Graham is one of my heroes, as is James Dreyfuss. Two men with the courage to point out the fact that , as far as gender is concerned, the emperor has no clothes.
Did you enjoy it when he posed as a trans woman and infiltrated a dating app for women? Or when a woman disagrees with him on Twitter, and he calls them a “handmaiden”?
Graham Linehan is a stand up guy, I wish I was as brave as him. He's being vilified/cancelled for speaking the truth, holy moly has society sunk so low to even give these trans idiots so much power to wreak so much damage on society.
Wokishm is the Sharia of the West. It is disgusting - and very concerning- that a small group of people are enslaving and censoring the rest of the society !!!! Ain't they working of have a family to raise? Woke people seem to have a lot of time!
Richard Ayoade cane through- brought a tear to my eyes. He was put in a spot given a way out by Graham but refused to take easy way out and planted his mast- thank you Richard
How can such a brilliant, intelligent and clearly thoroughly decent individual be attacked with such vehemence? Tells you all you need to know about the group thinkers.
If you see this Graham, we love and support you. You are a hero in the true sense of the word. Thank you for standing up for the safety of women, children, and those who identify as trans. The liars who call you trans phobic when your humanity for all is deeply evident will pay the price through karma and their own conscience, those who still have one... You cannot argue with insanity, and I am so deeply sorry that they almost broke you. They are following a dark piper, a Woke distortion of humanity that is sickening and dangerous for us all. I am reading your book now. You are an incredible talent, and a good man. I feel inspired by all you have accomplished on the outer, and now the inner. Shame on Graham Norton and all the rest of those spineless cronies, the cowards that have towed the line to save their own skins. Do not let them win. You have integrity, your soul, and a great many of us supporting you. Thank God for the truth tellers, the REAL comedians. You are an inspiration. Big love to you and those who had a backbone and stood by you xxx
what i really love most about graham is how he doesn't wallow in self-pity! you can really tell he hasn't lost his sense of humor, his thoughts are completely collected, and he's totally not desperate to get back in the good graces of the liberal circles he claims to despise. and to boot, he's looking better than ever!
The more you speak truth to the approved delusions of others , the more isolated and tarred and feathered you become, the greater your integrity and character shines through
Thanks indeed to Spiked and Graham. I thought we were living in the age of reason until the gender cult took over .. I don't think England has ever had a religious coup like this.. we must always watch out in future
@@jackburton1455 I'm all for free speech but Dankula did some pretty offensive stuff which you could argue was tantamount to inciting racial hatred. Anyway, Linehan later apologised for criticising Dankula.
@@MsJackrussell2 no he didn't. It was a joke about a nazi pug. The far right hated his joke as well and Mr lineham only apologised after he got cancelled himself. Children will apologize after they caught, not so sure they're truly sorry though.
A very long overdue piece, Linehan is a sorely missed treasure! When I'm feeling down, I bring to mind some of his best moments, and it cheers me up instanstly. How sad and infuriating that a tiny group of self-obsessed, fragile zealots have run roughshod over western society.
This was a touching and superbly crafted mini-doc. Thank you for your courage and the full employment of Spiked's storytelling talent. God bless all of you.
I doubt it’s a small minority or this cancellation nonsense wouldn’t work. Or perhaps you’re right and there’s just people in very powerful positions orchestrating the madness
I'm from the US and have only recently become familiar with Mr. Linehan via Triggernometry, Andrew Gold interviews, Comedy Unleashed standup and this Spiked documentary. His humanity and dignity is consistent and his being 'cancelled' is...reprehensible. Please keep writing, even if the book signing becomes tedious.
Absolutely brilliant writer, the IT Crowd is one of the funniest shows ever written. It's time we all stood up to the extremists within the trans movement. They scream about respect but seek to silence, bully and harass anyone who disagrees with them. Wishing Graham the very best of luck for the the future.
I argue trans issue's all the time, I wonder why they have never tried to silence, bully or harass me? I wonder if its because I have a basic respect for their humanity and don't refer to them as "a man in a dress".
I watched an episode of Father Ted the other day. When Graham Linehan's name came up it reminded me of the time when he was just a beloved comedy writer. It's so sad what they've done to him for saying things that 10 years ago would have been regarded as utterly banal facts. Even if you don't agree with him it doesn't give you the right to hate him or ruin his life. This is one of the truly terrifying things about this, it's no longer possible to have reasonable discussion and exchange opinions.
@@BennettMats but you've just decided it was bigotry. Like, five years ago. What if tomorrow we decide that something else that's been normal and obvious for thousands of years is suddenly untrue, and you can't debate it or you'll be labelled a bigot? Will you just do follow along again?
@@centerfield6339 When you attack a person based solely on the color of their skin we call them a bigot, when you attack a persons sex we call them a bigot, and when you attack a persons sexual orientation we again...call them a bigot. But for some reason when Graham attacks people based on their gender you all of sudden don't understand why the term is being applied? Its like you guys have horse blinders over your brains on these topics
I've always had immense respect for Ayoade. He clearly is his own man and doesn't give a fuck about the opinions of others. His brutally subtle takedown of that race baiting Krishnan Guru-Murthy is the highlight of his off camera career. Good on him for punting the book.
Thanks for this documentary it was good to see Graham in his daily life. So nice to see at least some people around him giving friendship and support. He must feel dreadfully lonely at times. He is a wonderful honourable man 🌹
@@liamoreilly783 I'm sure that you are completely correct. However, if the comedian community as a whole acted with courage, I think the outcome would have been very different, and it would have benefitted society as much as it would have Linehan. One thing seems certain to me though. I can't see the power of this accusation of transphobia carrying the power it has today very far into the future.
He's not a complete hero. He used to treat others just like this. He played a huge role in creating cancel culture (so did JK Rowling). He got a taste of hisnown medicine (like JK Rowling) and didn't like it.
