Graham Linehan
| Graham Linehan | |
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Linehan in 2013
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| Born |
22 May 1968 Dublin, Ireland |
| Medium | Television, film |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Genres | Observational comedy, surreal humour |
| Spouse | Helen |
| Children | 2 |
| Notable works and roles | Father Ted, The IT Crowd, Black Books |
Graham Linehan (/ˈlɪnəhæn/; born 22 May 1968) is an Irish television comedy writer and director who, often in partnership with Arthur Mathews, has written or co-written a number of popular television comedies. He is most noted for the sitcoms Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd. Amongst others, he has also worked on Big Train, Count Arthur Strong, Brass Eye and The Fast Show.
Linehan attended Plunkett's School in Whitehall, followed by Catholic University School, a Roman Catholic secondary school for boys located on the southside of central Dublin, before joining Hot Press. He also had a column with the magazine In Dublin before moving to London. Linehan is married to Helen Serafinowicz, a writer and the sister of Peter Serafinowicz, and the couple have two children. In October 2015, Graham and Helen Linehan worked with Amnesty International on a campaign film calling on the Irish government to repeal the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, which "acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right". The pair revealed their agonising decision for Helen to abort a foetus with acrania while living in England in 2004, and their discovery that undergoing the procedure in Ireland would have been an offence carrying a maximum 14-year jail sentence.
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