Graham Linehan
- 56 years old
- Irish
- Writer and director
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Motherland's achievement: its near universal appeal
Both parents and the happily child-free will enjoy this borderline revolutionary BBC Two comedy.
Rachel Cooke, The New Statesman, 9th November 2017Following last year's pilot from Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh and Graham and Helen Linehan, here's a whole series, centring on struggling mums, competitive mums - and mums whose idea of party food is to mash "four caterpillar cakes into a human centipede". In the hysterical opener, Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin, amazing) still can't cope, having organised a "massive fuck-off" children's birthday do. Meanwhile, Lucy Punch's smiling shark Amanda is circling.
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 7th November 2017TV preview: Motherland, BBC2
The pilot of Motherland went out last year and was one of the best pilots I've seen in recent memory. But then that's no surprise.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th November 2017Preview - Motherland
The first series of Motherland begins Tuesday 7th November on BBC Two. Here are Sophie's thoughts on the opening episode...
Sophie Davies, The Velvet Onion, 4th November 2017The Ladykillers - Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, review
Forget Alec Guinness. Forget Tom Hanks. This is an ingenious stage version of William Rose's classic Ealing comedy, penned by Graham (Father Ted) Linehan and first seen in 2011.
Michael Grove, The Reviews Hub, 4th October 2017IT Crowd's 'Work Outing' is comedy's greatest farce
The IT Crowd is the kind of classic sitcom that should never have worked in the mid-00s.
Alex Nelson, i Newspaper, 24th August 2017Count Arthur Strong to end
Sitcom Count Arthur Strong is to end after three series, according to a report.
British Comedy Guide, 7th August 2017Count Arthur Strong review
Steve Delaney's hapless comedian is back for a third series, and its gleeful mix of visual gags and absurdist dialogue puts to bed the idea that he is ill suited to TV.
Tim Dowling, The Guardian, 20th May 2017How Count Arthur transformed from quiz show to sitcom
The character was already a hit on stage and BBC Radio 4 before he came to television, but translating Count Arthur Strong for the small screen was no easy task.
Morgan Jeffery, Digital Spy, 19th May 2017Count Arthur Strong will make you laugh & make you cry
Looking for something to make your Friday nights funny? The farce is Strong with this one...
Mark Braxton, Radio Times, 19th May 2017