@@racheljames7 The difference is he didn't prostrate himself and beg for forgiveness like so many others. Also on realising that he was guilty of falling into the trap of vilifying via social media those seen as being on "the other side", he chose to admit his failings and apologise to those he wronged.
@@numberonedad due to the politics in the industry governed by fear of negative action by a minority he has had his project cancelled and frozen. Most people are not even aware of the full implications of the agendas
A good point. A bloke I thought was my best friend chose the week I was savagely dumped to unload his suppressed resentment of me. I don't talk to him any more. If a friend doesn't have your back in rough times they're not a real friend.
Bad move. At the moment you have the option to opt out of funding Gary Lineker's new holiday home or paying for programming you don't watch or are not interested in, the BBC is essentially a (almost) free market model, if you want it, pay the licence, if you don't want it and don't watch it and don't pay the licence. If the licence is cancelled, funding for the BBC will be transferred to one of two places (both options actively being examined at the moment), the first - and most obvious - is for it to be subsumed into general taxation, the second is a levy on either ISP providers and/or sales of physical goods like TVs, smartphones, tablets, smart-speakers (and so on, basically anything that can play media) . . . it's more likely that funding will be subsumed into general taxation. Regardless of how it's funded in a post licence-fee world, your choice to opt out will have been removed - and now everyone pays for it, regardless of whether you want it or not . . . all the people crying out for the licence-fee to be cancelled are essentially calling for a compelled system you can't opt out of, like I say at the moment if you don't want to fund another Range Rover for some morning TV host you have a choice to opt out . . . once the licence fee is funded through a levy or taxation, you're paying for that Range Rover and holiday home whether you like it or not.
@davelordy it's not anything like the free market. You're required to pay the BBC licence to watch any of the hundreds of live TV channels. It's as if Sainsbury's charged you to shop at any shop. It should be replaced with a subscription model. Let the BBC sink or swim in the free market.
@@natts Awww sweetie. I'm sure his "toxic" views have been challenged thousands of times in your bubble. Why don't you go and re-watch the views of your favourite blue-haired activist again?
Please don't give up, Graham. Your comedy makes the world magical. Your honesty, awkwardness and heart mean the world to every person you've made smile in their darkest times.
I've always loved Richard Ayoade. I knew he had supported Graham. He was dropped from hosting the BAFTAs ,whether that was because of all this who knows? Good bloke.
I can't tell you how delighted I am with Spiked for doing this. Graham is a hero in waiting, and his time will come. What the industry, and the troons, have done to him is disgraceful, but Graham will rise, and those who did not stick their heads above the parapet to support him will feel their shame, keenly. All the best of luck, and thanks, to you Graham - your time is coming again!!!
Obviously I don’t know the guy, but I can see the toll this has taken. I know depression when I see it, and it’s not an easy thing to get through. Wish you the best Graham
Graham chose, very honourably, to distance himself from his family to protect them from harassment by trans rights activists. His ex wife's business was threatened, his children were subjected to harassment - so he decided that he needed to step away to protect them for a fight he had chosen for himself. His ex colleagues and erstwhile friends are a different story. There are a few notable exceptions.
@@dorasneddon774I’d like to think I would stand by my man in this situation. I agree with OP’s comment. However he was an absolute gentleman for stepping away, being understanding and never saying a bad word.
We all owe Graham a debt of gratitude for showing us all “the mess we’re in” and not giving up until we took notice and started doing something about it 🙏🏼❤️
People grow and change most are fools in their youth, we oldies know what it’s like to be young (we KNEW we knew everything and were right!!) whereas young people are as they always were, especially the men!
I'm sorry Graham, for your troubles. I live 7,000 miles from London and hadn't heard or comprehend that people can be so cruel and ignorant. Best wishes in 2024.
We support you Graham. I wrote the following letter to the cowards in Leith Arches theatre who cancelled your stand up show: Sirs Reluctant as I am to wade into the Serbonian Bog of the modern culture wars, your utterly disgraceful cancellation of Graham Linehan leaves me no choice. As a cultural observer, I was dismayed at your cowardly capitulation to the incoherent diktats of the mob. In doing so, you empower and catalyse the most base and predictable censorious instinct of the faux-liberal lunatics who now set the cultural agenda. Further, you abrogate your duty as custodians of free speech and you spit in the face of the enlightenment values of plurality and debate. When the facilitators of culture become the censors of culture, one can hear the canary drop dead in the coal mine, snuffed out by noxious authoritatian vapours. From my vantage point, one could not slide sixpence twixt you and the editors of Pravda. Surely you can see that your behaviour is anathema to an institution such as Leith Arches? Whether or not you agree with the puritanical zealots who demanded Linehan's cancellation, is irrelevant. The public expects a plurality of viewpoints to be catered for. We do not expect a monolithic, hidebound cultural milieu set by a new priestly caste. You and your book-burning ilk should not hold dominion over what the public may consume. Your role is to build and maintain the cultural stage, not to adjudicate what plays on it. By cancelling Linehan, you're guilty of nothing less than a shameful abuse of power. Expiation and absolution is possible however. Firstly, you need to make a public apologia to Mr Linehan for deplatforming him. Secondly, you need to discover reserves of courage to resist the hysterical demands of the cultural zealots, who, it should be remembered, represent a minority viewpoint in this country. In doing so, you have a chance to rehabilitate the reputations of Leith Arches and yourselves. Yours faithfully
I am so upset that a plurality of expression is not respected. I respect pro-choice views on abortion but I NEVER wanted that dilemma myself. I don’t want to tell people how to live their lives but I do want to have a sensible conversation about PUBLIC POLICY. Let us hope that 2024 brings more conversation and sanity. I am a liberal but I am not unthinking nor do I lack compassion.
PS Thank you for speaking out! I was thrown out of a bisexual group over this issue. I was out of the closet and marching for their rights before most of group members were born.
Jesus ! How much does the world need a laugh now? We need Graham’s rare talent ,brilliance and light and the few others who are like him in these ridiculous ‘cancel culture times . Reading Tough Crowd currently , loving it .
