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When Mary Beard Met Armando Iannucci

Mary Beard and Armando Iannucci discuss taking liberties with a literary classic, whether it is possible to satirise the current political situation, and the impact of swearing.

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. The pair discuss taking liberties with a literary classic, whether it's possible to satirise the current political situation, and the impact of swearing.

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Fri 28 Feb 2020 09:05GMT
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