Father Ted creator ‘cancer free’ after scare

Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has shared his joy at being cancer free, a day after revealing he had recently been diagnosed with testicular cancer.

Linehan told his Twitter fans he had undergone surgery to have a testicle removed and that he would soon have to undergo chemotherapy.

But the Irish TV writer yesterday said: “Well, holy s**t. I just saw my oncologist. Everything’s clear. No chemo! Can’t believe it! NO CHEMO! Have been organising my life around the idea that the next three months were just *gone*!”

Linehan, 50, added: “Thanks to everyone who sent kind words.”

The writer, also known for creating sitcoms The IT Crowd and Black Books, assured fans the musical version of Father Ted, entitled Pope Ted, was “coming along nicely”.