read Full Story