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6 unusual facts about Ian La Frenais


Bar Italia

In November 2010, it was announced that Dave Stewart and Ian La Frenais were writing a stage musical about the cafe which will be called Bar Italia.

Derrick Goodwin

He directed and produced Thick as Thieves, written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and starring John Thaw and Bob Hoskins.

Excess Baggage

Excess Baggage is a 1997 crime-comedy film written by Max D. Adams, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais, and directed by Marco Brambilla about a neglected young woman who stages her own kidnapping to get her father's attention, only to be actually kidnapped by a car thief.

Jimmy Nail

After the first two series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Nail found himself typecast before creating the detective series Spender, which he co-wrote with Ian La Frenais.

Sheila Fearn

Likely Lads writer Ian La Frenais said of her "she was sexy and funny and she knew John Lennon...Sheila always found time for everyone, and I now think of her and Audrey with great affection".

The Jokers

The Jokers is a 1967 comedy film written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and directed by Michael Winner.



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