Arthur Mathews has described Seinfeld as a major influence on the comedy of Father Ted, with himself and Linehan being " big fans " of the show.

* Marsha Linehan, psychologist and founder of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, has recently spoken out about her past as an individual who suffered and still struggles with BPD.

Today has also been criticised by Graham Linehan for the unnecessarily confrontational nature of its interviews.

Arthur Mathews ( born c. 1959 in Castletown Kilpatrick, Navan, County Meath ) is an Irish comedy writer and actor who, often with writing partner Graham Linehan, has either written or contributed to a number of popular television comedies, most notably Father Ted.

Graham Linehan (; born 22 May 1968 ) is an Irish television writer, actor, comedian and director who, often in partnership with Arthur Mathews, has written or co-written a number of popular television comedies.

Linehan has since written for other shows, including Brass Eye.

Linehan has also contributed material to Blue Jam, and its television adaptation Jam.

Linehan has directed the following television shows:

She has produced several shows, including Jane Hawtin Live, Linehan, Prime Business with Deidre McMurdy, Caregiving with June Callwood, Road Scholars and The Link.

The town has a Public house, originally called Linehan's, and at that time owned by Paddy Linehan.

John Thomson, Graham Linehan, Tony Haase, and Minnie Driver also appear.

The Day Today also features appearances by Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham, Jean Ainslie, John Thomson, Graham Linehan, Alan Stocks, and Minnie Driver.

Linehan and Mathews also made a rare appearance in the sitcom I'm Alan Partridge as two Irish men considering Alan Partridge ( Steve Coogan ) for a contract.

Linehan made his debut in directing films with the comedy horror short Hello Friend, which he also co-wrote.

Linehan also appeared as a guest panellist on Have I Got News for You in 2011 and again in 2012.

Celbridge is also mentioned in an episode of Father Ted, and an episode of Alan Partridge that Linehan scripted.

He appeared in Channel 4's The IT Crowd ( Series 1 Episode 2 ) in a role his friend, writer and director Graham Linehan, originally planned to play himself.

On June 6 2011, Linehan appeared on BBC Radio 4's Today programme to discuss his adaption of the Ealing comedy film The Ladykillers for the West End stage.

For The Day Today, Peter Baynham joined the writing team, and Lee and Herring were replaced by Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews.

The team ( minus Lee and Herring due to creative / legal disputes, who were replaced by Peter Baynham and Father Ted writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews ) subsequently made a television series loosely based on it called The Day Today.

* Peter Linehan article in History Today March 1997.

During this appearance, Linehan took issue with Today programme presenter Justin Webb over what he saw as the attempted staging of an artificial argument between himself and the critic Michael Billington.

An Irish-British co-production, written jointly by Irish writers Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan and starring a predominantly Irish cast, it originally aired over three series from 21 April 1995 until 1 May 1998, including a Christmas special, for a total of 25 episodes.

* 24 episodes of The IT Crowd, 2006-10 ( all episodes of the series are directed by Linehan )

Willard Morgan is the President of the foundation, Garth Altenburg is the Director of the boys summer camp, and Abby Burbank is the Director of the girls camp program, Ryan Linehan is the Director for summer wilderness programs, Greg Shute is the Director of Wilderness Programs, Katie Tremblay is the Director for the Outdoor Classroom, Keith Crowley is the Director for the Traveling Natural History Program, Susan Adams is in charge of the Big Eddy Campground, and Ann Carson is head of the Semester School.

Other releases that had been promised included a sequel to Picnic of Love ( Picnic of Love II ) and an Anal Cunt / Gay Bar split, featuring unreleased Anal Cunt material from the Putnam / Martin / Linehan era on one side and a recording of Seth Putnam in a gay bar on the other.

Linehan, co-writer of the 1995 Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted, joined at the outset to co-write the series with Moran at the suggestion of producer William Burdett-Coutts after Linehan saw the pilot and had seen Moran performing in Dublin.

