Wang Yang invited two key players for "The Big Bang Theory," one of whom was Graham Linehan, born on May 22, 1968, in Dublin, Ireland. He is a well-known television writer and director in the United Kingdom. His situation comedy "Father Ted," which he created and wrote, won the Best Comedy (Programme or Series) at the BAFTAs (British Academy Television Awards), the highest honor in British television, in 1996 and 1999, and was nominated in 1997.
"Father Ted" also received the 1996 Writers' Guild of Great Britain award for "Television - Situation Comedy"; and the first season of another show he created, "Black Books," won the BAFTAs Sitcom Award in 2001.
