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Maurice Gran
Maurice Gran

Maurice Gran

  • 75 years old
  • English
  • Writer

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Goodnight Sweetheart The Musical to launch in 2018

A musical stage version of the sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart will premiere in the autumn of 2018, creators Marks & Gran have revealed.

British Comedy Guide, 14th December 2017

Development stalled on The New Statesman spin-off

Work on The B'Stard Legacy, the spin-off from Rik Mayall sitcom The New Statesman, has stalled. Writers Marks & Gran say they are struggling to find a lead actor, plus get a TV channel that would be willing to broadcast the show's "scurrilous filth".

British Comedy Guide, 14th December 2017

Birds Of A Feather to return for new special

Sitcom Birds Of A Feather will return to ITV for a new Christmas special.

British Comedy Guide, 18th August 2017

Maurice Gran - Dreamboats and Petticoats interview

Dreamboats features the music of the early 1960s, featuring songs by the likes of Eddie Cochran and Billy Fury, which Gran says are timeless. "Young kids love it when they hear it for the first time," he says. "It's like the music in Grease."

Brian Beacom, The Herald, 10th June 2017

ITV are 'scared' to air Son Of B'stard

ITV are 'too scared' to air the comeback of immoral MP Alan B'Stard, his creators have claimed.

Chortle, 23rd May 2017

Event report: Who will save the sitcom?

Is the sitcom in crisis and, if so, how can we rescue it? That was the question posed at a WGGB panel event on 22 May 2017 at London's Museum of Comedy.

Writers' Guild of Great Britain, 23rd May 2017

Interview with the creators of Alan B'Stard

The creators of The New Statesman on how B'Stard was a Tory 'hero' and why they're bringing back the show for the satire-starved post-truth era.

Gavin Haynes, The Guardian, 6th May 2017

Marks & Gran on their plans for The B'Stard Legacy

While we were in Strangeways, we had time to think about the insanity that was sweeping through the world (Brexit, Trump, The Nightly Show) and how we could exploit the mayhem for fun and profit. As we shuffled around the exercise yard, it occurred to us that only one man could make sense of the chaos - Alan B'Stard. But sadly Alan died several years ago in a mid-air sky-diving orgy.

Marks & Gran Blog, 4th May 2017

The New Statesman spin-off announced

A spin-off from Rik Mayall sitcom The New Statesman has been announced. Creators Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran are now working on new TV show The B'Stard Legacy.

British Comedy Guide, 29th March 2017

Goodnight Sweetheart preview

Goodnight Sweetheart is often a better concept than its jokes, and is strong on its dramatic elements.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 2nd September 2016

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