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As a pair they have been responsible for segments in many high profile sketch shows including Harry Enfield and Chums , The All New Alexei Sayle Show and, notably, the Ted & Ralph characters in The Fast Show (though it should be noted that with a few exceptions, the actual Ted & Ralph sketches were written by Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse). They also contributed to various magazines and wrote surreal liner notes for the popular "Volume" series of alternative music compilations.
However, it was with Father Ted (3 series, 1995-1998) that Linehan & Mathews (as the pair are often referred to) made their biggest splash on the public imagination.
Linehan and Mathews both wrote the first series of the sketch show Big Train but Linehan bowed out for the second series.
Nevertheless, Linehan has continued to provide material for shows which are held in high regard, in particular Brass Eye.
Both Linehan and Mathews often make cameo appearances in programmes they have written. They also made a notable appearance in the hugely accomplished sitcom I'm Alan Partridge as two Irish men considering Alan Partridge ( Steve Coogan) for a contract. Typically, they went away with a strong urge to employ somebody else (Partridge: "Sunday Bloody Sunday. Really captures the frustration of a Sunday, doesn't it? Nothing to do but go to Ikea" Note: Not the exact quote, can anyone provide a transcripted version?)
In the absence of a picture, Linehan is the darker haired of the two in the scene mentioned. Linehan has also appeared in two episodes (episodes 3 & 6) of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
With Dylan Moran, Linehan co-wrote the first series of Black BooksBlack Books is a British television sitcom, broadcast on Channel 4 and written and directed by Dylan Moran, Nira Park and Graham Linehan. The show won the BAFTA for Best Sitcom as well as a Bronze Rose at the Festival Rose d'Or of Montreux ( Switzerland i, a series to which Mathews made a much smaller contribution.
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