Armando Ianucci: Last News

Steve Clarke On the same day that Prince William, second in line to the British throne, accused the BBC of fuelling his late mother Princess Diana’s “fear, paranoia and isolation” by deceptively obtaining an interview with her by disgraced reporter Martin Bashir, a new lobby group launched with the aim of protecting the BBC.Launched hours before the bombshell Dyson Report into the Panorama interview was dropped, the so-called British Broadcasting Challenge, backed by such luminaries as Armando Ianucci, creator of “Veep,” actor Steve Coogan and feted British novelist Hilary Mantel, aims to persuade the U.K. government to halt its financial squeeze on the BBC and to safeguard the corporation’s world-renowned impartial reporting.

This Time with Alan Partridge writers have confirmed that Lynn Benfield is back for season two.Felicity Montagu’s character made her debut alongside Alan Partridge in 1997, as his personal assistant.“In a way, we almost deliberately underuse Felicity really, probably annoyingly for her,” Alan Partridge actor Steve Coogan recently told Radio Times.“But I think it’s really great for the audience because they do just love Lynn so much, they really value when they get a glimpse of her.

The Office dragged on into nine interminable seasons. The British original? Fourteen episodes and done.