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  • The Day Today
  • The Day Today review by TempestInAFlatHat from Newcastle upon Tyne
    Rated - 5.0 stars Those are the headlines; I wish to god they weren't. 22 September 2010
    ...n Partridge's Soccerometer. It launched the television careers of Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci and Steve Coogan, and regularly gets held up as a central influence by no end o...   Read customer review
  • Time Trumpet
  • Time Trumpet review by LawrenceHill from
    Rated - 5.0 stars Surreal. Hilarious. 14 November 2011
    ...Hilarious. Slightly more surreal than the usual from Armando Iannucci and all the better for it. Love it like Jam....   Read customer review
  • In the Loop
  • In the Loop review by Northernsky from Halifax
    Rated - 5.0 stars It's like Bugsy Malone, but with real guns. 11 October 2009
    ...e extras ( interviews, deleted scenes -unusually well worth watching ) director Armando Iannucci points out that writer Ian Martin( credited with additional material ) writes ...   Read customer review

Armando Iannucci - filmography


  • Veep (2012)
    Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus,  Anna Chlumsky,  Tony Hale
    Director: Armando Iannucci
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Centers on former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned about.
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 27 members
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  • In the Loop - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Peter Capaldi,  Tom Hollander,  Gina McKee
    Director: Armando Iannucci
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Armando Iannucci co-writes and directs this feature comedy - a big-screen spin-off of the BBC series 'In the Thick of It' - satirising the inner workings of British and American politics as the powers-that-be attempt to 'sell' the deeply unpopular Iraq invasion to the public on both sides of the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 6,600 members
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  • In the Loop on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Peter Capaldi,  Tom Hollander,  Gina McKee
    Director: Armando Iannucci
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Armando Iannucci co-writes and directs this feature comedy - a big-screen spin-off of the BBC series 'In the Thick of It' - satirising the inner workings of British and American politics as the powers-that-be attempt to 'sell' the deeply unpopular Iraq invasion to the public on both sides of the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 31,215 members
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  • The Thick Of It - Series 3 (2 discs) on DVD (2009)
    Starring: James Smith,  Rebecca Front,  Joanna Scanlan
    Director: Armando Iannucci
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    All eight episodes from the third series of the award-winning BBC satirical political comedy drama written and directed by Armando Iannucci. In this series, razor-tongued policy enforcer Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) has his work cut out when the Prime Minister decides to reshuffle his cabinet in ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 88% from 1,749 member
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  • Time Trumpet on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Armando Ianucci,  Richard Ayoade,  Stewart Lee
    Director: Armando Iannucci
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Armando Ianucci presents a satirical look at the present onwards... from the future. Witness an increasingly bizzare Tom Cruise, Tesco invading Denmark, George Lucas' CGI enhanced funeral and many more hilarious memories yet to happen.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,868 member
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  • The Thick of It - S02 E01 (2007)
    Starring: Chris Addison,  Peter Capaldi,  James Smith
    Director: Armando Iannucci
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Junior Policy Advisor, Ollie Reeder, finds himself the butt of all jokes after a one-night stand with his Opposition Shadow researcher while Hugh Abbot's ministerial visit to a factory goes horrendously wrong. Only Malcolm can help, but will he?
    4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 138 members
  • The Thick of It - S02 E03 (2007)
    Starring: Chris Addison,  Peter Capaldi,  James Smith
    Director: Armando Iannucci
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In the midst of a chaotic office move, Hugh accidentally sends an expletive-littered email to an eight-year-old girl leading to a front page story in the national papers. His day quickly goes from bad to worse when he also 'accidentally' lies in front of the Education Select Committee, leaving ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 118 members
  • The Thick of It - S02 E02 (2007)
    Starring: Chris Addison,  Peter Capaldi,  James Smith
    Director: Armando Iannucci
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Malcolm makes things difficult when an outside adviser arrives to inspect all the departments, and enlists his colleagues' help in getting rid of him. Meanwhile, Hugh is upset to discover that everybody is aware the Prime Minister's wife does not like him - a blow to his plans for a policy ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 89% from 127 members
