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Maurice Gran
Maurice Gran

Maurice Gran

  • 75 years old
  • English
  • Writer

Press clippings

Goodnight Sweetheart 'could become a play'

Goodnight Sweetheart co-creator Maurice Gran says he is working on a stage play based on the hit 1990s time-travel comedy.

Chortle, 12th March 2025

Cluedo 2 review

Cluedo 2 - The Next Chapter is a diverting entertainment. It does, however, feel like an admission of defeat that, to be really funny, the show has to move away from the concept of being a tribute to the board game towards a straightforward silly farce.

David Cunningham, British Theatre Guide, 3rd April 2024

Comedy play Cluedo 2 to tour in 2024

Cluedo 2 - The Next Chapter, a comedy murder mystery based on the classic board game written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, will tour UK venues between February and July 2024.

British Comedy Guide, 13th December 2023

BFI to screen US Up Pompeii! pilot

The BFI will screen the unseen pilot for an American adaptation of Up Pompeii! in August as it celebrates the 35th anniversary of archive recovery organisation Kaleidoscope.

British Comedy Guide, 17th July 2023

Sitcom creators Marks & Gran to publish comedy writing guide

Sitcom writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran are publishing a comedy writing guide, collecting together scripts from pilot episodes of their most celebrated shows, with essays on each.

British Comedy Guide, 1st April 2021

The Re-Evaluation Game: The New Statesman episode 1

It's surprising (and questionably depressing) how relevant this particular episode still is given the corruption in politics and the way deals are made with politicians friends and associates.

Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 3rd December 2020

Birds Of A Feather to return for Christmas

Birds Of A Feather will return to screens this Christmas for a new special - but without co-star Pauline Quirke.

British Comedy Guide, 4th November 2020

Goodnight Sweetheart: The Musical review

This is clearly a run designed as a work in progress for the big league.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th September 2018

BOAF creators tell story of the comedy classic

As prolific sitcom writers Maurice Gran and Laurence Marks sat down to watch the first episode of their latest TV comedy, they had no idea of the storm heading their way.

Murray Scougall, The Sunday Post, 8th August 2018

Edinburgh Fringe: the 2018 must see list

We've chosen these productions for one reason; we think they are unmissable, and take pride of place on our 2018 Must See List.

Theatre Weekly, 30th July 2018

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