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Adam Tandy is a British television producer and director known for his collaborations with Armando Iannucci.
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| Adam Tandy at the BFI London Film Festival premiere of That Christmas on 19 October 2024 | |
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Adam Tandy is a British television producer and director known for his collaborations with Armando Iannucci.
Tandy attended Latymer Upper School (Class of 1981). [1] He started studying electrical engineering at university, but dropped out before graduation. [2]
After initially working in theatre, Tandy worked at the BBC from 1987, starting as a floor manager. [3] He left the BBC to work as a freelance producer in 1999. [4]
Tandy has worked on The Saturday Night Armistice , The Armando Iannucci Shows , Time Trumpet and The Thick of It . [5] In 2009, he produced the Thick of It feature film adaptation In the Loop . After the 2012 series of The Thick of It, he has produced Catastrophe for Channel 4, as well as Inside No. 9 , Come Fly with Me and Detectorists for the BBC.
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