imagine... - 2024/25: The Academy of Armando
Contains very strong language and adult humour
imagine... profiles one of the great satirists of our age, Armando Iannucci, delving into classics such as The Day Today and The Thick of It and his new stage adaptation of Dr Strangelove.听
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