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Armando Iannucci (born 1964) is a
Scottish comedian, satirist and radio
producer. He has also produced, hosted and written
extensively for television comedy.  He was
educated at St Aloysius' College, Glasgow and
University College, Oxford.  

He is arguably one of the most under-appreciated
comedians of our age; few know his name (even
fewer know how to spell it), and yet his
long-lasting domination over British comedy is
undeniable.  Being the producer for On The Hour in
the early nineties, Iannucci brought together such
comics as Chris Morris, Richard Herring, Stewart
Lee and Steve Coogan. It was this 'posse' which
led the alternative comedy 'wave' pre-New Labour,
with Morris ultimately producing Brass Eye, Blue
Jam and the Chris Morris Music Show, amongst
others. Lee and Herring created Fist of Fun and
This Morning With Richard Not Judy (Lee also
recently co-wrote the tremendously successful
Jerry Springer - The Opera). Perhaps most
famously, Steve Coogan|Coogan has been responsible
for Alan Partridge, a character which first
surfaced in On The Hour.

Iannucci's influence throughout all this is
undeniable; whilst more recently he produced the
rather tame Smokehammer website with Morris, as
well as the short-lived topical satire Gash, he
continues to churn out work of note. He has also
produced three programmes for BBC Radio 3 within
the past year or so, including Mobiles Off!, a 20
minute segment on classical concert-going
etiquette.

Iannucci has written The Thick Of It, a political
satire-cum-Whitehall farce for BBC 4.  This stars
Chris Langham as a New Labour MP being manipulated
by a cynical Press Officer played by Peter
Capaldi, the latter being based on Tony Blair's
former Press Secretary, Alastair Campbell.  It was
described by critics on BBC2's Newsnight Review as
a modern-day counterpart to Yes, Minister, which
Iannucci championed on the BBC's Britain's Best
Sitcom competition.

He has been involved in the following British
radio and television programmes:

* On The Hour (BBC Radio 4 - creator, co-writer,
producer)
* No' The Archie McPherson Show (BBC Radio
Scotland - presenter, writer, producer)
* Armando Iannucci (BBC Radio 1 - writer,
presenter, producer)
* The News Quiz (BBC Radio 4 - producer, also
appeared as guest)
* Quote Unquote (BBC Radio 4 - producer)
* Loose Talk (producer)
* The Mary Whitehouse Experience (producer)
* The Day Today (BBC 2 - creator, co-writer,
producer plus occasional appearances.  The Day
Today was the TV adaptation of On The Hour)
* The Saturday Night Armistice (writer, producer,
presenter etc. - later The Friday Night Armistice)
* Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge
(co-writer, producer, creator)
* I'm Alan Partridge (co-writer, producer,
director)
* The Armando Iannucci Shows (writer, performer,
director and producer)
* Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt (writer,
director)
* Gash (writer, presenter)
* Have I Got News For You, as a panelist on 23rd
April 2004.
* The 99p Challenge on BBC Radio 4.
*Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive on BBC Radio 4
(writer, presenter) (Six half-hour episodes, 11/05
- 15/06/05)
*The Thick of It (writer) (Three half-hour
episodes, BBC4, 19/05 - 02/06/05.  To be shown on
BBC2 later in 2005).
*2004: The Stupid Version (Presenter, co-writer,
producer)
(http://www.bbc.tv/bbcthree/tv/2004_stupid_version
.shtml BBC Three Link)

He has won two Sony Radio Awards and three British
Comedy Awards.

He also wrote a book in 1997, Facts and Fancies,
which was turned into a BBC Radio Four series with
Iannucci reading the odd collection of stories.

In 2003, he was listed in The Observer as one of
the Observer's 50 funniest|50 funniest acts in
British comedy.

==Bibliography==
*Print
**Alan Partridge: Every Ruddy Word by Steve
Coogan, Peter Baynham, Armando Iannucci, Patrick
Marber (Michael Joseph, 2003) ISBN 0718146786 
**Facts and Fancies (Michael Joseph, 1997) ISBN
0718139518
*Audiobooks
**Facts and Fancies (BBC Audiobooks, 1998) ISBN
0563557567
**I'm Alan Partridge: Knowing Me, Knowing Yule
(BBC Audiobooks, 1998) ISBN 056355763X
**Knowing Me, Knowing You...: With Alan Partridge:
Complete Series (BBC Audiobooks, 1995) CD ISBN
056338896X, cassette ISBN 0563388919