I'm not ashamed to say that I cried watching this, the pain in Graham's voice at times and the welcome of the crowd at Comedy Unleashed made me feel truly humble.
We need to see Graham back doing what he does best. Hopefully the tide is turning and the people who said nothing or failed to support will be ashamed.
I hope Graham takes comfort from the fact that his many fans fully support and appreciate him both for his talent and the stance he has taken in the face of what is bullying by a bunch of idiots.
fantastic long form journalism spiked. thanks. new found respect for Jonathan Ross. expected nothing less from Ayoade as he is just such a decent intelligent human. Hope Graham gets to make the final chapter of craggy island.
A giant among moral pygmies. (Thank you Grahame ,-I've ordered the book). It is shocking to realise a whole generation of comedy heroes had no moral core.
@jackburton1455 Can you give me a few examples of this? I wouldn't think less of him for it. We need repentant sinners. I don't have a problem with the dialogue of opposition. I have a huge problem with a refusal to allow dissenting voices. It used to be that universities we're places of intellectual exploration. Now, they are just gatekeepers for the one true faith, and God forbid you disagree and blaspheme against the trans orthodoxy.
@@shonagriffiths8907 tried to cancel count Dankula over Nazi pug joke. He even tried to push cor a harsh prison sentence and tried cancel the man's legal defense go fund me. Tried to cancel anyone affiliated with gamer gate crowd in 2016 Openly doxxed his critics and called his detractors "Nazis" or "misogynists" If they're still up then check his tweets from 2016 to say 2018
@@shonagriffiths8907 he's a hypocrite and you need a better class of role model. He's only "repentant" because his own ideology of cancellation bit him on his arse.
@@TechnaFoxyeah he wanted Dankula cancelled. Non feminists during the whole gamer gate thing cancelled and essentially either blocked or got his fans to dogpile on anyone who disagreed with him on twitter. Folks round here calling him a hero of free speech appear to have low attention spans.
He's not a good man. He took joy in cancelling others because he didn't agree with their opinions. He's only moaning now he's getting a taste of his own medicine.
@@racheljames7do you know him personally?? Have you ever watched his “The Mess We’re In” ??? And he’s also right men can’t be women end of. Or vice versa
This was a wonderful and heart warming documentary. Thank you for making it. Graham deserves our great respect and shame on his 'friends' and 'colleagues' who let him down. P.S. I always thought Norton was a c*** but this clip of him just confirmed it.
This could be his most important chapter. The point where he gathers support and is vindicated. He's not out of the woods but it seems things are starting to look better. He should consider it as an amazing gift that the whole experience has starkly shown who his true friends are. Those famous people that stood by him have gone up in my estimation.
The root of what has happened to Graham lies in the quote by Bertrand Russell, "Man would rather die than think. In fact, most men do." All of the poisonous nonsense that has been spoken about Graham is borne from an inability of young people to be able to calmly consider what is going on and to then realise and accept there are other peoples and ways of seeing the world. To be able to take a step back and, with a curious and enquiring mind, think for themselves about what is actually going on here. I saw this descent so much when I was teaching, it was quite startling. In my albeit limited experience and observation, young people not only find it increasingly difficult to think, they are averse to learning. I do feel social media has to take the biggest part of the blame for this. It is deliberately tuned for sensationalist scrolling soundbites rather than careful consideration, which takes more words and thus more time to read. And this is a mere continuation of what the gutter press were doing back in the day. In essence, it is the same level of mentality and the same non-thinkers fall for it.
Most people are just so complacent in all these cultural wars and can’t be bothered until it affects them. People need to stand up and boycott the boycotters. Money talks
I can see that Graham came a little undone in the face of this overwhelmingly surreal and incideous movement. I can very much relate. Its so good to see the tide finally turn. Thank you Graham 🙏
Graham has been standing up for women's rights, gay rights childrenldren's rights. He has paid a heavy price for this. I really hope he will have a great comeback.
Well done Spiked. The spineless mainstream have enabled this unhinged behaviour to flourish and go unpunished. Hopefully there'll be a turnaround, where the idiots supporting this type of bullying are made to answer for their conduct.
I agree. I prefer an audiobook read by the author to the text version. It adds a whole dimension. I listened to Graham's and Ade Edmonton's book in succession and while the latter is witty and though-provoking, Graham's book is that much better.
Despite being a fan of the IT Crowd and even more of Father Ted, I'd never heard of Graham Linehan. Now I know he's a great comedy writer and a great, courageous human being.
We are all behind you Graham! I for one refused to put pronouns in my work bio, and would not be classed alongside a part time trans person (no less!) as 'ladies'. Shades of Little Britain 😂
Absolutely. This smug millionaire's dismissal of cancellation just because someone who has lost all their contracts might have been able to get an article or two published was nauseating. As if you can live on a couple of articles over a year or two 🤦♂️
Shame on him for not severing his career? Norton will always sit on the fence and lean towards lefty snow flakes. Oh boo hoo. I'd best not have an opinion in case I might hurt someone who has identity issues. It's pathetic.
@@chelseapoet3664Exactly. And he doesn't know what it's like being an unprotected ordinary little person in a large corporation where we have to watch everything we say, especially in the education or cultural sectors.
Thank you so much for this. Graham is terrific and brave and determined, and that's a lot to admire. Been watching the gender craze take hold since 2014 wondering if anyone with a profile would ever step up. And Graham and a few others did and I'm sure it's made a difference and helped others be brave enough to tell the truth. This house of cards will fall and I can only hope it wont be much longer. (We have self id and full affirmation only here in Victoria, Australia. Rushed through and anyone who said anything was absolutely vilified.) I do hope the day will come soon when people ask themselves why people like Graham keep speaking even despite the consequences. Women and children do matter and we're so thankful to have him onside. Really enjoyed watching. Cheers.
When the left began to achieve power. The left have never done a single thing for the benefit of humanity throughout history. They're much worse than the far right.
