Armando Iannucci

Glasgow born Armando Iannucci is the creator of some of the most original television comedy of recent years and has a catalogue of credits as a writer, performer and producer. He is considered one of the UK's top satirical writers and comedians and is in high demand as an after dinner speaker.

Armando Iannucci, has presented for some of the worlds' largest organizations and never fails to have everyone in stitches. With his specialty in "public nonsense" and unique sense of humour, Armando Iannucci is an interesting, witty and dymanic speaker.

Iannucci has an extensive history in British radio and television. First receiving widespread fame in the early 1990s as the producer for On the Hour and then The Day Today, he received critical acclaim for both his own talents as a writer and a producer, and for first bringing together such comics as Chris Morris, Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Steve Coogan.

As creator of the critically acclaimed, The Thick of It, Armando bought a new level of political satire to our TV screens.

In January 2009, his first feature film In the Loop in the style of The Thick of It, was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. It was the first cinema film to be directed by Iannucci, after his contribution to Tube Tales in 1999. The film has been applauded by critics, both in Britain and the US and was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 2009, New York Film Critics' Circle Award and three BAFTAs. The film secured the eighth highest placing in the UK box office in its opening week.

He created the American political satire television series 'Veep' , the US version of The Thick of It