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.

Not rated

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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.

Not rated

Not rated