So sad to hear he's been vilified in this way. I love Graham's work and wish him every success in the future. Attention-seeking homophobes and "me too" child abusers I have no time for.
Not really my usual RUclips channel choice but on the issue of what’s happened to Graham I stand fully with him and with this channel’s decision to make this documentary.
Yes, I was surprised to hear that they both kept silent on this. Fear is a powerful motivator when you're old. They both had more balls when they were younger.
@@stephenowens3687Usually left wing have more compassion than right wingers like you. You know you don't care about women as conservative men abuse women at 7 times higher rates. You just don't want transwoman to pressure you like men do women for seggs, you don't care about regular women.
Linehan is a man who should be held up as an inspiration to young men. A man of grit, honesty and integrity. A man who follows his conscience and convictions. Love the man through and through - he’s a hero.
thank you so much for father ted!! its incredible.. and everything else youve done.. dont worry about all of this.. its wrong what some are trying to do to you.. you will always be remembered for the great things youve given everyone, no matter what some might try to do to tarnish you... youve given me and millions of other people, things that really matter to us...
what a lovely piece of film. It is so good to know that he has the Spiked team and others like Andrew Doyle and the Trigonometry guys as friends. Am sure he has many more. Keep supporting him guys and we will bring back the great talent that is Graham Linehan.
@@tommyhanlon8012 The arguments being used against trans people are exactly the arguments used when homosexuality was decriminalised. It’s bigotry and hate disguised as protecting the vulnerable. This guy basically got the jump because an episode of the IT crowd was criticised and instead of letting it slide he set off , and has continued, down a road which has destroyed his life. He’s not a victim, he’s a perpetrator.
Brilliant thank you Tom and thank you Graham. There is nothing more painful that those you thought and maybe assumed are with you are so not. Well stuff em. You are better than all of them. Keep your chin up (and Spiked ... .Bravo :)
I just posted the same point ! It looks like a really nice documentary, great production values, but the deliberately shaky handheld camerawork (which seems to be shorthand for 'arty' / 'documentary') was nauseating - I mean literally nauseating, I felt nauseous from motion sickness. Couldn't watch it after a few minutes, but I'll listen to it later on !
Yep. It's become such a documentary cliche. It should only be used when absolutely necessary, like you unexpectedly have to chase an animal, politician, etc.
I admire this fella a lot. He's right in that so many stayed silent to protect their own self interests. He had the guts to stick to his opinion. Which i think he is right in.
Pretty sad but telling that it takes a heterosexual man to be a major voice to speak up against a movement that is clearly trying to transition away the whole idea of growing up to be a well adjusted homosexual. I greatly admire Graham's courage and perseverance and are confident he will be totally vindicated one day when more and more people wise up to what's going on.
Graham is one of my heroes, as is James Dreyfuss. Two men with the courage to point out the fact that , as far as gender is concerned, the emperor has no clothes.
wow i just watched the bit with his standup and holy moly has he sunk low. and that was surely his best (or only?) material.
Did you enjoy it when he posed as a trans woman and infiltrated a dating app for women? Or when a woman disagrees with him on Twitter, and he calls them a “handmaiden”?
Graham Linehan is a stand up guy, I wish I was as brave as him. He's being vilified/cancelled for speaking the truth, holy moly has society sunk so low to even give these trans idiots so much power to wreak so much damage on society.
Wokishm is the Sharia of the West. It is disgusting - and very concerning- that a small group of people are enslaving and censoring the rest of the society !!!! Ain't they working of have a family to raise? Woke people seem to have a lot of time!
Richard Ayoade cane through- brought a tear to my eyes. He was put in a spot given a way out by Graham but refused to take easy way out and planted his mast- thank you Richard
@Wildfox01 ehh graham will make him regret it, like everyone else in his life
@@numberonedad Hmm. Nasty.
@@ralphbecket thanks but i'm an amateur compared to graham!
@@numberonedadwhat are you on about?
@@centerfield6339 graham is far nastier than i could ever hope to be!
How can such a brilliant, intelligent and clearly thoroughly decent individual be attacked with such vehemence? Tells you all you need to know about the group thinkers.
I don't know if you aware of it, but he was a huge part of that himself.
Count Dankukar, anyone?
@@TechnaFox doxxing his critics. Calling anyone who disagreed with him a nazi... The list goes on.
@@TechnaFox And then what happened?
All the people I know who have been attacked and harmed by them are lovely people.
If you see this Graham, we love and support you. You are a hero in the true sense of the word. Thank you for standing up for the safety of women, children, and those who identify as trans. The liars who call you trans phobic when your humanity for all is deeply evident will pay the price through karma and their own conscience, those who still have one... You cannot argue with insanity, and I am so deeply sorry that they almost broke you. They are following a dark piper, a Woke distortion of humanity that is sickening and dangerous for us all. I am reading your book now. You are an incredible talent, and a good man. I feel inspired by all you have accomplished on the outer, and now the inner. Shame on Graham Norton and all the rest of those spineless cronies, the cowards that have towed the line to save their own skins. Do not let them win. You have integrity, your soul, and a great many of us supporting you. Thank God for the truth tellers, the REAL comedians. You are an inspiration. Big love to you and those who had a backbone and stood by you xxx
^ I endorse this!
Agree wholeheartedly
what i really love most about graham is how he doesn't wallow in self-pity! you can really tell he hasn't lost his sense of humor, his thoughts are completely collected, and he's totally not desperate to get back in the good graces of the liberal circles he claims to despise. and to boot, he's looking better than ever!
Do you enjoy it when he calls women who don’t agree with him “handmaidens”?
He’s in newspapers all the time whinging about his wife leaving him
The more you speak truth to the approved delusions of others , the more isolated and tarred and feathered you become, the greater your integrity and character shines through
Some just end up alone
Every person who believes in free speech should support Graham Linehan.
Spiked have done a great job here ….
