Armando Iannucci

Armando Iannucci is a comic writer, performer, director and producer whose radio and television programmes have been regarded by The Sunday Times as 'Quite simply the funniest programmes to grace the airwaves.'

Armando is the creator, co-writer and producer/director of Alan Partridge, Steve Coogan's failed chat-show host. Armando was responsible for two series of the BAFTA and British Comedy Award winning 'I'm Alan Partridge' as well as it's precursor, 'Knowing Me , Knowing You...with Alan Partridge.'

Armando's first TV series was the hugely influential The Day Today, written with Chris Morris. The show, first shown in 1994, was lauded by The Independent as 'The funniest and most original comedy show since Monty Python.' Armando then went on to write and present three series of the Montreaux Award Winning topical show 'The Friday Night Armistice' for BBC 2, and hosted a live 3-hour Election Night Armistice in 1997, which won a Broadcast Television Award for best Entertainment Show

Armando has also conducted two sell-out live tours, in 1996 and 1999 and has recently finished presenting a series of "Gash" a nightly topical comedy show for Channel 4, for whom he also wrote, directed and presented The Armando Iannucci Shows in 2001.

He has, since 1999, written a weekly satirical column for The Daily Telegraph and is currently a regular panellist on Radio Four's 'News Quiz' and 'The 99p Challenge.' He also writes and talks about classical music on Radio Three, and is in the process of writing an opera libretto for composer David Sawer and the renowned Komische Oper in Berlin.

Armando is the only person to have received a Special British Comedy Award, granted for his unique contribution to television and radio comedy.