Armando Iannucci



Profile:


Full name: Armando Iannucci

Area of interest: Politics, culture and society (esp. political satire)

Journals: The Observer

Email: [mailto:armandoarmistice@gmail.com armandoarmistice@gmail.com]

Website: Guardian.co / Armando Iannucci

Blog: Comment is free...

Agents: PBJ Management; Aitken Alexander Associates

Networks:



Biography:
Education: St. Aloysius' College, Glasgow; Glasgow University of Glasgow, University College, Oxford: (he abandoned graduate work on 17th-century religious language with particular reference to Milton's Paradise Lost to pursue his broadcasting career!)

Career: The Guardian: Regular Columnist, 1993/1998; The Daily Telegraph: Weekly Column 1999/2005; The Observer: columnist, 2006/008


 * see Wikipedia info

Current position/role: columnist


 * also writes/has written for: The Times

Other roles:

Other activities: comic writer, performer, director and producer

Disclosures:

Viewpoints/Insight:
 * BBC interviews (video) (audio)
 * Comedy to the rescue: 'Want to know what's going on in politics? Forget the news. Armando Iannucci on how comedians are filling the gap where serious debate used to be' - The Guardian, 18th October 2006

TV/Radio:
 * Filmography (Wikipedia)
 * Shows available on DVD
 * IMDb info

Controversy/Criticism:

Awards/Honours: numerous award, including two Sony Radio Awards and three British Comedy Awards; listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy, 2003

Other:



Books & Debate:

 * Facts and fancies (1997) OCLC 41350158
 * Tongue International (2000) OCLC 44397489
 * Alan Partridge: every ruddy word: all the scripts - from radio to TV and back (2003) OCLC 52876950 - by Steve Coogan, Peter Baynham, Armando Iannucci, Patrick Marber

Latest work: The thick of it (2007) OCLC 141380062

Speaking/Appearances:

Current debate: 

The Observer, et al:

 * column ended September 2008

Column remit: Politics, culture and society (esp. political satire)

Section:

Role: Columnist

Pen-name:

Email:

Website: Guardian.co / Armando Iannucci

Commissioning editor:

Day published: Sunday

Regularity: Weekly

Column format: Single or multiple items

Average length:



Articles:

 * I tell you about the day that ...? Oh, well, too late now'' - This is my last column, which is a shame: it means I won't have time to tell you anything about... - 14th September 2008 (final column)
 * so I face the final curtain'' - Next week's will be my last column. I've decided to pack up, do a little travelling and then make a go of something completely different - 7th September 2008
 * need to worry, chaps, your top secrets are safe with us'' - We reached a landmark in technology last week when the number of computers stolen or lost containing highly sensitive information about people's bank details for the first time exceeded the number of computers available for purchase in the high street - 31st August 2008
 * half-baked? You decide'' - It was the greatest in a series of great scandals to hit Gordon Brown's government. Ministers argued 'scandal' was the wrong word for it. It was a policy - 17th August 2008
 * call me, I'll be wrapped up'' - So there I was, walking along the road one grey summer morning, when I espied a man, somewhat cheerless of disposition, his wife and children stringing along, all carrying boxes and an enormous amount of bubble wrap - 10th August 2008
 * to Obamageddon?'' - The pairing of Obama and Brown is almost certainly very strange - 3rd August 2008
 * to the brave new world of Murdoch'' - In the annals of business acumen, no single act of commercial chutzpah can surpass the company manoeuvres carried out by Rupert Murdoch over the period 2010 to 2014 - 20th July 2008
 * get no change out of these two. On second thoughts ...'' - Continuing our series of exchanges between two pre-eminent figures on the international scene, we are delighted to host a discussion between Barack Obama and David Cameron - 13th July 2008
 * you have a licence for that ass?'' - I get more and more smug because I know nothing about cars and rejoice at the collapse of car culture - 6th July 2008
 * Brown's problem? He's an octopus - When someone has had power for a very long time they start to think like an octopus. They know too much, have seen too much and have tried too much - 29th June 2008
 * how careless - now they've mislaid Jacqui Smith'' - And now here's a round-up of some of the stories we may all have missed... - 22nd June 2008
 * right up to Politicsville, USA'' - Someone once described Washington DC as 'Hollywood for Ugly People' and there is a sense that this is a one-industry town - 15th June 2008
 * last - a real use for Heathrow'' - Following the collapse of the airline industry, it's about time someone came up with a handy guide to what to do with all the empty airports - 8th June 2008
 * to be mildly rich? Read on'' - For 18 quid, the price of a kidney, you too can have a copy of Millionaire Unleashes the Secrets of a More Wealthy You - 1st June 2008
 * guilty, but I'm not to blame'' - While queuing for petrol last week, I spent my time stuck behind a fleet of other cars all driven by owners who clearly were scared of shortages - 11th May 2008
 * one small step for chumps in my brave new world'' - The trend among historians these days is to write histories of abstract concepts - 4th May 2008
 * about milking it, Prezza'' - Carnation Milk was John Prescott's food of choice when going on bulimic binges. I've always had a soft spot for Prescott - 27th April 2008
 * up for the Olympic clay monk shooting'' - Throughout recorded time, there have been major sporting occasions that have become inextricably linked with politics - 13th April 2008
 * barnet for bad boys'' - It's Monday and I wake up to hear Charlotte Green reading the news on the Today programme - 6th April 2008
 * predict an Apocacataslump'' - Global warming, world conflict and more expensive mortgages are all coming to a head simultaneously, creating the perfect conditions for 'a potential Apocacataslump' - 23rd March 2008
 * those tomatoes ready, it's time for those oaths of allegiance'' - Findings of a report into how best to celebrate Britishness - 16th March 2008
 * Brian, Master of the Omniverse'' - Stephen Hawking has been trying to explain how the universe works and how there may be more than one of them - 9th March 2008
 * me my placard - I'm with the angry brigade'' - New early years education initiative is sherbert-headed nonsense ... likely to do more damage to children than a pile of witches - 2nd March 2008
 * you thought it was just al-Fayed who was potty'' - Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, announced last week that doctors should stop issuing sick notes and start issuing well ones - 24th February 2008
 * Impose arts on the young and they'll miss the magic - The government announces it's going to make sure every child gets at least five hours of 'high-quality' cultural activities a week and naturally everyone agrees this is a good thing - 17th February 2008
 * Who'll hit the White House jackpot? - I've been out in the US all this past week, not to cover the elections, but to do a bit of research and casting for a film I'm working on about the 'special relationship' - 10th February 2008
 * I'm genuinely sorry that I have been found out - Before we go on to the main business of the day, here are last week's personal statements from MPs to the House of Commons - 3rd February 2008
 * Even Gordon the robot knows that to dither is human - There would have been a rather bizarre debate about the nature of form and meaning in Number 10 last week after Gordon Brown was accused of dithering over Peter Hain - 27th January 2008
 * Barack Obama - I'm sure we've seen him somewhere before - Like Will Smith, who in the new film I Am Legend wakes up to find himself the last man alive in a world of zombies, am I now the only person left on the planet who finds Barack Obama a little bit dull? - 13th January 2008
 * It's a very quiet life for American heroes these days - Our hand-picked team of experts select their cultural highlights of the year. This week: television - 16th December 2007



Links:

 * Wikipedia bio