Thanks indeed to Spiked and Graham. I thought we were living in the age of reason until the gender cult took over .. I don't think England has ever had a religious coup like this.. we must always watch out in future
I support his right to free speech but he's still a two faced hypocrite. Trying to cancel the likes of Dankula back in the day now he wants our help!?
@@jackburton1455 I'm all for free speech but Dankula did some pretty offensive stuff which you could argue was tantamount to inciting racial hatred. Anyway, Linehan later apologised for criticising Dankula.
@@MsJackrussell2 no he didn't. It was a joke about a nazi pug. The far right hated his joke as well and Mr lineham only apologised after he got cancelled himself. Children will apologize after they caught, not so sure they're truly sorry though.
@@MsJackrussell2 also didn't Glinner write a Father Tedd episode about Nazis?
A very long overdue piece, Linehan is a sorely missed treasure! When I'm feeling down, I bring to mind some of his best moments, and it cheers me up instanstly. How sad and infuriating that a tiny group of self-obsessed, fragile zealots have run roughshod over western society.
This was a touching and superbly crafted mini-doc. Thank you for your courage and the full employment of Spiked's storytelling talent. God bless all of you.
How crazy has the world become, probably 99.9 % of people agree with him, but he's still persecuted by a very small minority.
"soft" totalitarianism
If only people would wake up before it’s too late 🕊
I doubt it’s a small minority or this cancellation nonsense wouldn’t work. Or perhaps you’re right and there’s just people in very powerful positions orchestrating the madness
We need to stop glorifying minorities and using them to signal our virtue. It has led to madness.
If 99.9 % of the population thought the earth was flat, it wouldn’t make it so
Cancellation of the comedy show twice leading to the show being put on outside the Scottish parliament is a sweet irony
I'm from the US and have only recently become familiar with Mr. Linehan via Triggernometry, Andrew Gold interviews, Comedy Unleashed standup and this Spiked documentary. His humanity and dignity is consistent and his being 'cancelled' is...reprehensible. Please keep writing, even if the book signing becomes tedious.
Absolutely brilliant writer, the IT Crowd is one of the funniest shows ever written. It's time we all stood up to the extremists within the trans movement. They scream about respect but seek to silence, bully and harass anyone who disagrees with them. Wishing Graham the very best of luck for the the future.
lol the man's mind is soup
I argue trans issue's all the time, I wonder why they have never tried to silence, bully or harass me? I wonder if its because I have a basic respect for their humanity and don't refer to them as "a man in a dress".
I watched an episode of Father Ted the other day. When Graham Linehan's name came up it reminded me of the time when he was just a beloved comedy writer. It's so sad what they've done to him for saying things that 10 years ago would have been regarded as utterly banal facts. Even if you don't agree with him it doesn't give you the right to hate him or ruin his life. This is one of the truly terrifying things about this, it's no longer possible to have reasonable discussion and exchange opinions.
these "banal" facts are heavily disputed and are nothing more than bigoted opinions.
@@BennettMatsare you joking? What are you on about?
@@centerfield6339 quite serious. Graham ruined his own life with his bigotry. He has no one to blame but himself.
@@BennettMats but you've just decided it was bigotry. Like, five years ago. What if tomorrow we decide that something else that's been normal and obvious for thousands of years is suddenly untrue, and you can't debate it or you'll be labelled a bigot? Will you just do follow along again?
@@centerfield6339 When you attack a person based solely on the color of their skin we call them a bigot, when you attack a persons sex we call them a bigot, and when you attack a persons sexual orientation we again...call them a bigot. But for some reason when Graham attacks people based on their gender you all of sudden don't understand why the term is being applied? Its like you guys have horse blinders over your brains on these topics
Thank you Graham and Spiked for having the courage and common sense needed to do this.❤
An excellent mini-doc - well done indeed. A happy new year to spiked and Graham Linehan, wishing you both continued and even greater success in 2024.
I've always had immense respect for Ayoade. He clearly is his own man and doesn't give a fuck about the opinions of others. His brutally subtle takedown of that race baiting Krishnan Guru-Murthy is the highlight of his off camera career.
Good on him for punting the book.
His encounter with the Krishnan twat is my favourite interview ever. I think I'll go and watch it now for about the 7th time 😊
PS I saw him in my local cafe and told him so!
@@chelseapoet3664 LOL! I saw your comment on the interview video earlier! Stalker!
@@chelseapoet3664 I never saw that, what was it on?
He is a fearless individual 🤩
Thanks for this documentary it was good to see Graham in his daily life. So nice to see at least some people around him giving friendship and support. He must feel dreadfully lonely at times. He is a wonderful honourable man 🌹
Graham is a complete hero and his ex-colleagues who failed to stand by him are utter cowards. It is enough to make you weep.
I think they felt if they stood up for him they would be joining him and their not willing to do it ....even if they do agree with him
@@liamoreilly783 I'm sure that you are completely correct. However, if the comedian community as a whole acted with courage, I think the outcome would have been very different, and it would have benefitted society as much as it would have Linehan. One thing seems certain to me though. I can't see the power of this accusation of transphobia carrying the power it has today very far into the future.
He's not a complete hero. He used to treat others just like this. He played a huge role in creating cancel culture (so did JK Rowling). He got a taste of hisnown medicine (like JK Rowling) and didn't like it.
Can you tell me how these people created cancel culture? I'm simply looking for examples
@@racheljames7 The difference is he didn't prostrate himself and beg for forgiveness like so many others.
Also on realising that he was guilty of falling into the trap of vilifying via social media those seen as being on "the other side", he chose to admit his failings and apologise to those he wronged.
We need more people with the fortitude of character of Graham
hahahahaha
we really don't
@@southbanktrousers2 totally do ..
@@marinka424 nah graham had better as he says he's almost broke! how could that possibly be, if his opinion is universal?
@@numberonedad due to the politics in the industry governed by fear of negative action by a minority he has had his project cancelled and frozen. Most people are not even aware of the full implications of the agendas
Great doc. Huge admiration for Graham. It's always interesting which friends do or don't stand by you at difficult times.
