Adam Tandy is a British television producer and director known for his collaborations with

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Early life

Tandy attended Latymer Upper School (Class of 1981). He started studying electrical engineering at university, but dropped out before graduation.

Career

After initially working in theatre, Tandy worked at the

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from 1987, starting as a floor manager. He left the BBC to work as a freelance producer in 1999. Tandy has worked on ''

The Saturday Night Armistice ''The Saturday Night Armistice'' (later ''The Friday Night Armistice'', plus the one-off ''The Election Night Armistice'') is a British satirical television comedy programme presented by Armando Iannucci with Peter Baynham and David Schneider ...

'', ''

The Armando Iannucci Shows ''The Armando Iannucci Shows'' is a series of eight programmes directed by Armando Iannucci and written by Iannucci with Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil. It was shown on UK's Channel 4 from 30 August to 18 October 2001. Each episode focused on speci ...

'', ''

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'' and ''

The Thick of It ''The Thick of It'' is a British comedy television series created, written and directed by Armando Iannucci that satirises the inner workings of British government. It was first broadcast for two short series on BBC Four in 2005, initially ...

''.Adam Tandy's ''Thick of It'' blog
''

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'', URL accessed February 3, 2010 In 2009, he produced the ''Thick of It'' feature film adaptation ''

In the Loop ''In the Loop'' is a 2009 British satirical black comedy film directed by Armando Iannucci. It is a spin-off from Iannucci's television series '' The Thick of It'' (2005–12), and satirises British-American politics, in particular the inva ...

''. After the 2012 series of ''The Thick of It'', he has produced ''

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'' for

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, as well as ''

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'', '' Come Fly with Me'' and ''

Detectorists ''Detectorists'' is a British comedy television series first broadcast on BBC Four in October 2014. It is written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, who also stars alongside Toby Jones. The series is set in the fictional small town of Danebury i ...

'' for the BBC.

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) BAFTA winners (people) BBC television producers English television producers British film producers People educated at Latymer Upper School {{UK-film-producer-stub