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David Graeme Garden (born February 18, 1943 in
Aberdeen, Scotland) is a British
comedy writer and performer.  He is
also qualified as a medical doctor and is an
accomplished actor, television director and
author. 

He went to Repton School|Repton public school
(UK)|public school and Emmanuel College,
Cambridge|Emmanuel College, at the University of
Cambridge where he joined the prestigious
Cambridge Footlights Club (of which he became
President in 1964), and performing with the 1963
Footlights revue, Stuff What Dreams Are Made Of at
the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Graeme Garden qualified in medicine at King's
College, London, and some of the television series
he has written for have a medical theme including
Doctor In The House (TV series)|Doctor in the
House (1969), which he co-wrote with Bill Oddie,
and, later, Surgical Spirit (1994). He has also
presented three series of the BBC's health
magazine Bodymatters.

He was co-writer and perfomer in the classic BBC
radio comedy show, I'm Sorry, I'll Read that Again
(1965).

On television Graeme Garden was co-writer and
performer in the comedy series Twice a Fortnight
with Bill Oddie, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and
Jonathan Lynn.  Later, he was co-writer and
performer in the comedy series Broaden Your Mind
with Tim Brooke-Taylor (and also Bill Oddie during
the second series).  Then, Graeme Garden, with Tim
Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie, became a co-writer
and performer in the comedy series The Goodies
(1970-1982). Graeme Garden was also the voice of
the title character of "Bananaman", as well as
"General Blight" and "Maurice of the Heavy Mob" in
the children's animated television comedy series
called Bananaman (1983), which also featured his
fellow Goodies and parodied comic book
super-heroes. 

Graeme Garden is a permanent panellist on the
long-running BBC Radio improvisation show I'm
Sorry I Haven't A Clue (ISIHAC). He also stars in
and co-writes Hamish and Dougal|You'll Have Had
Your Tea, a direct spin-off of ISIHAC, and has
contributed to several books from the series
including guides to the game Mornington Crescent
(game)|Mornington Crescent.  Garden is chair of
the spoof radio game show Beat The Kids.  Graeme
Garden has also appeared on the UK version of the
television series Whose Line Is It Anyway?, which
has a similar format.

He has a successful stage career, and has acted in
several Royal National Theatre|National Theatre
productions, as well as London's West End of
London|West End. He has also acted in several BBC
Radio Four comedy drama series, and television
drama including Peak Practice and Holby City. He
appeared in Bang-Bang-a-Boom!, a spin off audio
drama based on the BBC science fiction television
series Doctor Who by Big Finish Productions.
Graeme Garden also appeared in the politico
sitcom, Yes, Minister in the role of  Commander
Forrest of the Special Branch in the episode The
Death List.  He also appeared as a Television
Presenter in the Doctor In The House (TV
series)|Doctor in the House episode, Doctor on the
Box.

Garden co-chairs Beat The Nation, a Channel 4 game
show, with Tim Brooke-Taylor, with whom he has
also worked in many other comedy shows.

Graeme Garden also writes and directs for the
corporate video company  Video Arts, famous for
its training films starring John Cleese. 

He lives in Oxfordshire with his family, his
leisure interests include painting and playing the
banjo.

His son, John Garden (musician)|John Garden plays
the keyboard for the Scissor Sisters.

==Further Reading==

Further information about Graeme Garden can be
found in the following books:

*From Fringe to Flying Circus - 'Celebrating a
Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980' - Roger
Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980.

*Footlights! - 'A Hundred Years of Cambridge
Comedy' - Robert Hewison, Methuen London Ltd,
1983.

==Bibliography==

(incomplete list)

*The Best Medicine - Graeme Garden's Book of
Medical Humour
*The Skylighters

==Reference==
*
http://www.rdfmanagement.com/clients/graeme_garden
.html CV from RDF Management

==External links==
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clue/ BBC's I'm
Sorry I Haven't a Clue homepage
* imdb name|id=0306660|name=Graeme Garden
*
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/g/garden_
graeme.shtml Graeme Garden - BBC Guide to Comedy
*
http://standanddeliver.blogs.com/dombo/2005/02/my_
chat_with_gr.html Graeme Garden interview
*
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst
664.html Graeme Garden - The Gazatteer for
Scotland
*http://www.tv.com/graeme-garden/person/88935/summ
ary.html Graeme Garden - at TV.com