Season 2 of HBO’s space liner bound comedy Avenue 5 has been a long time coming. The show, which stars Hugh Laurie and Josh Gad, comes from Armando Iannucci (Veep, The Thick of It) and dropped its first season back in early 2020. Understandably, the second run has taken a while… the world’s been a … >
For his first major post-Doctor Who role, Peter Capaldi is joining forces once more with an old colleague. Capaldi is to join the cast of David Copperfield, the new film from Armando Iannucci. Iannucci, of course, being one of the brains behind The Thick Of It, and its associated movie, In The Loop. Capaldi playing … >
For the past few years, the role that Peter Capaldi is best known for has switched to the Doctor, courtesy of his three series of Doctor Who. But to many, of course, he’s still the swearing magician Malcolm Tucker from The Thick Of It and In The Loop. Those were the creation of Armando Ianucci, … >
Arguably the high watermark of spoof/satire television in the UK, The Day Today is unquestionably an important slice of British comedy history. Spawning from the similarly genius radio show On The Hour, The Day Today brought together several now well-known comedic actors and writers – Steve Coogan, Rebecca Front, Patrick Marber, David Schneider, Peter Baynham, … >
Armando Iannucci has said that BBC Two’s satirical comedy series The Thick of It won’t return because the current world of politics is too “alien and awful”. Starring Doctor Who’s Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker, The Thick of It launched in May 2005 and ran for four seasons and two specials. The final episode aired in October 2012 and a film … >
With 2015’s Christmas special done and dusted, the rumour wheel can start turning in earnest on the next season of Doctor Who. Confirmed to be continuing in his showrunner role, Steven Moffat has been teasing Season 10’s writing line-up with a promise of excitement, revealing: “…we’ve had meetings today with two writers who’ve never written … >
The fourth season of HBO’s Veep will begin in the UK later this month. Armando Iannucci’s political comedy returns to Sky Atlantic with the first of ten new episodes at 10.10pm on Wednesday 15 July. Watch the Season 4 trailer… Directed by The Thick of It star Chris Addison, ‘Joint Session’ kicks off as Selina … >
BBC Two has today confirmed political comedy series The Thick of It will return for a new seven-part series later this year.
Sky Atlantic has announced that US comedy series Veep will premiere exclusively on Sky Atlantic this June.