  • The Thick of It - S01 E02 (2005)
    Starring: Chris Addison,  Peter Capaldi,  James Smith
    Director: Armando Iannucci
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Hugh Abbot, Minister for Social Affairs, complains about how tired and overworked he is as Terri Coverley the Press Officer dumps another hefty pile of Departmental press releases on his desk. His inability to keep the pace has been reflected in a profile piece that antagonistic journalist Simon ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 91% from 180 members
  • The Thick Of It - S01 E03 (2005)
    Starring: Chris Addison,  Peter Capaldi,  James Smith
    Director: Armando Iannucci
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Tomorrow is the final day of the report stage of Hugh Abbot’s Housing Bill in the Commons, and everything is going splendidly. But envy is brewing in the Department over the media attention that charming Junior Minister Dan Miller is receiving for his input on the Bill, leaving Abbot starved of the ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 92% from 181 members
  • The Thick Of It - S01 E01 (2005)
    Starring: Chris Addison,  Peter Capaldi,  James Smith
    Director: Armando Iannucci
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Cliff Lawton, the Minister for Social Affairs, is having a meeting with Number Ten’s Chief Political Advisor, Malcolm Tucker. There have been press rumours that the Minister is to be sacked. Lawton is told that none of these stories have come from Number Ten.
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 296 members
  • The Thick Of It (2 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Peter Capaldi,  Chris Langham
    Director: Armando Iannucci
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    All three episodes from the first series of BBC4's satirical political comedy series written and directed by Armando Iannucci. The caustic comedy, set in the corridors of power, follows the career of Hugh Abbot (Chris Langham), a put-upon MP who is continually harassed by Number 10's foul-mouthed ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 83% from 5,630 members
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  • Alan Partridge - I'm Alan Partridge - Se... on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Steve Coogan
    Director: Armando Iannucci
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The complete second series of the popular comedy that stars Steve Coogan as the eponymous 'hero' (!). 'The Talented Mr Alan' finds Alan bumping into his old teacher (who once caned Alan for having a chalk penis drawn on his blazer) at a petrol station. In 'The Colour of Alan' Alan has been asked to ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 11,470 members
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  • Knowing Me, Knowing You on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Steve Coogan,  Rebecca Front,  Doon MacKichan
    Director: Dominic Brigstocke
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Aha! Alan Partridge, 'King of Chat' (or alternatively the chat show host from hell), manages to rub all of his guests' backs up in all six episodes from the first series of 'Knowing Me, Knowing You'. Finest comedy moments include the 'head shlapping' bald Brummies, the famous ABBA medley, 'Cheeky ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 7,822 members
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  • The Day Today on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Steve Coogan,  Rebecca Front,  Doon MacKichan
    Director: Andrew Gillman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The entire news show featuring Sports Reporter Alan Partridge and Anchorman Chris Morris. Part 1 contains footage of a helicopter being flown at the heads of small children by a dog, an American man being electrocuted while dressed as Elvis, music news of gangsta rapper FUR Q, coverage of the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 13,527 members
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Armando Iannucci facts

5 most recent films

Veep - 4.0 stars
Veep - Blu-ray - 3 stars
In the Loop - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
In the Loop - 3.5 stars
The Thick Of It - Series 3 - 4.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Thick Of It - Series 3 - 4.5 stars
The Thick Of It - 4.0 stars
The Thick Of It - The Specials - 4.0 stars
Alan Partridge - I'm Alan Partridge - Episodes 1 To 6 - 4.0 stars
The Armando Ianucci Shows - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Veep - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Veep - 4.0 stars
Time Trumpet - 3.0 stars
In the Loop - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
In the Loop - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Peter Capaldi - 28 times - show films
Chris Addison - 24 times - show films
Joanna Scanlan - 18 times - show films
James Smith - 18 times - show films
Steve Coogan - 14 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Dominic Brigstocke - 4 times - show films
Andrew Gillman - 2 times - show films