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===Other work=== Iannucci's non-television works include ''Smokehammer'', a web-based project with Chris Morris, and the 1997 book ''Facts and Fancies'', composed of his newspaper columns, which was turned into a [[BBC Radio 4]] series. The radio series ''Scraps With Iannucci'', which followed late in 1998, featured Iannucci using his tape-fiddling skills to present a review of the year.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} In 2007, he directed a series of [[Post Office Ltd.|Post Office]] television adverts, featuring the actors [[John Henshaw]], [[Rory Jennings]] and [[Di Botcher]] alongside guest stars [[Joan Collins]], [[Bill Oddie]] and [[Westlife]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Sweney|first=Mark|date=12 October 2007|title=Joan Collins in Post Office ad|work=The Guardian|location=London|url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/advertising/story/0,,2189979,00.html|access-date=25 April 2010|archive-date=14 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014165333/http://media.guardian.co.uk/advertising/story/0,,2189979,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He has appeared on Radio 3 talking about classical music, one of his passions, and collaborated with composer [[David Sawer]] on ''Skin Deep'', an [[operetta]], which was premiered by [[Opera North]] on 16 January 2009. He has also presented three programmes for [[BBC Radio 3]], including ''Mobiles Off!'', a 20-minute segment on classical concert-going etiquette. He was a regular columnist for the classical music magazine ''[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]''.<ref name=Parker2012>{{cite news|last=Parker|first=Ian|title=Expletives not deleted|url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/03/26/120326fa_fact_parker|access-date=9 August 2013|newspaper=[[The New Yorker]]|date=26 March 2012|archive-date=2 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802091456/http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/03/26/120326fa_fact_parker|url-status=live}}</ref> A book of his writings about classical music ''Hear Me Out'' was published in 2017.<ref name=prospect/> In 2012 it was reported that he was writing his first novel, ''Tongue International'', a satirical fantasy about the promotion of a "for-profit language".<ref name=Parker2012/><ref name=Chortle>{{cite web |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2012/03/30/15144/armando_iannucci_writes_his_first_novel |publisher=Chortle |title=Armando Iannucci writes his first novel |date=31 March 2012 |access-date=23 April 2012 |archive-date=11 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511005938/http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2012/03/30/15144/armando_iannucci_writes_his_first_novel |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2023, Iannucci announced that he was working on a stage adaptation of [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s classic [[Cold War]] satire ''[[Dr. Strangelove|Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]].''<ref>{{cite web | title=Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove is getting an explosive new adaptation | website=msn.com | date=9 August 2023 | url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/stanley-kubrick-s-dr-strangelove-is-getting-an-explosive-new-adaptation/ar-AA1dZl3K?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=96aa5d70cf4b4d5f9763e471721c25bf&ei=48 | access-date=9 August 2023 | archive-date=19 April 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419225442/https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/stanley-kubrick-s-dr-strangelove-is-getting-an-explosive-new-adaptation/ar-AA1dZl3K?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=96aa5d70cf4b4d5f9763e471721c25bf&ei=48 | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sean Foley (director)|Sean Foley]] will direct, and Iannucci's longtime collaborator [[Steve Coogan]] will be starring in multiple roles.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk/whats-on/dr-strangelove | title=Dr. Strangelove - Coming Autumn 2024 | access-date=26 November 2023 | archive-date=26 November 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126003858/https://www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk/whats-on/dr-strangelove | url-status=live }}</ref>
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