Armando Iannucci: Is this a bad time to be funny?

Published: June 29, 2020, 7 a.m.

It\u2019s the job of the professional satirist to find the funny and expose the absurd in humanity\u2019s most serious endeavours. But are there times when satire just doesn\u2019t work, and is now one of them? Should we be laughing at Covid-19, or at racial discrimination? Stephen Sackur speaks to Armando Iannucci, a hugely successful writer and director of comedy on TV and film, whose credits include Veep, In the Loop and The Death of Stalin. Is there ever a bad time and place to be funny?