Graham Linehan Up for BAFTA
26 Mar 2009 :
The IT Crowd Tweet Graham Linehan’s ‘The IT Crowd’ has received a BAFTA Television Award nomination for Best Situation Comedy. The awards will take place at the Royal Festival Hall on London's South Bank on Sunday April 26th. The sitcom of which Linehan (Father Ted, Black Books) created, stars Irish actor Chris O’Dowd who plays an IT technician in a fictitious British corporation. O’Dowd will appear in the soon to be released ‘The Boat That Rocked’ directed by Richard Curtis (Love Actually) and the upcoming ‘Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel’. Graham Linehan won the IFTA for Best Television Script for the CH4 series in February , as well as picking up an International Emmy Award for Best Comedy. Other nominees include ‘The Inbetweeners’ (C4/BWark Productions), ’Outnumbered’(BBC One/Hat Trick Productions) and ’Peep Show’ (C4/Objective Productions. Free Industry Newsletter Subscribe to IFTN's industry newsletter - it's free and e-mailed directly to your inbox every week. Click here to sign up.	RELATED NEWS Belfast Film Festival - Director's Highlights 11 Apr 2018  118 Premieres Announced For 18th Belfast Film Festival 16 Mar 2018  Graham Linehan Set for NBC Adaptation of ‘The IT Crowd’ 15 Dec 2017  New €2m ‘WRAP’ Fund Set to Launch at FÍS TV Summit 12 Oct 2017

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