Ian La Frenais

Ian La Frenais

Ian La Frenais, OBE, (born 7 January 1937) age 71 is, in partnership with Dick Clement, one of the most influential television writers in Britain. Their fame rests primarily on four series, "The Likely Lads", "Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?", "Porridge" and "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet".

They have also written various other work for TV and a number of films, including "The Commitments" (with Roddy Doyle), "Goal!", and "Flushed Away", and cinema versions of some of their own TV successes. La Frenais himself adapted the very popular series "Lovejoy" from the Jonathon Gash books for BBC television in the 1980s. Since 1984, he has been married to artist Doris Vartan, the mother of actor Michael Vartan. He was awarded an OBE in the Queen's 2007 Birthday Honours list.

La Frenais was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, the son of Gladys and Cyril La Frenais. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/2/Ian-La-Frenais.html Ian La Frenais Biography (1937-) ] ]

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