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 '''Graham McCann''' is a British author and historian<ref name="Chortle"/> who has written extensively on film and television stars and British comedy series. He is a former lecturer and fellow at the [[University of Cambridge]] where he taught social and political theory. McCann has become noted for his biographies on figures such as [[Cary Grant]], [[Marilyn Monroe]], [[John Le Mesurier]], [[Woody Allen]] and [[Terry-Thomas]], and books about British television comedy such as ''[[Dad's Army]]'', ''[[Yes, Minister]]'', ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' and ''[[Fawlty Towers]]''. He also contributes to various newspapers.

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'''Graham McCann''' is a British author and historian<ref name="Chortle"/> who has written extensively on film and television stars and British comedy series. He is a former lecturer and fellow at the [[University of Cambridge]] where he taught social and political theory. McCann has become noted for his biographies on figures such as [[Cary Grant]], [[Marilyn Monroe]], [[John Le Mesurier]], [[Woody Allen]] and [[Terry-Thomas]], and books about British television comedy such as ''[[Dad's Army]]'', ''[[Yes, Minister]]'', ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' and ''[[Fawlty Towers]]''. He also contributes to various newspapers.

==Teaching career==
McCann earned a doctorate at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]] and, before becoming a full-time writer, was a fellow and lecturer in social and political theory at [[King's College, Cambridge]].<ref name=Cambridge>{{cite web|url=http://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/components/tutors/?view=tutor&id=1400&cid=1546|title=Dr Graham McCann|publisher=University of Cambridge Continuing Education|accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref><ref name=harper>{{cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/cr-123408/graham-mccann|title=Graham McCann|publisher=[[HarperCollins]] Publishers (US) |accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.graham-mccann.com/#!bio/c1ktj|title=Author details|publisher=Graham McCann|accessdate=3 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="Guard: FT"/><ref name=NYT>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/01/books/in-short-nonfiction-love-death-and-when-do-we-eat.html|title=In Short, Nonfiction; Love, Death and 'When Do We Eat?'|author=Quinn, Kathleen|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=1 July 1990|accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref> Among his fields of expertise is American culture, and in 1993 he lectured on "Aspects of American Culture" at the university.<ref name="Inglis2004">{{cite book|last=Inglis|first=F.|title=Education and the Good Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kBiHDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA154|date=31 March 2004|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-0-230-52344-9|page=154}}</ref> He also taught in the university's continuing education programme, primarily in the subject of the history of British political thought.<ref name=Cambridge/>

==Writing career==
McCann has published at least 17 books.<ref name=OCLC>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AMcCann%2C+Graham&qt=owc_search |website=WorldCat |publisher=[[OCLC]] |accessdate=16 March 2017 |title=Author: McCann, Graham}}</ref> His 1988 biography of [[Marilyn Monroe]] was the first to approach her life from a sociological perspective.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Cantor, Muriel G. |title=Review of ''Marilyn Monroe'' by Graham McCann |journal=Contemporary Sociology |volume=18 |issue=1 |date=January 1989 |pages=115–16 |doi=10.2307/2071984 |jstor=2071984}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Churchwell, Sarah Bartlett |title=The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe |location=New York |publisher=Metropolitan Books / [[Henry Holt (publisher)|Henry Holt]] |year=2005 |isbn=9780805078183 |url=https://archive.org/details/manylivesofmaril00chur |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/manylivesofmaril00chur/page/91 91]}}</ref> This subject was revisited in his chapter "Biographical Boundaries: Sociology and Marilyn Monroe" in ''The Body: Social Processes and Cultural Theory'' published in 1991. He followed this with a biography of [[Woody Allen]] (1991),<ref>{{cite journal |author=Rickman, Gregg |title=Review of ''Woody Allen'' by Graham McCann |journal=Film Quarterly |volume=44 |issue=4 |date=Summer 1991 |pages=43–44 |doi=10.2307/1212776 |jstor=1212776}}</ref> and with ''Rebel Males'' (1993), an analysis of the influence of [[Montgomery Clift]], [[Marlon Brando]] and [[James Dean]] and their transformative role in moving the masculine heroic role in American popular culture closer to a sensitivity associated with bisexuality.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Girgus, Sam B. |title=Review: Minimal Males: Men in the Movies |journal=American Studies |volume=37 |issue=2 |date=Fall 1996 |pages=175–84 |jstor=40642832}}</ref> He received praise for his 1997 biography of [[Cary Grant]], ''A Class Apart''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-712606.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911170629/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-712606.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2016|title=A Smooth Transition; How Archie Leach Became Cary Grant|author=Yardley, Jonathan|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=12 February 1997|accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67650205.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911032624/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67650205.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2016|title=Biographer Saves Grant From Scrutiny's Light|author=Thompson-Noel, Michael|newspaper=[[The Rocky Mountain News]]|date=29 January 1997|accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref> Andrea Highbie of ''[[The New York Times]]'' described the book as "well-researched",<ref>{{cite web|author=Highbie, Andrea|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/04/13/bib/970413.rv133029.html|title=The One and Only|work=The New York Times|date=13 April 1997|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref> while ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' considered it a more comprehensive account than Geoffrey Wansell's ''Cary Grant: Dark Angel'' book.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-55970-369-7|title=Cary Grant: Dark Angel |work=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref>