A good point. A bloke I thought was my best friend chose the week I was savagely dumped to unload his suppressed resentment of me. I don't talk to him any more. If a friend doesn't have your back in rough times they're not a real friend.
Instead of cancelling Graham Linehan, how about we cancel the TV licence!
How would that do anything? It’s not the BBC who have cancelled him…
Bad move.
At the moment you have the option to opt out of funding Gary Lineker's new holiday home or paying for programming you don't watch or are not interested in, the BBC is essentially a (almost) free market model, if you want it, pay the licence, if you don't want it and don't watch it and don't pay the licence.
If the licence is cancelled, funding for the BBC will be transferred to one of two places (both options actively being examined at the moment), the first - and most obvious - is for it to be subsumed into general taxation, the second is a levy on either ISP providers and/or sales of physical goods like TVs, smartphones, tablets, smart-speakers (and so on, basically anything that can play media) . . . it's more likely that funding will be subsumed into general taxation.
Regardless of how it's funded in a post licence-fee world, your choice to opt out will have been removed - and now everyone pays for it, regardless of whether you want it or not . . . all the people crying out for the licence-fee to be cancelled are essentially calling for a compelled system you can't opt out of, like I say at the moment if you don't want to fund another Range Rover for some morning TV host you have a choice to opt out . . . once the licence fee is funded through a levy or taxation, you're paying for that Range Rover and holiday home whether you like it or not.
@davelordy it's not anything like the free market. You're required to pay the BBC licence to watch any of the hundreds of live TV channels. It's as if Sainsbury's charged you to shop at any shop. It should be replaced with a subscription model. Let the BBC sink or swim in the free market.
Lived on my own for 8-years. Never had one. Never getting one. If they on't know your name, they can't do anything. So it you move... don't tell them.
@@davelordy There is another model on the table...a subscription-based one...which you can opt out of...
Thanks for this lovely and kind documentary. Graham deserves it.
Kind, in that it didn't challenge his toxic views.
@@natts Awww sweetie. I'm sure his "toxic" views have been challenged thousands of times in your bubble. Why don't you go and re-watch the views of your favourite blue-haired activist again?
@@Smudgie no, Graham doesn't allow himself to be interviewed by the mainstream
Good luck to him, he's a man of principle and integrity, deserves good things
Please don't give up, Graham. Your comedy makes the world magical. Your honesty, awkwardness and heart mean the world to every person you've made smile in their darkest times.
Loved this doc, very moving
Just want to give him a big hug
What a wonderful man
Thanks Spiked and Tom
I've always loved Richard Ayoade. I knew he had supported Graham. He was dropped from hosting the BAFTAs ,whether that was because of all this who knows? Good bloke.
I can't tell you how delighted I am with Spiked for doing this. Graham is a hero in waiting, and his time will come. What the industry, and the troons, have done to him is disgraceful, but Graham will rise, and those who did not stick their heads above the parapet to support him will feel their shame, keenly. All the best of luck, and thanks, to you Graham - your time is coming again!!!
Obviously I don’t know the guy, but I can see the toll this has taken. I know depression when I see it, and it’s not an easy thing to get through. Wish you the best Graham
oh i think it's hilarious!
All he has to do is stop being a transphobic bigot.
the way he was treated by his family and by everyone is heart breaking
Graham chose, very honourably, to distance himself from his family to protect them from harassment by trans rights activists. His ex wife's business was threatened, his children were subjected to harassment - so he decided that he needed to step away to protect them for a fight he had chosen for himself.
His ex colleagues and erstwhile friends are a different story. There are a few notable exceptions.
Well said!
meanwhile, convicted rapist Mike Tyson is still welcomed on TV talk shows and get movie roles.
@@dorasneddon774I’d like to think I would stand by my man in this situation. I agree with OP’s comment. However he was an absolute gentleman for stepping away, being understanding and never saying a bad word.
@@mmc1086 Yes, Graham has undoubtedly had the most horrendous experience - completely shattering - yet has kept speaking up.
We all owe Graham a debt of gratitude for showing us all “the mess we’re in” and not giving up until we took notice and started doing something about it 🙏🏼❤️
So my comments got removed. Viva la free speech eh?
So thankful to Graham for being a hope in this dreadful situation
Go back to his 2016 tweets about Free speech towards non feminists.
He's a total biggot, all the hysteria around trans people is exaggerated and fabricated
@@jackburton1455 Change the record!
@@sparagmos4748 mmmmnn... Nah
People grow and change most are fools in their youth, we oldies know what it’s like to be young (we KNEW we knew everything and were right!!) whereas young people are as they always were, especially the men!
Thank you Spiked for thus programme Graham is an amazing guy who speaks the truth and is finally coming back from this insane abuse against reality
I'm sorry Graham, for your troubles.
I live 7,000 miles from London and hadn't heard or comprehend that people can be so cruel and ignorant. Best wishes in 2024.
We support you Graham. I wrote the following letter to the cowards in Leith Arches theatre who cancelled your stand up show:
Sirs
Reluctant as I am to wade into the Serbonian Bog of the modern culture wars, your utterly disgraceful cancellation of Graham Linehan leaves me no choice.
As a cultural observer, I was dismayed at your cowardly capitulation to the incoherent diktats of the mob. In doing so, you empower and catalyse the most base and predictable censorious instinct of the faux-liberal lunatics who now set the cultural agenda.
Further, you abrogate your duty as custodians of free speech and you spit in the face of the enlightenment values of plurality and debate. When the facilitators of culture become the censors of culture, one can hear the canary drop dead in the coal mine, snuffed out by noxious authoritatian vapours. From my vantage point, one could not slide sixpence twixt you and the editors of Pravda.
