Tag Archives: Armando Iannucci

WATCH: ‘Veep’ Season Two Trailer

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on March 18th, 2013

We spend quite a bit of time talking about British shows that may see the light of day in America, or may not, so it’s a pleasure to be able to jump up and down about a British success story that you’ll get to see before ...

‘The Thick Of It’ Takes “Omnishambles” All The Way To The Dictionary

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on November 13th, 2012

Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It

It’s always satisfying when smart modern words manage to make their way into everyday language next to all of those internet neologisms like LOL and totes amazeballs and whatnot, so hats off to the writing team behind the British ...

Armando Ianucci: “Not All Americans Are Brilliant”

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on September 5th, 2012

Forgive the slight twisting of a quote, but Armando Iannucci, the man behind a gushing fountain of satirical British comedy, including The Day Today, the ever-evolving, ever-wondrous Alan Partridge franchise, The Thick Of It, and his ...

Finally! An Alan Partridge Movie

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on June 21st, 2012

The last couple of years have seen a glorious return from one of British comedy’s most cherished characters. Alan Partridge, played with oily glee by Steve Coogan, has released an autobiography, appeared in a series of web-only ...

The Astonishing (And Very Sweary) Lineage of ‘Veep’

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on February 27th, 2012

On April 22, HBO is showing a new TV comedy called Veep, in which Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays a former senator who has accepted the call to serve as Vice President of the United States. She soon finds that she’s out of her depth ...

HBO Commissions New Comedy From Armando Iannucci

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on April 18th, 2011

If you’re a fan of uncomfortably brilliant UK comedy talent, we have astonishing news for you. It seems HBO has commissioned a new political comedy from Armando Iannucci, the man behind such enduring British classics as I’m ...

Roundup: Ben Kingsley Blames Web for Ruining English

By MacKenzie Wilson | Posted on October 29th, 2010

Last month, some of Britain's most distinguished thespians — Sir Ian McKellan, Keira Knightley, Saffron Burrows, Rupert Everett and more — descended London’s Prince of Wales Theatre for The People Speak. The UK ...