Many of McCann's books concern British television, especially comedians and comedy series. [[HarperCollins]] describe him as "Britain's leading writer about film and TV".<ref name="HC">{{cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.co.uk/cr-100486/graham-mccann|title=Graham McCann|publisher=Harper Collins (UK)|accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref> He has published biographies of [[Morecambe and Wise]] (1998),<ref name=harper/><ref>{{cite web|title=Graham McCann – The Guardian Profile |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/graham-mccann|accessdate=3 June 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110064855/http://www.theguardian.com/profile/graham-mccann|archivedate=10 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Goldie, David |url=http://www.lrb.co.uk/v21/n08/david-goldie/sunshine |title=Sunshine |journal=[[London Review of Books]] |volume=21 |issue=8 |date=15 April 1999 |pages=34–35}}</ref> [[John Le Mesurier]] (''Do You Think That's Wise?'', 2010) and [[Terry-Thomas]] (''Bounder!'', 2008).<ref name="McCann2011">{{cite book|last=McCann|first=Graham|title=Bounder!: The Biography of Terry-Thomas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mT7LAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA2008|date=1 December 2011|publisher=Aurum Press|isbn=978-1-84513-756-4}}</ref> In 2004, he published a biography of comic [[Frankie Howerd]]. [[Simon Callow]] writing for ''The Guardian'' noted the book's "occasional tantalising glimpses of his friendships" and "gamely attempts to sketch the broad outlines of Howerd's sex-life".<ref name="Callow">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/nov/27/biography.tvandradio|title=Titter ye not|author=Callow, Simon|newspaper=The Guardian|date=26 November 2004|accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref>
In 2001 he published ''[[Dad's Army]] – The Story of a Classic Television Show''.<ref name="HC"/><ref name="Morgan-Russell2004">{{cite book|last=Morgan-Russell|first=Simon|title=Jimmy Perry and David Croft|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3W97f5u9ZZEC&pg=PA64|year=2004|publisher=[[Manchester University Press]]|isbn=978-0-7190-6556-9|page=64}}</ref> He has also authored ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]: The Untold Story of Britain's Favourite Comedy'' (2011), ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' (2012),<ref name="Guard: FT">{{cite web|last1=Dugdale|first1=John|title=Fawlty Towers|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/aug/09/tvandradio.roundupreviews|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref> and ''A Very Courageous Decision: The Inside Story of [[Yes Minister]]'' (2014),<ref name=THE>{{cite news |author=Inglis, Fred |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/a-very-courageous-decision-the-inside-story-of-yes-minister-by-graham-mccann/2017873.article|title=A Very Courageous Decision: The Inside Story of Yes Minister, by Graham McCann|newspaper=Times Higher Education Supplement |date=15 January 2015 |accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref> and has edited a book containing material by the comedian [[Dave Allen (comedian)|Dave Allen]] (''The Essential Dave Allen'', 2005).<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Author – Graham McCann|url=http://www.grahammccann.co.uk/#/about-the-author/4539515513|accessdate=3 June 2016}}</ref>

McCann has written numerous articles about politics and popular culture for ''[[The Guardian]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/nov/27/biography.tvandradio|title=Frankie Howerd: Stand Up Comic|author=McCann, Graham|newspaper=The Guardian|date=27 November 2004|accessdate=3 August 2016}}</ref> ''[[London Evening Standard|Evening Standard]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1G1-80352205/time-to-stop-the-ghastliest-show-in-town|title=Time to Stop the Ghastliest Show in Town|author=McCann, Graham|date=27 November 2001|newspaper=London Evening Standard|accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1G1-81618775/why-men-don-t-want-to-present-the-news|title=Why Men Don't Want to Present the News|author=McCann, Graham|newspaper=London Evening Standard|date=11 January 2002|accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Independent]]'', ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', ''[[Daily Express]]'', ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', ''[[The Observer]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''[[The Times Literary Supplement]]'', ''[[Modern Review (London)|The Modern Review]]'', ''[[Sight & Sound]]'', ''[[Radical Philosophy]]'' and the ''[[New Statesman]]''.<ref name="bio"/> He has acted as a consultant to programme makers;<ref>{{cite web|title=Graham McCann|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bcbdb7b31|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref> during the early 2000s he was the television critic for the ''[[Financial Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Just like Irene, she won't be owned|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|date=21 April 2002|page=34}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Conrad|title=King of the Road|work=Daily Record|location=Scotland|date=1 September 2000|page=10}}</ref>
In May 2015 he was awarded the "Best Correspondents prize" at the [[Leicester Comedy Festival]] on a writing piece which documented his discovery that [[Roy Clarke]] had been commissioned to write a sitcom for [[Morecambe and Wise]], a project which was never finalised.<ref name="Chortle">{{cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2015/06/01/22598/us_critics_hail_amy_schumer|title=US critics hail Amy Schumer|publisher=Chortle|date=1 June 2015|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref>

