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He attended the Marist Catholic University School (secondary) on lower Leeson street in Dublin and graduated in 1986. He is a confirmed atheist and an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society . He also enjoys playing Poker and has been featured on Celebrity Poker Club . WRITING CAREER Television Linehan and Mathews have been responsible for segments in many high profile sketch shows including '' Alas Smith And Jones '', '' Harry Enfield And Chums '', '' The All New Alexei Sayle Show '' and the Ted & Ralph characters in '' The Fast Show '' (the characters were created by Linehan and Mathews and played by Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse ). However, it was with '' News, 21 January 2007 They then wrote the first series of the Sketch Show '' Big Train '', but Linehan bowed out for the second series. They also wrote the "Dearth of A Salesman" episode for the series " Coogan's Run ", which featured the character "Gareth Cheeseman". In late 2003, they were named one of the 50 funniest acts to work in television by '' The Observer ''. The A-Z of laughter The Observer, 7 December 2003 Linehan has continued to provide material for shows which are held in high regard, in particular '' Brass Eye ''. With Dylan Moran , he co-wrote the first series of '' Black Books '', a series to which Mathews also made a much smaller contribution. Linehan has also contributed material to Blue Jam , and its television adaption Jam . Most recently, Linehan wrote and directed the 2006 '', 21 January 2006 Books Linehan and Mathews have had one book published:
They have also contributed to various magazines and wrote surreal liner notes for the popular " Volume " series of Alternative Music compilations. DIRECTING CAREER Linehan has directed the following television shows:
Lineham made his debut in Directing Films with the Comedy Horror Short '' Hello Friend '', which he also co-wrote. This film appears an extra on ''The IT Crowd: Version 1.0'' DVD.1 He was also an executive producer of the first series of ''The IT Crowd'', and an associate producer of one episode of '' Father Ted ''. TELEVISION APPEARANCES Both Linehan and Mathews have made cameo appearances in programmes they have written. They also made an appearance in the Sitcom '' I'm Alan Partridge '' as two Irish men considering Alan Partridge ( Steve Coogan ) for a contract. In the absence of a picture, Mathews is the fairer haired of the two in the scene mentioned. 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? The kids are running around, you've got all of the papers to read, and you think "Sunday, Bloody Sunday .") Linehan has also appeared The Day Today and in two episodes of '' Garth Marenghi's Darkplace '', cameos in '' Black Books '' (Season One Episode 2, as "I love books" Guy, and 5 as Fast Food Customer), the ''Flight Into Terror'' ,''Entertaining Father Stone'' and ''Good Luck Father Ted'' episodes of '' Father Ted '' and, so far, one episode of The IT Crowd (Season One Episode 3 as Messy Joe's Restaurant Musician). REFERENCES Garth Maremghi's Dark Place EXTERNAL LINKS
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