Surely you can see that your behaviour is anathema to an institution such as Leith Arches? Whether or not you agree with the puritanical zealots who demanded Linehan's cancellation, is irrelevant. The public expects a plurality of viewpoints to be catered for. We do not expect a monolithic, hidebound cultural milieu set by a new priestly caste. You and your book-burning ilk should not hold dominion over what the public may consume. Your role is to build and maintain the cultural stage, not to adjudicate what plays on it. By cancelling Linehan, you're guilty of nothing less than a shameful abuse of power.
Expiation and absolution is possible however. Firstly, you need to make a public apologia to Mr Linehan for deplatforming him. Secondly, you need to discover reserves of courage to resist the hysterical demands of the cultural zealots, who, it should be remembered, represent a minority viewpoint in this country. In doing so, you have a chance to rehabilitate the reputations of Leith Arches and yourselves.
Yours faithfully
WELL SAID!👏
Well said!
Perfect.
I am so upset that a plurality of expression is not respected. I respect pro-choice views on abortion but I NEVER wanted that dilemma myself. I don’t want to tell people how to live their lives but I do want to have a sensible conversation about PUBLIC POLICY. Let us hope that 2024 brings more conversation and sanity. I am a liberal but I am not unthinking nor do I lack compassion.
PS Thank you for speaking out! I was thrown out of a bisexual group over this issue. I was out of the closet and marching for their rights before most of group members were born.
Jesus ! How much does the world need a laugh now? We need Graham’s rare talent ,brilliance and light and the few others who are like him in these ridiculous ‘cancel culture times . Reading Tough Crowd currently , loving it .
Thanks to Tom and crew for maling this moving film. And to Graham for standing up against the Orwellian bullies! ❤❤❤
Graham Linehan is a hero!!!😊
I'm not ashamed to say that I cried watching this, the pain in Graham's voice at times and the welcome of the crowd at Comedy Unleashed made me feel truly humble.
wahh
Good call@@numberonedad
The crowd at Comedy Unleashed are bigots too.
We need to see Graham back doing what he does best. Hopefully the tide is turning and the people who said nothing or failed to support will be ashamed.
I hope Graham takes comfort from the fact that his many fans fully support and appreciate him both for his talent and the stance he has taken in the face of what is bullying by a bunch of idiots.
fantastic long form journalism spiked. thanks. new found respect for Jonathan Ross. expected nothing less from Ayoade as he is just such a decent intelligent human. Hope Graham gets to make the final chapter of craggy island.
A giant among moral pygmies. (Thank you Grahame ,-I've ordered the book). It is shocking to realise a whole generation of comedy heroes had no moral core.
He IS a moral pygmy. He set out to cancel others for their opinions. He only did a 189 when he got a taste of his own medicine.
He was literally as bad as the moral pygmies as you so colourfully put it
@jackburton1455 Can you give me a few examples of this? I wouldn't think less of him for it. We need repentant sinners. I don't have a problem with the dialogue of opposition. I have a huge problem with a refusal to allow dissenting voices. It used to be that universities
we're places of intellectual exploration. Now, they are just gatekeepers for the one true faith, and God forbid you disagree and blaspheme against the trans orthodoxy.
@@shonagriffiths8907 tried to cancel count Dankula over Nazi pug joke. He even tried to push cor a harsh prison sentence and tried cancel the man's legal defense go fund me.
Tried to cancel anyone affiliated with gamer gate crowd in 2016
Openly doxxed his critics and called his detractors "Nazis" or "misogynists"
If they're still up then check his tweets from 2016 to say 2018
@@shonagriffiths8907 he's a hypocrite and you need a better class of role model. He's only "repentant" because his own ideology of cancellation bit him on his arse.
A man of true integrity
💯
Didn't he go after Count Dankular for the Pug salute thing? Lmao.
False 😒
@@TechnaFoxyeah he wanted Dankula cancelled. Non feminists during the whole gamer gate thing cancelled and essentially either blocked or got his fans to dogpile on anyone who disagreed with him on twitter. Folks round here calling him a hero of free speech appear to have low attention spans.
@@jackburton1455 You're not up to date: ruclips.net/video/3HLBAhokxiQ/видео.html
A real shame that we have cowards stopping this man from working & doing what he doe's best I wish you well for the future
It's time everyone stood up to this madness. Facts are facts. Graham is a brave man.
The fact is that sex and gender identity are not the same, despite the bollocks that Graham spouts.
@@nattsgender identity doesn't exist
That was fantastic and so well done. I only wish it were longer! Graham's name will be honoured in the history books. What a good man.
He's not a good man. He took joy in cancelling others because he didn't agree with their opinions. He's only moaning now he's getting a taste of his own medicine.
@@racheljames7do you know him personally?? Have you ever watched his “The Mess We’re In” ??? And he’s also right men can’t be women end of. Or vice versa
You’re a hero to me Graham.
This was a wonderful and heart warming documentary. Thank you for making it. Graham deserves our great respect and shame on his 'friends' and 'colleagues' who let him down. P.S. I always thought Norton was a c*** but this clip of him just confirmed it.
Thanks for this Spiked. A great watch.
This could be his most important chapter. The point where he gathers support and is vindicated. He's not out of the woods but it seems things are starting to look better. He should consider it as an amazing gift that the whole experience has starkly shown who his true friends are. Those famous people that stood by him have gone up in my estimation.
Really heartfelt documentary. Thanks, spiked.
The root of what has happened to Graham lies in the quote by Bertrand Russell, "Man would rather die than think. In fact, most men do."
All of the poisonous nonsense that has been spoken about Graham is borne from an inability of young people to be able to calmly consider what is going on and to then realise and accept there are other peoples and ways of seeing the world. To be able to take a step back and, with a curious and enquiring mind, think for themselves about what is actually going on here. I saw this descent so much when I was teaching, it was quite startling. In my albeit limited experience and observation, young people not only find it increasingly difficult to think, they are averse to learning.
I do feel social media has to take the biggest part of the blame for this. It is deliberately tuned for sensationalist scrolling soundbites rather than careful consideration, which takes more words and thus more time to read. And this is a mere continuation of what the gutter press were doing back in the day. In essence, it is the same level of mentality and the same non-thinkers fall for it.
