End of an era?
BBC News (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Armando Iannucci on the future of edgy comedy
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Film review: Bunny and the Bull
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
... say, or Peep Show, it really is pretty feeble. The search for Britcom success goes on. Armando Iannucci managed it with In the Loop; Edgar Wright did it with Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. It isn't easy. Bunny and the Bull is an honourable attempt. Comedy Peter Bradshaw guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our...
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David Cross: 'I love British comedy'
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
WENNDavid Cross has revealed that he loves British sitcoms.The Arrested Development star told The Guardian that he enjoys the work of both current and past British comedy writers.Cross said: "I was heavily influenced by Monty Python. The Office was a revelation."Alan Partridge, Saxondale. I love Pulling, Peep Show, Spaced. I love Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci. I could go on."He added...
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Getting into Some New Comedy.. Satiristic!
DVD-Spot UK (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
... about 3 episodes of this so far, but it's absolutely brilliant (as frankly anything touched by Armando Iannucci tends to be). It's a political satire, but you don't really need to be that interested in politics to 'get it' or find it funny, as it's absolutely hilarious. It's also garnered a lot of fame for being the swearinest show on TV, as demonstrated here with a 'Tribute to Brilliant...
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Square Eyes 20-22 November
The Stage | TV Today (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... Gaskell’s novels. Marvellous! The Thick of It (Saturday 10.20pm, BBC2, BBC HD) A superb episode of Armando Iannucci’s effortless political satire, as Nicola Murray and her opposition counterpart, Peter Mannion, appear on Richard Bacon’s radio show. And the results are, as you’d expect, not pretty. But it’s the encounter behind the scenes between Malcolm Tucker and Mannion’s own wizard...
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