==Published works <small>(Alphabetical by title)</small>==
*{{cite book |author1=Amnesty International |author-link=Amnesty International |editor1=Graham McCann |title=A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick): Amnesty Presents the Best of the Secret Policeman's Ball |publisher=Canongate Books |edition=Main |date=4 October 2012 |isbn=978-0857867346}} – 2 editions
*{{cite book |title=A Very Courageous Decision: The Inside Story of Yes Minister |publisher=[[Aurum Press]] Ltd |date=1 November 2014 |isbn=978-1781311899}} – 5 editions
*{{cite book |title=Bounder!: The Biography of Terry-Thomas |publisher=Aurum Press |year=2009 |isbn=9781845134419}} – 5 editions
*{{cite book |title=Cary Grant: A Class Apart |publisher=[[HarperCollins|Fourth Estate]] |year=1996 |isbn=9781857025743}}
*{{cite book|first1=Hanns |last1=Eisler |first3=Graham (Introduction) |last3=McCann |first2=Theodor W. |last2=Adorno |publisher=Continuum |date=11 December 2007 |edition=Illustrated |isbn=9780826499028|title=Composing for Films |orig-year=1947}} – 10 editions
*{{cite book |title=Dad's Army: The Story of a Very British Comedy: The Story of a Classic Television Show |publisher=Fourth Estate|edition=New |date=1 September 2002 |isbn=978-1841153094}}
*{{cite book |title=Do You Think That's Wise?: The Life of John Le Mesurier |publisher=Aurum Press |date=8 November 2010 |isbn=978-1845136529 }} – 5 editions
*{{cite book |title=Fawlty Towers |publisher=[[Hodder & Stoughton]] |edition=First |date=18 October 2007 |isbn=978-0-340-89811-6}} – 6 editions
*{{cite book |title=Frankie Howerd: Stand-Up Comic |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] UK |edition=illustrated |date=1 October 2004
|isbn=1841153109 }} – 2 editions
*{{cite book |title=Marilyn Monroe |location=New Brunswick, N.J |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] |year=1988 |isbn=978-0813513027 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/marilynmonroe0000mcca }} – 4 editions
*{{cite book |title=Morecambe and Wise |year=1998 |publisher=[[Robson Books]] Ltd |isbn= 9780860519027}} – 2 editions
*{{cite book |title=Only Fools and Horses |publisher=Splendid |date=1 September 2011 |isbn=978-0955891694}} – 5 editions
*{{cite book |title=Rebel Males: Brando, Clift and Dean |isbn=9780241128848 |location=London |publisher=[[Hamish Hamilton]]|year=1991}} – 4 editions
*{{cite book |title=Spike & Co: Inside the House of Fun with Milligan, Sykes, Galton & Simpson |publisher=[[Hodder & Stoughton]] Paperbacks |date=11 January 2006 |isbn=9780340898093}} – 4 editions
*{{cite book |title=Still Open All Hours: The Story of a Classic Comedy |publisher=[[BBC Books]] |date=30 October 2014 |isbn=978-1849908863}} – 4 editions
*{{cite book |title=The Comedy Carpet Blackpool: The Making of a World Class Monument to Comedy |publisher=[[Booth Clibborn]] |date=1 November 2013 |isbn=978-1861543394}}
*{{cite book |title=The Essential Dave Allen |publisher=[[Hodder & Stoughton]] Ltd |date=7 November 2005 |isbn=0340899433}} – 5 editions
*{{cite book |title=Woody Allen: New Yorker |url=https://archive.org/details/woodyallennewyor0000mcca |url-access=registration |publisher=[[Polity Press]] |year=1990 |isbn= 9780745608907}} – 2 editions<ref name=OCLC/>

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==External links==
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