Linehan and Mathews have had one book published, Father Ted: The Complete Scripts ( Paperback – Boxtree – October 20, 2000 ) ISBN 0-7522-7235-7.

" Linehan had a flair for attentive, easy colloquy that extended beyond celebrities.

Al, this is Brian Linehan .’ And they talked for a while, and apparently had a lovely talk, and I was just watching.

With Scott Linehan as the new head coach, the Rams had a more balanced offensive attack.

The Rams have had four head coaches and are 27 – 70 under Joe Vitt, Scott Linehan, Jim Haslett and Steve Spagnuolo since Martz left.

Burleson will be reuniting with his former offensive coordinator, Scott Linehan, with whom he had his best season of his career in 2004, when he caught 68 passes for 1, 006 yards and nine touchdowns while playing for the Vikings.

The head coach of the Rams during 2006, 2007, and 2008 seasons was Scott Linehan, for whom Looker had previously played at the University of Washington.

Black Books is a British sitcom created by Dylan Moran and Graham Linehan that was broadcast on Channel 4 from 2000 to 2004.

There were bookshops that I frequented and I was always struck by the loneliness and doggedness of these men who piloted this death ship ", while Linehan said his belligerent personality reflected a sign he once saw in a bookshop stating " Please put the books anywhere you like because we've got nothing better to do than put them back ".

In an interview in 2008, Graham Linehan admitted to mixed feelings about contributing to the series: " Jam wouldn ’ t be my favourite thing of Chris ’ s, and it was the one where I didn ’ t really feel like we were contributing a lot.

In their early collaborations, they were responsible for segments in many sketch shows, including Alas Smith and Jones, Harry Enfield and Chums, The All New Alexei Sayle Show and the Ted and Ralph characters in The Fast Show ( the characters were created by Linehan and Mathews and played by Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse ).

The original Broadway cast included Rosaleen Linehan as Kate, Dearbhla Molloy as Maggie, Bríd Ní Neachtain as Rose, Bríd Brennan as Agnes ( winning a Tony Award for her performance ), Catherine Byrne as Chris, Gerard McSorley as Michael, Robert Gwilym as Gerry and Donal Donnelly as Fr.

The original band line-up included Paul Linehan ( as vocalist / bassist ), his brother Niall Linehan ( as guitarist ), and Ashley Keating ( on drums ).

According to Linehan, Father Ted was a character created by Mathews for Paul Woodfull, when the three men performed together as The Joshua Trio on the comedy circuit in Ireland.

* Father Ted: The Complete Scripts by Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews, 1999, Boxtree Press, UK, ISBN 0-7522-1850-6

The situation was conceived when Father Ted writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews sat behind Wilson at a performance of Le Cirque du Soleil at the Royal Albert Hall.

Writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews saw many actors for the role of Father Ted, but Morgan's enthusiasm eventually won him the role.

Big Train is a surreal British television comedy sketch show created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan, writers of the successful sitcom Father Ted.

However, it was with Father Ted ( 3 series, 1995 – 1998 ) that Linehan and Mathews made their biggest impression which debuted on Channel 4.

* " Father Ted ": The Complete Scripts — Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews.

* Graham Linehan, writer and cocreator of hit TV series " Father Ted ", was married in the church on main street.

* April 21-Sitcom Father Ted, written by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan and starring Dermot Morgan and Ardal O ' Hanlon, first airs on Channel 4 television in the United Kingdom.

Past writers for Hot Press have included ninth President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, the authors of BAFTA award-winning Father Ted, Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews, Sunday Times television reviewer Liam Fay, author and Daily Telegraph columnist Neil McCormick, the late Bill Graham, The Sunday Business Post US correspondent Niall Stanage, Irish Examiner soccer correspondent Liam Mackey, The Irish Times columnist John Waters, food writer John McKenna, Sunday Independent journalist Declan Lynch and The Guardian football writer, Football Weekly regular Barry Glendenning and Daily Mail writer Jason O ' Toole.