The Armando Iannucci Shows
2001, Series, 26 min, Comedy, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 71
The Armando Iannucci Shows is a series of eight programmes focused on specific themes relating to human nature and existentialism, around which Iannucci would weave a series of surreal sketches and monologues. Recurring themes in the episodes are the superficiality of modern culture, our problems communicating with each other, the mundane nature of working life and feelings of personal inadequacy and social awkwardness. Several characters also make repeat appearances in the shows, including the East End thug, who solves every problem with threats of violence; Hugh, an old man who delivers surreal monologues about what things were like in the old days; and Iannucci's barber, who is full of nonsensical anecdotes.
Directed by Armando Iannucci, Sarah Smith, David Schneider, Adam Tandy
Cast
- Armando Iannucci as Self
- Hugh Cecil as Hugh
- Karen Ascoe
- Melanie Hudson
- Tony Gardner
- Stephen Mangan
- Darren Strange
- Steve Brody as Barber
- Tracey Saunders as Newly Weds
- Nigel Lindsay as Various
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