Armando Iannucci
Other work
### Other work

Iannucci's non\-television works include *Smokehammer*, a web\-based project with Chris Morris, and the 1997 book *Facts and Fancies*, composed of his newspaper columns, which was turned into a [BBC Radio 4](/wiki/BBC_Radio_4 "BBC Radio 4") series. The radio series *Scraps With Iannucci*, which followed late in 1998, featured Iannucci using his tape\-fiddling skills to present a review of the year.

In 2007, he directed a series of [Post Office](/wiki/Post_Office_Ltd. "Post Office Ltd.") television adverts, featuring the actors [John Henshaw](/wiki/John_Henshaw "John Henshaw"), [Rory Jennings](/wiki/Rory_Jennings "Rory Jennings") and [Di Botcher](/wiki/Di_Botcher "Di Botcher") alongside guest stars [Joan Collins](/wiki/Joan_Collins "Joan Collins"), [Bill Oddie](/wiki/Bill_Oddie "Bill Oddie") and [Westlife](/wiki/Westlife "Westlife").

He has appeared on Radio 3 talking about classical music, one of his passions, and collaborated with composer [David Sawer](/wiki/David_Sawer "David Sawer") on *Skin Deep*, an [operetta](/wiki/Operetta "Operetta"), which was premiered by [Opera North](/wiki/Opera_North "Opera North") on 16 January 2009\. He has also presented three programmes for [BBC Radio 3](/wiki/BBC_Radio_3 "BBC Radio 3"), including *Mobiles Off!*, a 20\-minute segment on classical concert\-going etiquette. He was a regular columnist for the classical music magazine *[Gramophone](/wiki/Gramophone_%28magazine%29 "Gramophone (magazine)")*. A book of his writings about classical music *Hear Me Out* was published in 2017\.

In 2012 it was reported that he was writing his first novel, *Tongue International*, a satirical fantasy about the promotion of a "for\-profit language".

In July 2023, Iannucci announced that he was working on a stage adaptation of [Stanley Kubrick](/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick "Stanley Kubrick")'s classic [Cold War](/wiki/Cold_War "Cold War") satire *[Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb](/wiki/Dr._Strangelove "Dr. Strangelove").* [Sean Foley](/wiki/Sean_Foley_%28director%29 "Sean Foley (director)") will direct, and Iannucci's longtime collaborator [Steve Coogan](/wiki/Steve_Coogan "Steve Coogan") will be starring in multiple roles.


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