Armando Iannucci is a Scottish comedian, satirist and radio producer. He has also produced, hosted and written extensively for television comedy. He was educated at University College, Oxford.

He is arguably one of the most under-appreciated comedians of our age; few know his name (even fewer know how to spell it), and yet his long-lasting domination over British comedy is undeniable. Being the producer for On The Hour in the early nineties, Iannucci brought together such comics as Chris Morris, Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Steve Coogan. It was this 'posse' which led the alternative comedy 'wave' pre-New Labour, with Morris ultimately producing Brass Eye, Blue Jam and the Chris Morris Music Show, amongst others. Lee and Herring created Fist of Fun and This Morning With Richard Not Judy (Lee also recently co-wrote the tremendously successful Jerry Springer - The Opera). Perhaps most famously, Coogan has been responsible for Alan Partridge, a character which first surfaced in On The Hour.

Iannucci's influence throughout all this is undeniable; whilst more recently he produced the rather tame 'Smokehammer website with Morris, as well as the short-lived topical satire Gash, he continues to churn out work of note. He has also produced three programmes for BBC Radio 3 within the past year or so, including Mobiles Off!, a 20 minute segment on classical concert-going etiquette.

Iannucci has written The Thick Of It, a political satire-cum-Whitehall farce for BBC 4. This stars Chris Langham as a New Labour MP being manipulated by a cynical Press Officer played by Peter Capaldi, the latter being based on Tony Blair's former Press Secretary, Alastair Campbell. It was described by critics on BBC2's Newsnight Review as a modern-day counterpart to Yes, Minister, which Iannucci championed on the BBC's Britain's Best Sitcom competition.