A familiar face. A favorite credit.
Arthur Mathews
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A face that makes you laugh.
The person behind the punchline
A little backstory.
Arthur Mathews is an Irish comedy writer whose sketch work includes Big Train, The Fast Show and Harry Enfield’s television programmes. In the archive he has a writing credit on Big Train’s Jockeys in the Wild. His collaborations have helped shape both surreal sketches and character-based sitcoms.
With Graham Linehan, Mathews co-created Father Ted and Big Train. He later co-created Toast of London with Matt Berry and worked on The Day Today and Brass Eye. Before his television-writing career, he worked as a graphic designer at Hot Press, connecting an early career in publishing with later work in comedy.
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