Comedy writer Graham Linehan has revealed that he has been having treatment for testicular cancer.
In a series of tweets he updated his followers on the situation.
"I got a bit of bad news recently. A little touch of the old cancer. Luckily, ball cancer is one of the best ones to have (sorry, ladies!) and they got rid of it all pretty quickly, along with a ball. Bye, ball! I'll never forget the good times!
Next up is a course of chemo to make sure it doesn't come back. Not looking forward to that, obviously, but it's better than dying.
'Pope Ted’ is coming along nicely. It’s really making us laugh. I’m not sure whether I’ll have to stop working on it or what, but the script (sorry, ‘book’) is so close to being done that I can walk away from it for a while and we’re still in good shape.
