People
Armando Iannucci
Biography:
Armando Giovanni Iannucci is a Scottish-Italian comedian, satirist, writer, director, performer and radio producer. 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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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The Academy of Armando as Self | 2025-03-03 |
Can Elon Musk Rule The World? as Self | 2025-02-06 |
Art Matters as Self | 2024-07-24 |
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal as Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-21 |
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen | 2018-01-07 |
Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom? as Himself | 2017-12-27 |
Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels as Himself | 2016-09-21 |
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy as Self | 2014-05-24 |
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure as Self | 2014-05-11 |
Armando's Tale of Charles Dickens as Self | 2012-01-02 |
Milton's Heaven and Hell as Presenter | 2009-05-26 |
Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt as Self | 1998-11-02 |