GRAEME GARDEN was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1943, educated at Repton and Cambridge University (where he appeared in the Cambridge Footlights productions) and later qualified in Medicine at King's College, London. Graeme is married with a family and lives in Oxfordshire. In his spare time he likes painting and "playing the banjo in private".

With co-writer Bill Oddie he wrote and played in the very successful radio series I'm sorry I'll Read That Again. Later they wrote episodes for London Weekend Television's Dr In The House series. Graeme starred with Tim Brooke-Taylor in BBC 2's Broaden Your Mind in which Bill Oddie appeared as the guest singer. The next season the three joined forces once more and the result was The Goodies.

The Goodies three books were published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson; The Goodies File, The Goodies Book Of Criminal Records and The Goodies Disaster Movie and have all been best sellers.

The Goodies also enjoyed a very successful recording career. They received a Silver Disc for The Inbetweenees and their records were consistently in the top 20, The Funky Gibbon going to No.4.

In 1978 Graeme appeared with Tim Brooke-Taylor in The Unvarnished Truth for a very successful West End run at the Phoenix Theatre. Later he toured with The Cambridge Theatre Company in Rattle Of A Simple Man, School Days and Hotel Paradiso. He also appeared at the Royal Court Theatre in Cloud Nine.

In 1981 Graeme's first novel The Seventh Man was published by Eyre Methuen and during that year The Goodies recorded a new series for LWTV.

In 1982 Graeme resumed his writing partnership with Bill Oddie to write a television situation comedy series entitled The Astronauts.

In 1983 Graeme hosted the first of what was to be three series of LWT's Tell The Truth quiz and presented the first of two series of Yorkshire Television's history programmes A Sense Of The Past.

In 1984/5 he played the leading role in the Feydeau farce A Little Hotel On The Side at the National Theatre. In 1986 he played the Inspector in An Inspector Calls at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, and in 1987, Mr Guest in The Viewing at the Greenwich Theatre.

1987 saw a new departure for Graeme's career, for as well as writing scripts for Video Arts' training and information films, he made his debut as a director. His writing credits include the award winning film made by Illustra Films for Newman Knight and Round on Diumide K and for Video Arts Building The Perfect Team.

Graeme has also presented three series of BBC TV's medical programme Bodymatters.

Two new books, both from Methuen, were published in 1988: Graeme Garden's Compendium Of Very Silly Games, and The Skylighters, a book for children with illustrations by Neil Canning.

Over Christmas 1988 the National Theatre presented his play The Magic Olympical Games as part of Richard Eyre's inaugural season as Artistic Director.

In 1989 he wrote The Whole Hog a television play for the BBC starring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones and then went on to write the Mount Olympus sequences for the Smith and Jones series.

In addition Graeme, for over 30 years, has been a regular member of the team for I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, a programme that he devised, for BBC Radio 4. In 1995 the series won two awards; the Sony Radio Award for Best Comedy Programme and television's British Comedy Award for Best Radio Programme. In 2002, the show again won the Sony Radio Award for Best Comedy Programme. The team have, to date, six volumes of the show released on audio cassette and five best selling books; The I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue Limerick Book The Almost Complete Guide To I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Stovold's Mornington Cresent Almanac Uxbridge English Dictionary and the New Uxbridge English Dictionary .

In 2007/8 the I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue team completed a sell-out UK theatre tour. The venues included the 3,500 seater Hammersmith Apollo.

Graeme and Barry Cryer now write and star in an I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue "spin-off" entitled Hamish & Dougal - You'll Have Had Your Tea. They have recorded two series plus two specials for Hogmany and Burns Night.. In Autumn 2008 Preface publishing will publish a Hamish & Dougal book.

In 1994 Graeme wrote episodes of Surgical Spirit, starring Nichola McAuliffe, for Humphrey Barclay/LWT.

Graeme continues to write and direct for the corporate video company, Video Arts. Recently, his work there includes directing a series of medical programmes entitled Videos For Patients starring John Cleese. Graeme also now works for a spin-off company The Production Tree.

1997 Graeme co-wrote and appeared in the first series of Do Go On, a six part spoof radio show, with Griff Rhys Jones on Radio 4. This highly successful show won the comedy 2nd prize at the Sony Radio Awards.They went on to record a further three series.

In 1997 & 98 Graeme appeared as Team Captain for two series of If I Ruled The World - a very popular panel game for BBC2 produced by Hat Trick Productions and hosted by Clive Anderson.

In 2000 Graeme hosted a five part Radio Two series There'll Never Be Another, a documentary series about comedy legends including Morecambe and Wise and Max Miller and he has also appeared as the new host of the debating panel game The Motion Show for Radio 4 - which then had a 2nd series in Autumn 2002. In 2003/4 Graeme also acted as host for Beat The Kids, a series for Radio 4.

Graeme has made many cameo appearances on television including two BBC1 television plays; My Summer With Des by Arthur Smith and The Student Prince. In 1999 he appeared with Dawn French in Murder Most Horrid for Talkback Productions/BBC2. He has guested in copious other programmes both as an actor and panellist. As an actor programmes include Baddiel's Syndrome, Peak Practise , Heartbeat, Miss Marple and he has made several guest appearances as Consultant Mr Loftwood in the hospital drama Holby City. As a panellist shows include Have I Got News For You, Would I Lie To You and QI..

In 2001 he co-wrote and presented the Radio 4 tribute documentary celebrating Humphrey Lyttleton's 80th birthday called Humph at 80 and, after the sad news of Humph's death in 2008, Graeme wrote the tribute programme Chairman Humph, also for Radio 4.

Graeme also appeared for two series as part of the "rep company" on the sketch show The Right Time for BBC Radio 4. He also recorded an episode of Jeremy Hardy Speaks to The Nation for Pozzitive Productions/BBC Radio 4.

In 2001 Graeme wrote the play Horse & Carriage (his adaptation of the Feydeau farce Mariage de Barillon) which premiered at the West Yorkshire Playhouse starring Griff Rhys Jones and Alison Steadman.

Graeme has written for many different television and radio shows including several series of the radio series, Giles Wembley-Hogg Goes Off and Bremner, Bird & Fortune and Absolute Power both for television.

Most recently Graeme wrote 4 episodes for the new extremely well received BBC Scotland children's series entitled Shoebox Zoo.

In 2003 Graeme co-hosted (alongside his old chum Tim Brooke-Taylor) 120 programmes of an Endemol/Channel 4 quiz show Beat The Nation

In 2005 Graeme, along with Jon Naismith, set up a new independent production company Random Entertainment and they have produced The Unbeliavable Truth and One both for BBC Radio 4. Both shows have been extremely well received and both are now onto second series.