Thelma McGough met John Lennon and Paul McCartney as a fellow pupil at school in Liverpool, where she also later met Roger McGough, who she was married to for a decade. She went on to become a Granada television producer, where Blind Date, the series she produced, won a BAFTA and became essential viewing for the nation. More recently she took her MFA and her art has been exhibited internationally. She was born in Liverpool and has lived in Ireland, New Zealand and Australia.
