Talk:Armando Iannucci

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I have tagged this for clean up as it contains too much POV and needs expanding. Logan1138 16:45, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 "Attempted Clean Up" 2 OA = "old Aloysiusian" 3 Sectioning 4 PAC = "Custard" 5 Post at Oxford 6 Facts & Fancies/Scraps With Iannucci 7 The Armando Iannucci Shows 8 Glasgow University?

[edit] "Attempted Clean Up"

I've tried to clean it up to a better state than it was before. 81.179.68.137 18:14, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Bah, that was me, I just forgot to log in. Sorry! DE 18:18, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] OA = "old Aloysiusian"

As a former St. Aloysius pupil, the letters "OA" appear after his name, to indicate that he is an "old Aloysiusian".

Eh? I don't think so. Flapdragon 23:56, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

(re : the removed "Oxford" comment here that will show up in the history; apologies, I thought that all reference had been removed, not the repeated reference) Seb Patrick 12:41, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sectioning

Please do not add pointless, unhelpful headings like "biography" or "life and career". This article is a biography, those things are implied by the fact that it's an article about a person. The heading in question does not help usefully structure the article, it is not a logical way to group the paragraphs in question and it creates an unhelpful stubby introduction. I get the feeling that somebody is adding it to shift the TOC up the page, which can be done in more sensible ways which comply with WP:MOS. Joe D (t) 14:00, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Believe it or not someone's life and their work are not always indistinguishable. And having a table of contents towards the end of the article, just before a set of appendices, looks a bit silly, don't you think? But if you know a better way of doing it, fine, why not be constructive and implement it rather than just repeatedly reverting people? At least give us a clue what you have in mind. Flapdragon 14:25, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PAC = "Custard"

A seriously funny man - deserves to be as popular as custard (PAC). The South Bank Show appearance didn't convince me he was up to a PhD on Milton. Moral: never do comedy with Melvyn Bragg. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pliny (talk • contribs) 2006-06-20.

[edit] Post at Oxford

Does anyone know if he is associated with St Anne's College as the visiting professor? I know he gave his first talk at St Anne's College. Malrase 19:38, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

No, he wasn't associated with St Anne's - his association was, as far as I know, with the English Faculty rather than any particular college. The theatre at St Anne's was simply used as the venue for the first two of the four lectures (I know, 'cos I was there!) Seb Patrick 14:48, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Facts & Fancies/Scraps With Iannucci

For future reference, these were actually two different series for BBC Radio 4, very different in style and broadcast in different years. I'll try and find proper dates for both.

[edit] The Armando Iannucci Shows

So, what's this and how come I've not heard of it?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000GUK3NI/ref=pd_ys_ir_all_10/026-3806662-9841269?ie=UTF8

Doctor Sinister 11:28, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

There's a page on them at The Armando Iannucci Shows, and it's included in his list of programmes in this article. They were only released a couple of days ago on DVD, although they are deserving of a larger mention in this article as well. Bob talk 14:50, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Glasgow University?

Does anyone know of a reference for the "University of Glasgow" comment? I couldn't find anything mentioning him being a Glasgow University alumni on the internet other than mirrors of this page. Also, in every television/newspaper interview I've seen he only mentions his time at Oxford. I suspect there may have been confusion over the College, perhaps, on this edit. Bob talk 01:54, 6 January 2007 (UTC)