The Personal History of David Copperfield
Armando Iannucci, OBE, (1982, English) has directed听The Personal History of David Copperfield听as well as creating, writing and executive producing a new TV series:听Avenue 5.听
The Personal History of David Copperfield is a comedy-drama film loosely based on Charles Dickens’s听David Copperfield.听It stars Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton and Peter Capaldi. It is out now in cinemas.
Avenue 5听is a science fiction comedy TV series, starring Hugh Laurie, exploring what happens when a commercial spaceship malfunctions. It is available to watch on Sky One in the UK and HBO in America.
Armando previously created The Thick of It and Veep. He won two Emmys for Veep for “Outstanding Comedy Series” and “Writing – Comedy Series”. His first feature film was The Death of Stalin, which came out in 2007, and received glowing reviews. Polly Jones, Schrecker-Barbour Fellow and Associate Professor in Russian, was a historical on the film.
Published: 31 January 2020
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