TY  - BOOK
AU  - Linehan,Graham
TI  - Tough crowd: how I made and lost a career in comedy 
SN  - 9781785633065 (hbk.) :
AV  - PN1992.4 
U1  - 920 LIN 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Much Wenlock
PB  - Eye Books
KW  - Linehan, Graham.
KW  - Television writers
KW  - Ireland
KW  - Biography
KW  - ukslc
N2  - Having cut his teeth in music journalism, Graham Linehan became the finest sitcom writer of his generation. He captured the comedy zeitgeist not just as the co-creator of Father Ted but also with The IT Crowd and Black Books, winning five Baftas and a lifetime achievement award. Then his life took an unexpected turn. When he championed an unfashionable cause, TV commissioners no longer returned his emails, showbiz pals lost his number and his marriage collapsed. In an emotionally charged memoir that is by turns hilarious and harrowing, he lets us into the secrets of the writing room and colourfully describes the high-octane atmosphere of a sitcom set
ER  -