Graham Linehan: how the Father Ted musical got cancelled | SpectatorTV

Winston speaks with Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan, creator of Father Ted, The IT Crowd and Black Books. Graham took a stand as a women’s rights activist which led to Father Ted: The Musical being cancelled. He was also suspended from Twitter for writing “men aren’t women tho”. Winston asks why he took a stand, and how his comedy career unravelled. // CHAPTERS 00:00 – Intro 00:38 – Early career in music and the inception of Father Ted 06:04 – Father Ted musical axed for controversial opinions 21:08 – Cancel culture in the creative industries and censored IT crowd episode 26:23 – Tavistock, Mermaids and hopes for the future 32:24 – Battle of Ideas speech and how has this ideology achieved so much, so quickly? 36:43 – Elon Musk and Twitter suspension // SUBSCRIBE TO THE SPECTATOR Get 12 issues for £12, plus a free £20 Amazon voucher https://www.spectator.co.uk/tvoffer // FOLLOW US   / spectator     / officialspec.  .   / the-.  .   / spectator1828   // FOLLOW WINSTON   / mrwinmarshall     / winstonmars  . #grahamlinehan #fatherted #blackbooks #theitcrowd #trans #womensrights #tavistock #mermaids #jkrowling #comedy #LQBT #LGBTQ #LGBA #LGB #marshallmatters #winstonmarshall