The award-winning shows Jesse Armstrong has created and co-created are nothing short of iconic. Succession, the phenomenally popular HBO series following the internecine struggles of a family fighting their patriarch for control of a global media and entertainment conglomerate, is the latest in his string of lauded releases, from Peep Show and Fresh Meat to The Thick of It.
Armstrong is an Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning TV and film writer. Join him for a look at his work: how he creates the sharpest satire in television today; what he thinks about the relationship between media organisations, news cycles and government; and stories from behind the scenes of some of his shows. Amstrong talks to BAFTA-winning actor and writer Joanna Scanlan, whose credits include The Thick of It, Wicked Little Letters, Slow Horses.
