Armando Iannucci is a Scottish comedian, satirist, writer, television director and radio producer. Rising quickly through BBC Scotland and BBC Radio 4, his early work with Chris Morris on the radio series "On the Hour" was transferred to television as "The Day Today". A character from this series, Alan Partridge, went on to feature in a number of Iannucci's television and radio programmes including "Knowing Me, Knowing You" and "I'm Alan Partridge". His first feature film was In the Loop (2009).