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Armando Iannucci

Mary Beard in conversation with influential writer and director Armando Iannucci, as his big screen adaptation of Charles Dickens's David Copperfield is released in cinemas and his new space tourism comedy series Avenue 5 launches on HBO.\n\nThe pair discuss taking liberties with a literary classic, whether it’s possible to satirise the current political situation, and the impact of swearing.

Source: BBC 4