Armando Iannucci's In the Loopwas many wise observers' favourite comedy of last year. BBC Pictures, which produced it, has announced that the writer- director will be back behind the camera in the near future. The Beeb's people confirmed that the film would be titled Out the Windowand that Will Smith (no, not that Will Smith), co-writer on Iannucci's series The Thick of It,would also contribute.

We don’t know what the film will be about, but we’re fairly sure it will be with us some time in 2011.