{"id":147356,"date":"2018-06-27T17:18:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T17:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/father-ted-creator-graham-linehan-reveals-cancer-diagnosis\/"},"modified":"2018-06-27T17:18:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T17:18:59","slug":"father-ted-creator-graham-linehan-reveals-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/father-ted-creator-graham-linehan-reveals-cancer-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Father Ted creator Graham Linehan reveals cancer diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image caption Linehan said his cancer was "one of the best ones to have" <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has revealed he was recently diagnosed with testicular cancer.<\/p>\n

"I got a bit of bad news recently," the TV writer told his Twitter followers. "A little touch of the old cancer.<\/p>\n

"Luckily, ball cancer is one of the best ones to have (sorry, ladies!) and they got rid of it all pretty quickly, along with a ball," he continued.<\/p>\n

The 50-year-old Irishman said he would soon undergo a course of chemotherapy to stop the cancer from returning.<\/p>\n

"Not looking forward to that, obviously, but it's better than dying," he wrote on social media, adding that he was "dealing" with the situation.<\/p>\n

Linehan went on to thank his fans for their messages of support. "People are so nice," he wrote. "You forget sometimes."<\/p>\n

Image copyright Alamy
Image caption Father Ted ran on Channel 4 from 1995 to 1998 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The writer apologised to Australian fans who had bought tickets to an event he was due to host later this year.<\/p>\n

"I'm hoping to make it back next year," he said, telling his fans not to worry if there were "moments of quiet" from him in the months ahead.<\/p>\n

Linehan, who created Father Ted with Arthur Mathews, confirmed earlier this month that they were writing a musical version of the show with The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon.<\/p>\n

Writing on Wednesday, Linehan said the show was "coming along nicely" and was at a point where he could "walk away from it for a while".<\/p>\n

Irish comedian Dara O Briain was among those to offer support, joking that Linehan would be "sleeker through water" as a result of his surgery.<\/p>\n

"You seem to be taking this all in your stride, which is all the more impressive, given how tricky striding must be," joked the actor Rufus Hound.<\/p>\n

According to the NHS, around 2,200 men are diagnosed with testicular cancer each year in the UK.<\/p>\n

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