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The Latest Breaking News from Armando Iannucci

‘I wouldn’t be here without him’ – Peter Capaldi on Bill Forsyth

The Doctor Who star also said luck has got him to where he is today.

The Independent UK

Armando Iannucci: ‘I have ADHD, which explains why I can only work to deadlines’

The satirist on who makes him laugh, Tory attacks on the BBC, and the physics behind his sci-fi sitcom

The Guardian - UK

No-jokes Jeremy Hunt can’t bridge gap between Tory fantasy and reality

The message was that we were screwed for the foreseeable – just forget about who was to blame

The Guardian - UK

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'Avenue 5' Season 2 Episode 5 release date, time, and plot for HBO’s sci-fi show

The truth is out — and the passengers are ready to riot. Here's everything you need to know about 'Avenue 5’ Season 2 Episode 5.

Inverse

'Avenue 5' Season 2 Episode 3 release date, time, plot, cast, and trailer for HBO’s sci-fi show

The spaceship is set to cross paths with a suspicious unclassified research station. Here's everything we know about 'Avenue 5' Season 2 Episode 3.

Inverse

'Avenue 5' Season 2 Episode 2 release date, time, plot, cast, and trailer for HBO’s sci-fi comedy

The spaceship is headed straight for the sun.

Inverse

'Avenue 5' creator Armando Iannucci on Season 2, a 'Veep' crossover, and Star Wars

“In Avenue 5 there aren't any aliens,” Iannucci tells Inverse. “There's no teleportation. I just like the idea of watching a group rewrite the rules of society.

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Strictly delights and Mrs Brown’s Boys divides: 100 years of the BBC, part nine

Amid the horrific ‘sexed up’ scandal, the corporation scores big hits with Strictly, Bake Off and The Thick of It, a foul-mouthed widow causes a crisis – and the Queen’s favourite show comes to light

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson likens himself to Roman who returned as dictator

Departing PM references Cincinnatus, who turned to farming after leaving Rome – but then returned to power

The Guardian - UK

Joe Lycett overshadows Liz Truss victory online after Daily Mail outrage

Comic continues his tongue-in-cheek support of new PM-in-waiting, as other satirists also jump in

The Guardian - UK

Armando Iannucci hits out at Doctor Who ‘woke’ criticism and praises ‘colourblind’ casting

‘Veep’ creator praised diverse casting choices on British television

The Independent UK

Londoner’s Diary: Rumours rife of a return to The Times for Michael Gove

In today’s Diary: Gove going to The Times? / Iannucci’s Partygate poetry / Noel Clarke’s new script / Stars at the showjumping / The Johnsons talk sewage

Evening Standard

Armando Iannucci backs Channel 4 anti-privatisation campaign

A CAMPAIGN to stop the privatisation of Channel 4 is being launched with support from celebrities and production companies.

The National (Scotland)

Armando Iannucci praises Platinum Jubilee planners for giving Boris Johnson ‘ironic’ bible reading

‘Hats off to the organisers who fixed it for him to read [that] out,’ creator of ‘The Thick of It’ said

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Armando Iannucci points out fatal flaw in name of new Boris Johnson drama

A FATAL flaw in a new drama about the early days of Boris Johnson’s premiership has been exposed.

The Guardian - UK

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

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

Evening Standard

Why does the UK Government plan to privatise Channel 4 and what has happened so far?

The broadcaster could be put up for bid from the spring of 2023, with foreign ownership possible

The Guardian - UK

Armando Iannucci: ‘Everything since 2016 has been a wind-up’

The film and TV writer answers your questions on advising Boris Johnson, dining with Alan Partridge characters and whether he still has OJ’s confession

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Post your questions for Armando Iannucci

Alan Partridge to Malcolm Tucker, The Death of Stalin to David Copperfield – the writer-director’s CV lists the great comedy characters and satires of our time. Ask him anything in the comments

The Guardian - UK

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

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

Evening Standard

Talking Point: Are you happy to pay for a TV licensing fee?

The news that the government is looking to scrap the license fee didn’t come as a surprise to many, nor did the timing of the announcement given the recent turmoil Boris Johnson’s premiership has found itself in, but it did cause an outpouring of emotion on social media for what…

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