Ian La Frenais, OBE, (born 7 January 1936), is an English writer best known for his creative partnership with Dick Clement. They are most famous for television series including, The Likely Lads, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Porridge, Lovejoy and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
His father was an accountant and as a child at Park Primary School in Whitley Bay he enjoyed art and writing. He then attended Dame Allan's Boys School, Newcastle upon Tyne...
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Ian La Frenais, OBE, (born 7 January 1936), is an English writer best known for his creative partnership with Dick Clement. They are most famous for television series including, The Likely Lads, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Porridge, Lovejoy and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
His father was an accountant and as a child at Park Primary School in Whitley Bay he enjoyed art and writing. He then attended Dame Allan's Boys School, Newcastle upon Tyne and completed his National Service in the British Army. After working as a salesman for a tobacco company he began composing songs for a weekly satirical programmme on Tyne Tees Television and moved to London where he worked for a market research company.
In addition toThe Likely Lads, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Porridge, Lovejoy and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet they have also written various other work for TV and a number of films. Their works include; The Commitments (with Roddy Doyle), Still Crazy, Goal!, Flushed Away, Across the...
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