Screenplay: Graham Linehan
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Graham Linehan. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Brass Eye (TV Series)
1997 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Chris Morris · Michael Cumming · Tristram Shapeero
Cast Chris Morris · Mark Heap · Kevin Eldon · Doon Mackichan
Plot TV Series (1997). 1 season. 7 episodes. Controversal spoof of current-affairs TV and the role of celebrity in the UK. The series was repeated in 2001 along with a new...
7.8
81 votes
7.8
81 votes
Jam (TV Series)
2000 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Chris Morris
Cast Chris Morris · Mark Heap · Kevin Eldon · Amelia Bullmore
Plot A collection of bleakly dark comedy sketches pushing the boundaries of taste, decency and television in general, shot using new and different techniques and fading slowly in and out of...
7.8
24 votes
7.8
24 votes
The Day Today (TV Series)
1994 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Chris Morris · Armando Iannucci · Andrew Gillman
Cast Chris Morris · Steve Coogan · Patrick Marber · Rebecca Front
Plot TV Series (1994). 1 season. 6 episodes. Each 'The Day Today's' episode is presented as a mock news programme, and the episodes rely on a combination of ludicrous fictitious news...
7.7
50 votes
7.7
50 votes
The IT Crowd (TV Series)
2006 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Graham Linehan · Ben Fuller · Derek Hallworth
Cast Richard Ayoade · Chris O'Dowd · Katherine Parkinson · Matt Berry
Plot TV Series (2006-2010). 5 Seasons. 25 Episodes. Jen (Katherine Parkinson) gets a job at Reynholm Industries and the insane boss Denholm (Chris Morris) decides to place her in I.T. situated...
7.6
26K votes
7.6
26K votes
Black Books (TV Series)
2000 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Dylan Moran · Martin Dennis · Graham Linehan · Nick Wood
Cast Dylan Moran · Bill Bailey · Tamsin Greig · Rosie Day
Plot Bernard Black runs his own bookshop even though he doesn't much like people who buy books and hates having customers. Next door to Bernard's shop is the Nifty Gifty gift...
7.6
2K votes
7.6
2K votes
Father Ted (TV Series)
1995 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Graham Linehan · Arthur Mathews · Declan Lowney · Andy De Emmony
Cast Dermot Morgan · Ardal O'Hanlon · Frank Kelly · Pauline McLynn
Plot Have mercy on poor Father Ted Crilly. He has so much to contend with when it comes to dealing with the folks of Craggy Island, Ireland. There's Father Dougal McGuire,...
7.5
331 votes
7.5
331 votes
The IT Crowd: The Internet Is Coming (TV)
2013 · Movie · 47 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Graham Linehan
Cast Richard Ayoade · Chris O'Dowd · Katherine Parkinson · Matt Berry
Plot A video goes viral as Jen pours a cup of coffee over a homeless woman and Roy is classed as a small person racist after arguing at a small person.
7.4
3K votes
7.4
3K votes
Big Train (TV Series)
1998 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Graham Linehan · Arthur Mathews · Chris Morris · Jonathan Gershfield
Cast Simon Pegg · Mark Heap · Kevin Eldon · Amelia Bullmore
Plot Big Train is a surreal British television comedy sketch show created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan, writers of the successful sitcom Father Ted. The first season was broadcast on...
7.2
86 votes
7.2
86 votes
Motherland (TV Series)
2016 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Graham Linehan
Cast Anna Maxwell Martin · Lucy Punch · Diane Morgan · Paul Ready
Plot This is a programme about navigating the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood, looking at the competitive side and unromantic take on parenting - not the cute and acceptable public...
6.4
48 votes
6.4
48 votes
The Matchmaker
1997 · Movie · 100 min. · Ireland
Direction Mark Joffe
Cast Janeane Garofalo · David O'Hara · Denis Leary · Jay O. Sanders
Plot Marcy is an assistant to Senator John McGlory, who is having problems with a re-election campaign. Desperate for Irish votes, McGlory's chief of staff Nick sends Marcy to Ireland to...
5.5
365 votes
5.5
365 votes
Hello, Friend (S)
2003 · Movie · 11 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Graham Linehan
Cast Martin Savage · Helen Grace · Poppy Rogers · David Walliams
Plot When a man receives an email advertising a new way of connecting to the internet, he receives the stylish black Praemus unit to attach to his hard drive. The quick...
5.2
24 votes
5.2
24 votes
Alas Smith & Jones (TV Series)
1984 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Kilby · Robin Carr · Graham C. Williams · Chris Bould
Cast Mel Smith · Griff Rhys Jones · Chris Langham · Heather Tobias
Plot Mel Smith and Griff Rhys-Jones present a series of short (often tasteless, always scathing) sketches about modern life and the stupidity and gullibility of those who believe in it.
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Count Arthur Strong (TV Series)
2013 · Series · 40 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Steve Delaney · Graham Linehan
Cast Steve Delaney · Rory Kinnear · Andy Linden · Ruth Posner
Plot Delusional show business character Count Arthur Strong, a pompous, out-of-work actor from Doncaster attempts to recount his life story with the help of the scholarly son of his former comedy...
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The Walshes (TV Miniseries)
2014 · Movie · min. · Ireland
Direction Graham Linehan
Cast Rory Connolly · Philippa Dunne · Niall Gaffney · Shane Langan
Plot The Walshes is an Irish-British comedy television series that was first broadcast on RTÉ One on 6 March and BBC Four on 13 March 2014. The three-part series was written...
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Screenwipe (TV Series)
2006 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Charlie Brooker · Al Campbell · David Firth · Lorry Powles
Cast Charlie Brooker · Doug Stanhope · Grace Dent · Tim Key
Plot TV Series (2006-2020). "Screenwipe" is presented by comedian Charlie Brooker, who reviews other British television programmes with a caustic and humorous tone
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Coogan's Run (TV Miniseries)
1995 · Movie · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Geoff Posner · Patrick Marber
Cast Steve Coogan · John Thomson · Malcolm Raeburn · Teresa Banham
Plot TV Miniseries (1995). 6 episodes. Six different people live in a small town; all played by Steve Coogan.
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Padre Ted: A Christmassy Ted (TV)
1996 · Movie · 55 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Declan Lowney
Cast Dermot Morgan · Ardal O'Hanlon · Frank Kelly · Pauline McLynn
Plot Father Ted wins the "Golden Cleric", for saving a fellow group of priests from an embarrassing situation.
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