The British Comedy Awards saw the presentation of the Ronnie Baker Writer's Guild of Great Britain Award by Griff Rhys Jones to Graham Linehan and a Lifetime Achievement Award for Sir Terry Wogan for their outstanding work in comedy. Former Ifta winner, Linehan, was honored with the accolade as a result of his work as writer, co-writer with long-time partner Arthur Mathews, and director of many popular and critically acclaimed comedy series. Working alone and with Mathews, Linehan is behind celebrated series such as 'Father Ted', 'The It Crowd' (for which he won the Ifta award for Best Television Script in 2006).
- 12/15/2009
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