Armando Iannucci wanted to make something ‘rough and ready’ about what politics was really like in the 2000s, but with a team ...

The Thick of It aired 20 years ago this month and satirised the inner workings of modern British government - but although ...

In fact, it’s not a word I’ve ever used at all. It means the tendency to cause division or to sub-divide into separate groups ...

The fictionalised department of Social Affairs and Citizenship actually sounds like a very legitimate department in 2025.

Critics loved the satirical HBO series about making a superhero cinematic universe, but here's why The Franchise was canceled ...

Last year was both the 30th anniversary of seminal BBC comedy The Day Today, with its satire of bombastic news presentation, ...

Armando Iannucci has revealed that taking ADHD medication changed his life overnight after his adult children suggested that ...

Comedy writer Armando Iannucci and journalist Helen Lewis decode the utterly baffling world of political language.

Teachers at Armando Iannucci’s Catholic school in Glasgow told him solemnly that listening to Billy Connolly was a mortal sin. That was a bit awkward, because he’d already borrowed one of ...

Armando Iannucci is an esteemed writer and director who is best known for his work in political satire. Beginning his career on BBC Radio in the '90s with comedic radio shows that quickly made ...