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Armando Iannucci

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2017-11-24

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2017-11-24

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1. “House of Commons at the time. So all you knew about Parliament was what was reported indirectly on the news or in the newspapers the next day. And in this library were fresh copies of Hansa. And I thought, I wonder what it's like. And it was interesting sitting down reading and then looking at also calling up some famous exchanges from the 60s or something just to see what it's like, you know. And then once microphones were allowed in, can you imagine how there was actually an opposition to radio microphones being in the house of Commons? Oh, yes. Because people hated the MPs were just didn't want the public to hear that noise, that kind of, you know. Which even brought a TV.”

   2017-11-24 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Armando Iannucci One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

2. “The age of 13. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Really? No. Let's just, when you see red Hansard, I didn't read all of Hansard, okay? Because that covers 250. Most days. Years of parliamentary. No, what it was, was, and I didn't go in every day and read Hans, what it was, was a new library opened up just near me in Glasgow, and it had everything. And primarily it had a great classical music collection, vinyl at the time, which allowed me to kind of explore all that. And the great thing about libraries is, you know, whatever the membership is, it's then free and, you know, you can try stuff out if you don't like it, bring it back, try something new out. And that's how I acquired my education in classical music and in literature as well. But I was fascinated by politics, absolutely. And at the time, this was like mid-70s, late 70s, there was no coverage on the radio. There weren't even radio microphones in it.”

   2017-11-24 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Armando Iannucci One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

3. “Well, I don't know whether I mean, I was always into comedy at the same time, you know, right from an early age. I did my first stand up when I was 12 at school listening to stealing jokes off the radio. Really? Did they laugh? They did laugh. And there's something quite infectious about making someone laugh, actually. It's a thing that certain politicians. Michael Golf is addicted to making people laugh. Sometimes it goes just at some drop. It just takes some off-piste. Yeah. I've noticed. But yeah, so yes, I was a combination of like serious and funny at the same time, interest in comedy, but slightly focused on books and ideas, I think, as well.”

   2017-11-24 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Armando Iannucci One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

4. “What's been slightly weird is seeing politicians absorb the worst elements of it as if they were kind of aspirations. It's not just using the word omnischambles. You know, you meet kind of party strategies who want to be Malcolm Tucker. And I have to kind of explain, but don't you see in each episode that things get worse whenever Malcolm turns up?”

   2017-11-24 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Armando Iannucci One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source