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First Minister congratulates Scots on King's Honours list

JOHN Swinney has congratulated all Scots who have received an award in the King’s Birthday Honours list.

The National (Scotland)

Alan Bates, Gordon Brown and Tracey Emin lead King’s birthday honours as more than 1,000 recognised

Famous faces among people across UK recognised for outstanding contribution to community and country

The Independent UK

The Thick of It writer receives honorary degree from St Andrews University

WRITER and satirist Armando Iannucci has said it is a “delight, an honour, a thrill” to be awarded an honorary degree by one of the UK’s…

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The Thick of It creator Armando Iannucci compares Tory plan to his episode ‘The Rise of the Nutters’

‘I swear Armando Iannucci is going to demand a licensing fee for this Tory election campaign,’ an amused fan wrote on X

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‘The government has been too terrible to make fun of’: Peter Capaldi on satire, politics and privilege

He brought an unhinged fury to The Thick of It and played a stern Doctor Who. Peter Capaldi talks about his new role as an ageing DCI, his Weinstein encounter – and why recent governments have been so incompetent he can’t even make jokes about them

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The week in theatre: The Little Matchgirl and Happier Tales; Cold War; Pandemonium – review

There’s a puppet but no happy ending at Emma Rice’s fine new Somerset venue; Elvis Costello soundtracks a postwar Polish love story; and Armando Iannucci bravely tries to satirise the Tory party

The Guardian - UK

Troublesome talent and meddling ministers. As BBC chair, Samir Shah, here’s what you’ve got to do

Our expert panel on how the BBC should deal with perfidious governments and a hostile press – all while continuing to engage the public

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Pandemonium review – Armando Iannucci’s furiously funny takedown of No 10

Boris Johnson and his successors Less Trust and Riches Sooner are satirised in a superb political pantomime directed by Patrick Marber

The Guardian - UK

Pandemonium at Soho Theatre review: does this weak show prove that Johnson, Sunak and co have killed satire?

Elegantly profane language can’t disguise undergraduate-level humour and an incoherent mess of a script

Evening Standard

As The Crown ends a gap arises. A tragi-comedy on a dysfunctional family, anyone?

The daily lives of the current crop of liberal-minded royals could prove a prime target for the right writer

The Guardian - UK

Steve Coogan to star in Armando Iannucci’s stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove

Sean Foley, co-writer of The Play What I Wrote, is directing

Evening Standard

Steve Coogan to star in Armando Iannucci’s Dr Strangelove play

Coogan will follow in Peter Sellers’ footsteps to play multiple roles in stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 satirical war film

The Guardian - UK

Steve Coogan to star in West End production of Stanley Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove

Alan Partridge star will play multiple roles in West End adaptation

The Independent UK

‘I’ve got a few ideas’: Jesse Armstrong on Succession, strikes – and what he will do next

After seven years of ‘mad triage’ on possibly the best drama series ever, its creator is up for a lot of noodling, football, and maybe a return to his first love – the sitcom

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HBO Greenlights Comedy Series ‘The Franchise’

Himesh Patel, Aya Cash to star in superhero movie-making show

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Armando Iannucci’s new Covid play will be stranger than fiction

The Thick Of It creator Armando Iannucci will have audiences ‘reliving the horror’

The Guardian - UK

‘Stardom is not a worthy pursuit’: Julia Louis-Dreyfus on sexism, ageing and fighting fascism

The star of Seinfeld, Veep and new film You Hurt My Feelings has barely put a foot wrong in her 40-year career. She discusses juggling parenting and working, dark days on SNL – and celebrating older women

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Armando Iannucci to adapt Stanley Kubrick’s film Dr Strangelove for stage

The Thick of It creator will collaborate with actor Sean Foley on first authorised adaptation of director’s 1964 apocalyptic comedy

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‘I was a tiny cog in a machine of people all named vice-president of something’: the reality of remaking UK sitcoms

The CBS version of the BBC comedy Ghosts is one of the biggest shows on American TV. But US remakes more often than not go south. Armando Iannucci and other creators share their horror stories

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Marvel Comics celebrates its 84th anniversary with new Marvel Age #1000 one-shot

J. Michael Straczynski, Armando Iannucci and Rainbow Rowell among an impressive roster of creative talent involved with the special

The Guardian - UK

Daisy May Cooper: ‘When I try to be sexy, I look like a psychopath’

The creator and star of This Country on how growing up in poverty influenced her new role, and why she keeps her Bafta by the door

The Guardian - UK

‘Buttock-clenching moments of excruciating joy’: famous Succession fans on their favourite scenes

Kendall rapping, Gerri and Roman’s hotel bathroom tryst… as the final season airs, Armando Iannucci, Abi Morgan, Phil Wang and more tell us about their top moments

The Guardian - UK

The Thick of It was fuelled by my anger at the Iraq war – and the way it left truth for dead

Tony Blair’s terrible decision inspired my tale of stupidity in the corridors of power – with a howl of frustration among the one-liners, says film and TV writer Armando Iannucci

The Guardian - UK

Gary Lineker was singled out from a long list of BBC stars who express political views

From Alan Sugar and Karren Brady to Richard Osman and Nadiya Hussain, there is nothing new about TV presenters writing about politics

Inverse

'Avenue 5' Season 2 Episode 8 release date, time, plot, and trailer for the HBO finale

Here's everything you need to know about the Season 2 finale of HBO's 'Avenue 5.'

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