Editing Graham Linehan (section)

==Life and career==

Linehan was born in Dublin in 1968 and attended [[Catholic University School]], a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] secondary school for boys.<ref name="NSinterview" /><ref name="Church">{{Cite web |last=Gilbert |first=Gerard |date=22 June 2013 |title=Graham Linehan: 'I've come to hate the church' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/graham-linehan-ive-come-to-hate-the-church-8665386.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612014014/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/graham-linehan-ive-come-to-hate-the-church-8665386.html |archive-date=12 June 2015 |access-date=21 October 2014 |website=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> In the 1980s, he joined the staff of the Dublin politics and music magazine ''[[Hot Press]]'', where he met his future writing partner, [[Arthur Mathews (writer)|Arthur Mathews]].<ref name="Church" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Thompson |first=Ben |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VH_MuFWd0vMC |title=Sunshine on Putty: The Golden Age of British Comedy from Vic Reeves to The Office |publisher=Harper Collins |year=2010 |isbn=9780007375530 |page=289 |type=eBook |access-date=22 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220172008/https://books.google.com/books?id=VH_MuFWd0vMC |archive-date=20 February 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> In their early collaborations, they created segments in sketch shows including ''[[Alas Smith and Jones]]'', ''[[Harry Enfield & Chums]]'', ''[[The All New Alexei Sayle Show]]'', ''[[The Day Today]]'' and the [[Ted and Ralph]] characters in ''[[The Fast Show]]''. They continued their collaboration with ''[[Paris (1994 TV series)|Paris]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paris |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/paris/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317050852/http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/paris/ |archive-date=17 March 2013 |access-date=10 January 2013 |publisher=[[British Comedy Guide]]}}</ref> (one series, 1994), ''[[Father Ted]]'' (three series, 1995–1998),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mary Cummins |date=4 April 1996 |title=Daftness should be mandatory in Irish politics |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/1996/0425/96042500102.html |url-status=live |access-date=8 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012072625/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/newsfeatures/1996/0425/96042500102.html |archive-date=12 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Deirdre Falvey |date=5 May 1998 |title=Life after Ted |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/1998/0502/98050200230.html |url-status=live |access-date=8 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012072743/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/1998/0502/98050200230.html |archive-date=12 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=21 January 2007 |title=Aran Islands in Father Ted row |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0121/ted.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016151756/http://rte.ie/news/2007/0121/ted.html |archive-date=16 October 2007 |access-date=1 May 2007 |publisher=[[RTÉ]]}}</ref> and the first series of the [[sketch comedy|sketch show]] ''[[Big Train]]''.<ref name="digitalfix">{{Cite web |date=23 July 2018 |title=Big Train at 20 – interview with Arthur Matthews |url=https://www.thedigitalfix.com/television/content/11789/big-train-at-20-an-interview-with-the-shows-co-creator-arthur-matthews/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802223445/https://www.thedigitalfix.com/television/content/11789/big-train-at-20-an-interview-with-the-shows-co-creator-arthur-matthews/ |archive-date=2 August 2018 |access-date=13 August 2018 |website=The Digital Fix}}</ref> They also wrote the "Dearth of a Salesman" episode for the series ''[[Coogan's Run]]'', which featured the character Gareth Cheeseman. In late 2003, Linehan and Mathews were named one of the 50 funniest acts to work in television by ''[[The Observer]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 December 2003 |title=The A–Z of laughter (part two) |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2003/dec/07/comedy.thebestofbritishcomedy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502113323/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2003/dec/07/comedy.thebestofbritishcomedy |archive-date=2 May 2019 |access-date=11 December 2016 |website=[[The Observer]]}}</ref> ''Father Ted'' won [[BAFTA]] awards for Best Comedy in 1996 and 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |title=British Academy of Film and Television Arts Past Nominations 1995 |url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=1995 |access-date=2 November 2010 |publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts |archive-date=17 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080217054841/http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=1995 |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |title=British Academy of Film and Television Arts Past Nominations 1998 |url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=1998 |access-date=2 November 2010 |publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts |archive-date=25 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925141917/http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=1998 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Graham Linehan and Jon Ronson at TAM London 2010.jpg|thumb|Graham Linehan with [[Jon Ronson]] at TAM London 2010]]
