Retro RHLSTP 106 - Armando Iannucci

RHLSTP with Richard Herring

British Comedy Guide

Comedy, Performing Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

4.8 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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#379 M&M Apocalypse - Richard’s son continues to come up with better material than his dad, without even trying. His guest is the unparalleled comedy genius Armando Iannucci. They chat about how Armando once again predicted the future with his hilarious new sitcom Avenue 5, the lows and deeper lows of lockdown, what inspired him to write the mock-heroic poem, Pandemonium https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pandemonium-Some-verses-Current-Predicament/dp/1408715082/, whether he’d make a good PM, why Richard is upset about the casting of David Copperfield, the smell of an angel’s fart, the precipice the world finds itself on the edge of and whether there is any hope for us and the most astonishing story of what a supporting actor chose to say to Armando on the set of Veep (which is the highlight of the series so far).

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0:04.9	whatnot. We have some live shows coming up. We're at the Bill Murray on the 30th of June with two
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0:18.8	have sold out before I do. But we're aiming high is all I'll say for that.
0:22.8	And then in Edinburgh, guests confirmed so far are Tom Rosenthal,
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