Arthur Mathews
Irish comedy writer and actorWikipedia
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Oct 16, 2026
Frank SkinnerHOST
Arthur Brown, um-
Emily DeanHOST
Arthur Matthews, I'm thinking.
Emily DeanHOST
Yeah
Frank SkinnerHOST
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Caimh McDonnellHOST
So a lot goes into it, and I think that was my main point is that was brilliant for me, The Magic Roundabout thing, because when you finally get to read something that's terrible after having nothing, you, you go, "Oh wow, I understand the spectrum of good and bad." And that had had a lot of people work.
Caimh McDonnellHOST
Like Arthur Matthews at one point had had a go at it, who's the guy who did Father Ted with the other fella.
Caimh McDonnellHOST
Um, and there's several other people that had a pop at it and, uh, it was, it was fascinating just basic- you know, that's sort of a camel is a horse designed by committee and all that sort of the cliched things.
Marc BurrowsHOST
Mm.
Paul WhitelawHOST
I'm not sure.
Paul WhitelawHOST
Uh, but whatever, he doesn't get money from Father Ted, which the, you know, the wonderful sitcom he co-wrote, uh, with Arthur Matthews in the '90s.
Paul WhitelawHOST
Also, the, the case like that, uh, with Father Ted, you know, uh, you can think, "Well, he wrote this or co-wrote this before he went bananas."
Wendy JordanHOST
Yes.
Paul WhitelawHOST
I'll tell you off-air, Wendy.
Wendy JordanHOST
Yes, please.
Paul WhitelawHOST
So at a, a, a live Q&A, uh, um, Paul Whitehouse was talking about the characters of Ted and Ralph, and he explained those characters, uh, were actually created, uh, by Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews, or as we call them nowadays, Arthur.
Wendy JordanHOST
[laughs]
Caimh McDonnellHOST
So a lot goes into it, and I think that was my main point is that was brilliant for me, The Magic Roundabout thing, because when you finally get to read something that's terrible after having nothing, you, you go, "Oh, wow, I understand the spectrum of good and bad." And that has had a lot of people work.
Caimh McDonnellHOST
Like Arthur Matthews at one point had had a go at it, who's the guy who did Father Ted with the other fella.
Caimh McDonnellHOST
Um, and there's several other people that had a pop at it, and, uh, it was, it was fascinating just basic- you know, that's sort of a camel is a horse designed by committee and all that sort of the cliche things.
Marc BurrowsGUEST
Mm.
Caroline O'ReillyHOST
Tom's script was titled Nobody's Perfect, which was centred around a transgender mother, Julia, and her complicated life, which, although developed through a number of drafts, remains unproduced.
Caroline O'ReillyHOST
Whereas Elliot's script, Love, a comedy drama about two people, 22-year-old Leo and Judy, a trans woman in her 40s, did go into production and was renamed boy meets girl and ran for two series of six episodes elliott had previously been one of the winners of another competition run by the bbc writers room called laughingstock with their script northburn and as one of the winners they got to me in their words some incredibly talented new writers such as david boehm matilda gregory and joe williams and with their fellow script writers at a q a session with graham lenahan whose writing credits included creating with arthur matthews father ted and black books and was the sole creator of the i.t crowd that ran from 2006 to 2013.
Caroline O'ReillyHOST
If you've listened to the previous episode, Hornography and the Trans Community, then you would have heard in its introduction where I considered whether you can separate the creator from their works.
Caroline O'ReillyHOST
Well, given that Graham Lenihan is widely accused of holding transphobic views, none of these series will be seen on my television, ever.
Kevin EldonGUEST
No, there's absolutely no doubt about that.
Kevin EldonGUEST
I've heard, I once went to the birthday party of Arthur Matthews, who's one of the writers of Father Ted.
Kevin EldonGUEST
And the other people invited were all Irish music press journalists.
Kevin EldonGUEST
And as the drinks flowed, Everyone took it in turns to tell their story with encounters with Mr. Morrison, with grumpy Mr. Morrison.