The creator of political comedy The Thick Of It and director of The Personal History of David Copperfield Armando Iannucci has revealed that the satire never stops in his house.

Speaking tonight (Thursday, January 30, 10pm) on Sky One’s The Russell Howard Hour, Armando told Howard that he has a pet parrot - named Tucker after The Thick Of It character Malcom Tucker famed for his foul language - and he’s training it to say, ‘Fuck Trump’.

Armando, 56, says: “My parrot has newspaper – we take great care just positioning like a photo of Theresa May or Boris Johnson where he shits.

“I don’t swear but he, the parrot’s called Tucker, and we’ve been trying to train him to say ‘Fuck Trump’.

“He refuses to talk but we still spend about an hour every morning just saying ‘Fuck Trump’.

“Just to kind of get it out really, just as a sort of breakfast therapy.”

Yet, despite being one the country’s most celebrated political satirists, Armando went on to admit during the interview with Russell Howard that he’s become ‘frightened’ of the news and has recently taken a ‘detox’ from it.

He added: “I’ve got slightly frightened of the news, do you know what I mean?

“During the election I got very involved; reading everything, watching everything and going online. And then there came a point where I just thought I just need to detox.

When Russell questioned Armando about the imminent arrival of Brexit day Armando wryly replied: “I’ve got my 50p ready… Just gotta work out which slot to put it in - Nigel Farage’s or Boris Johnson’s.”

The Russell Howard Hour is on our screens every Thursday at 10pm on Sky One until 27th February. More info at russell-howard.co.uk