Linehan wrote for the satirical series ''[[Brass Eye]]'' (1997), ''[[Blue Jam]]'' (1997–1999) and [[Jam (TV series)|''Jam'']] (2000)''.''<ref name="Guide">{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=Graham Linehan |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/graham_linehan/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=[[British Comedy Guide]] |language=en |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404134654/https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/graham_linehan/ |url-status=live }}</ref> With the actor [[Dylan Moran]], he created the sitcom ''[[Black Books]]'' (2000–2004).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |title=Black Books - C4 Sitcom |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/black_books/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=[[British Comedy Guide]] |language=en |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720141639/https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/black_books/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Linehan wrote and directed the 2006 [[Channel 4]] sitcom ''[[The IT Crowd]]'', in which he sought to move away from the British trend towards [[mockumentary]] comedies. Unlike many series of the time, it was recorded before a studio audience.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2006 |title=''The IT Crowd'' Interviews |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/the_it_crowd/interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002140604/http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/the_it_crowd/interview |archive-date=2 October 2012 |access-date=17 October 2012 |publisher=[[British Comedy Guide]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=21 January 2006 |title=Brian Boyd: Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again? |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2006/0121/1137626794008.html |url-status=live |access-date=17 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012154315/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2006/0121/1137626794008.html |archive-date=12 October 2012}}</ref> In November 2008, he was awarded an [[Emmy Awards#International Emmys|International Emmy]] for ''The IT Crowd''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shane Hegarty |date=26 November 2008 |title=Linehan wins an Emmy for sitcom on the IT set |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1126/1227486583337.html |url-status=live |access-date=26 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520155541/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1126/1227486583337.html |archive-date=20 May 2011}}</ref> In 2013, he wrote and directed the sitcom ''[[The Walshes]]''. He co-wrote the first series of the BBC sitcom ''[[Motherland (British TV series)|Motherland]]'' and directed its pilot episode.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dowell |first=Ben |title=BBC orders a full series of middle-class mum sitcom Motherland |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-10-06/bbc-orders-a-full-series-of-middle-class-mum-sitcom-motherland/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015140934/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-10-06/bbc-orders-a-full-series-of-middle-class-mum-sitcom-motherland/ |archive-date=15 October 2019 |access-date=15 October 2019 |website=[[Radio Times]]}}</ref> In 2014, Linehan won his fifth BAFTA, for Best Writer, Comedy, for his work on ''The IT Crowd''. He was also nominated for ''Count Arthur Strong''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Post |first=Irish |title=Graham Linehan wins at BAFTA TV Craft Awards |url=https://www.irishpost.com/entertainment/graham-linehan-wins-at-bafta-tv-craft-awards-26253 |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=[[The Irish Post]] |archive-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716140050/https://www.irishpost.com/entertainment/graham-linehan-wins-at-bafta-tv-craft-awards-26253 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2018, Linehan and Mathews announced plans for a ''Father Ted'' musical.<ref name="digitalfix" /> Linehan said it would finish the series as they had planned it before the death of the lead actor, [[Dermot Morgan]].<ref name="irish independent">{{Cite web |title=Graham Linehan: how my transgender views cost me my marriage |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/graham-linehan-how-my-transgender-views-cost-me-my-marriage-40193764.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314111010/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/graham-linehan-how-my-transgender-views-cost-me-my-marriage-40193764.html |archive-date=14 March 2021 |access-date=2021-03-14 |website=[[Irish Independent]] |date=14 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The musical was cancelled by producers following the controversy over Linehan's views on transgender rights.<ref name="Andrew Billen-2023">{{Cite news |last=[[Andrew Billen]] |date=17 March 2023 |title=Graham Linehan: the trans debate left me cancelled and broke |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/broke-shunned-and-cancelled-father-ted-creator-graham-linehan-and-the-trans-debate-cgv8gqpjk |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230317132733/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/broke-shunned-and-cancelled-father-ted-creator-graham-linehan-and-the-trans-debate-cgv8gqpjk |archive-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> In December 2024, Linehan announced plans to move to Arizona to work on a sitcom and create a [[production company]] with the comedians [[Rob Schneider]] and [[Andrew Doyle (comedian)|Andrew Doyle]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steerpike |date=2024-12-13 |title=Graham Linehan: I'm leaving Britain |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/graham-linehan-announces-uk-exit/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=[[The Spectator]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=13 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213194701/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/graham-linehan-announces-uk-exit/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Both Linehan and Mathews have made cameos in programmes they have written. They also made an appearance in the [[sitcom]] ''[[I'm Alan Partridge]]'' as two Irish TV producers considering [[Alan Partridge]] ([[Steve Coogan]]) for a contract.<ref name="Guide" />

=== Memoir ===
