Ian La Frenais

Ian La Frenais
Born	7 January 1936 (1936-01-07) Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England
Occupation	Screenwriter
Nationality	British
Period	1964–present
Genres	Television
Spouse(s)	Doris Vartan (1984–present)
Relative(s)	Gladys and Cyril La Frenais (parents)

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.

They have also written various other work for TV and a number of films, including The Commitments (with Roddy Doyle), Still Crazy, Goal!, Flushed Away, Across the Universe and cinema versions of some of their own TV programmes.

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.

External links

• Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais biography and credits at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
• Ian La Frenais at the Internet Movie Database