[longwave]

Armando Iannucci is the link here; he produced and wrote for The Day Today, all the Alan Partridge shows, and also Time Trumpet.

[davv]

Yeah, he also wrote The Thick of It which is probably the best comedy series I’ve ever seen. Another writer on that was Jesse Armstrong of Succession fame.

[longwave]

Jesse Armstrong also co-wrote Four Lions and Peep Show, amongst others. It's amazing how a very small group of people can have such an influence on a vast amount of cultural output.

[kiksy]

Armando Iannuccis back catalogue is so vast. He's done so so much stuff over the last 30 odd years and so much of it is top tier. Yet few people would recognise the name. He's talented on so many levels. If anyone hasn't I'd highly recommend the 'Armando Iannucci Shows'.

[mattkevan]

Love that show - profound, absurd and deeply silly all at once.

Absolute favourite sketch is the ‘East End Thug’ with Alan Ford from Snatch.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=49nKWoTgouQ&pp=ygUdZWFzdCBlbmQ...

[mdp2021]

> I'd highly recommend

Oh, one of the best ever pieces of radio was

Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive

It's horrible that only 24 episodes have been produced. It should still be running today.

[rwmj]

Time Trumpet is enormously underrated. Some of the special effects were done by Ben Wheatley (now a movie director). (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0840965)

[andywaite]

Also Veep, a huge success in the US.