Linehan's memoir, ''Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy'', was published in October 2023.<ref name="The Sunday Times-2023">{{Cite news |date=29 October 2023 |title=The Sunday Times Bestsellers List |work=[[The Sunday Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/sunday-times-bestsellers-list-book-sales-chart-fnxjm0bnl |access-date=29 October 2023 |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029043659/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sunday-times-bestsellers-list-book-sales-chart-2023-wtf0fg8v7 |url-status=live }}</ref> The month before publication, it had the second-highest number of pre-orders for a book on Amazon.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Freeman |first=Hadley |date=2023-09-23 |title=Graham Linehan: comedy genius whose trans views cost him everything |language=en |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/graham-linehan-trans-views-comedy-career-family-9rfdpzlpz |access-date=2023-09-23 |archive-date=23 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923202203/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/graham-linehan-trans-views-comedy-career-family-9rfdpzlpz |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-13 |title=The problems with Graham Linehan's memoir Tough Crowd |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/graham-linehan-tough-crowd-book-trans-b2428578.html |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=[[The Independent]] |language=en |archive-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014175454/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/graham-linehan-tough-crowd-book-trans-b2428578.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It reached number ten on the ''[[Sunday Times]]'' bestseller list after it was published.<ref name="The Sunday Times-2023" /> Linehan wrote of his childhood, career, and his five years as an anti-[[transgender]] activist.<ref name="Sturges-2023">{{Cite news |last=Sturges |first=Fiona |date=2023-11-01 |title=Tough Crowd by Graham Linehan review – all joking aside |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/01/tough-crowd-by-graham-linehan-review-all-joking-aside |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101143134/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/01/tough-crowd-by-graham-linehan-review-all-joking-aside |archive-date=1 November 2023 |access-date=2023-11-01 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Reviewing ''Tough Crowd'' in ''The Guardian'', Fiona Sturges wrote that while Linehan's account of his comedy career has "verve and charm", the memoir "reads less like the story of a man heroically cleaving to his principles than a document of a peculiar and self-defeating obsession, a sad coda to a once towering talent".<ref name="Sturges-2023" /> In ''[[The Critic (modern magazine)|The Critic]],'' Ben Sixsmith described ''Tough Crowd'' as "very entertaining" with "some valuable insights into comedy", but that Linehan "admits to losing his rag in a way that might not always be productive".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sixsmith |first=Ben |date=12 October 2023 |title=Tough crowd, tough man |work=[[The Critic (modern magazine)|The Critic]] |url=https://thecritic.co.uk/tough-crowd-tough-man/ |access-date=29 October 2023 |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029150053/https://thecritic.co.uk/tough-crowd-tough-man/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In ''[[The Irish Times]]'', Houman Barekat wrote that it had "two distinct narratives" and was "a discomfiting read not because it contains hard-hitting home truths, but because its author clearly hasn't worked through his issues".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barekat |first=Houman |date=25 October 2023 |title=Tough Crowd by Graham Linehan: comic writer to culture warrior |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2023/10/21/tough-crowd-by-graham-linehan-an-incomplete-understanding-of-manliness/ |access-date=29 October 2023 |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029150052/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2023/10/21/tough-crowd-by-graham-linehan-an-incomplete-understanding-of-manliness/ |url-status=live }}</ref> For ''[[The Spectator]],'' [[Debbie Hayton]] wrote that it was "a book of two halves" that "may well appeal to two completely different audiences", concluding that "if they want to understand the man they need to read it all".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hayton |first1=Debbie |title=No laughing matter: accusations of transphobia wrecked Graham Linehan's life |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/no-laughing-matter-accusations-of-transphobia-wrecked-graham-linehans-life/ |access-date=9 November 2023 |work=[[The Spectator]] |date=11 November 2023 |archive-date=9 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109073825/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/no-laughing-matter-accusations-of-transphobia-wrecked-graham-linehans-life/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Louis Chilton of [[The Independent|''The Independent'']] described it as "a strange, sad read{{nbsp}}... that crumbles under the slightest scrutiny".<ref>{{cite news |last=Chilton |first=Louis |date=13 October 2013 |title=The problems with Graham Linehan's memoir Tough Crowd |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/graham-linehan-tough-crowd-book-trans-b2428578.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014175454/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/graham-linehan-tough-crowd-book-trans-b2428578.html |archive-date=14 October 2023 |access-date=14 October 2023 |work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>

===Other work===
Linehan's children voiced characters in the 2012 ''[[Adventure Time]]'' episode "[[Goliad (Adventure Time)|Goliad]]", with Linehan directing the children while taking the producers' instructions over the phone. He planned to write a sequel episode, and sent versions of the story to the production team.<ref>Ward, Pendleton (Series creator). 2014. "Goliad" [Commentary track], ''Adventure Time'' Season Four [DVD], Los Angeles: [[Cartoon Network]].</ref> The episode was never made as ''Adventure Time'' ended in 2018.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} In 2023, Linehan performed a [[stand-up comedy]] set at the Backyard Comedy Club in London.<ref name="Andrew Billen-2023" />