Most people are just so complacent in all these cultural wars and can’t be bothered until it affects them. People need to stand up and boycott the boycotters. Money talks
Arise Sir Graham Linehan!
We love you and stand by you!
Don’t give up!
Thank You Graham Linehan for literally standing up for comedy.
He hasn't made anything funny since the IT crowd ended about 15 years ago.
Ah, another person who knows nothing about comedy.
I so admire and thank Graham
I can see that Graham came a little undone in the face of this overwhelmingly surreal and incideous movement. I can very much relate.
Its so good to see the tide finally turn.
Thank you Graham 🙏
Graham Linehan is a Super-Hero.
Thank you Spiked. A good addition to his book.
Graham has been standing up for women's rights, gay rights childrenldren's rights. He has paid a heavy price for this. I really hope he will have a great comeback.
So much admiration for Graham....his day will come again.Well done Tom and Spiked team a super documentary!
Well done Spiked.
The spineless mainstream have enabled this unhinged behaviour to flourish and go unpunished.
Hopefully there'll be a turnaround, where the idiots supporting this type of bullying are made to answer for their conduct.
I highly recommend the audible version of Glinners book, he reads it himself.
Yes I second that I listened to it on Audible. His treatment has been shocking and heartbreaking!
I agree. I prefer an audiobook read by the author to the text version. It adds a whole dimension. I listened to Graham's and Ade Edmonton's book in succession and while the latter is witty and though-provoking, Graham's book is that much better.
@@chelseapoet3664Yes it is much better to be read by the author. It definitely adds another dimension to the book.
*Edmondson. Butterfingers!
@@chelseapoet3664 didn’t even notice Chelsea😊
Despite being a fan of the IT Crowd and even more of Father Ted, I'd never heard of Graham Linehan. Now I know he's a great comedy writer and a great, courageous human being.
Nah, he's a bigoted transphobe. He doesn't respect other human beings.
We are all behind you Graham! I for one refused to put pronouns in my work bio, and would not be classed alongside a part time trans person (no less!) as 'ladies'. Shades of Little Britain 😂
Shame on you Graham Norton.
Absolutely. This smug millionaire's dismissal of cancellation just because someone who has lost all their contracts might have been able to get an article or two published was nauseating. As if you can live on a couple of articles over a year or two 🤦♂️
Graham norton just doesn't want to lose the position he's in
Shame on him for not severing his career?
Norton will always sit on the fence and lean towards lefty snow flakes.
Oh boo hoo. I'd best not have an opinion in case I might hurt someone who has identity issues.
It's pathetic.
@@chelseapoet3664Exactly. And he doesn't know what it's like being an unprotected ordinary little person in a large corporation where we have to watch everything we say, especially in the education or cultural sectors.
And shame on Graham Linehan for doing it to others.
Thank you so much for this. Graham is terrific and brave and determined, and that's a lot to admire.
Been watching the gender craze take hold since 2014 wondering if anyone with a profile would ever step up. And Graham and a few others did and I'm sure it's made a difference and helped others be brave enough to tell the truth. This house of cards will fall and I can only hope it wont be much longer. (We have self id and full affirmation only here in Victoria, Australia. Rushed through and anyone who said anything was absolutely vilified.)
I do hope the day will come soon when people ask themselves why people like Graham keep speaking even despite the consequences. Women and children do matter and we're so thankful to have him onside.
Really enjoyed watching. Cheers.
Brave and brilliant man full of sanity and integrity 🌹🙏🏴🇬🇧😎
Sad to see such a talent ignored and sidelined simply for having views that the vast majority of people agree with.
When did this country stop believing in freedom of speech and other people's views .
When the left began to achieve power. The left have never done a single thing for the benefit of humanity throughout history. They're much worse than the far right.
So sad to hear he's been vilified in this way. I love Graham's work and wish him every success in the future. Attention-seeking homophobes and "me too" child abusers I have no time for.
Why is it that people who call out intolerance, hateful and bullying are the same people who are intolerant, hateful and bullying?
Graham Linehan was always an intolerant bully himself. He's gotten a well deserved dose of hisnown medicine.
Not really my usual RUclips channel choice but on the issue of what’s happened to Graham I stand fully with him and with this channel’s decision to make this documentary.
Any respect I had for Chris Morris & Armando Iannucci just went out the window. They left this brave guy to twist in the wind.
I'm not surprised, even though I love some of their comedy shows, what else can you expect from Guardian reading left wing North Londoners?
Yes, I was surprised to hear that they both kept silent on this. Fear is a powerful motivator when you're old. They both had more balls when they were younger.
Graham Norton's even worse
@oneworldfamily They don't want to give up their cushy lifestyle on the BBC gravy train by saying anything that might get their contracts terminated.
@@stephenowens3687Usually left wing have more compassion than right wingers like you. You know you don't care about women as conservative men abuse women at 7 times higher rates. You just don't want transwoman to pressure you like men do women for seggs, you don't care about regular women.
Nice piece of Journalism spiked. Good Job, lovely production, a nice change from the PodCast format. Graham is awesome Obvs.
What has happened to him is utterly shocking. He’s stating the bleeding obvious and gets cancelled for it. Shame on the people who’ve done this.
He doesn't understand the difference between sex and gender. He's a transphobic bigot who brought all this on himself.
@@nattshe has trans friends...
@@juliandicks6822eh?
He's been cancelled for being a nasty transphobic bigot, plain and simple.
Linehan is a man who should be held up as an inspiration to young men. A man of grit, honesty and integrity. A man who follows his conscience and convictions. Love the man through and through - he’s a hero.
What fucking nonsense. He's become an embarrassment to human culture.
I have no shred of doubt that Graham's best work is yet to come. I only hope that the world sees sense and allows him to produce it.
Irish comedy genius who cares about women. Modern day patriot
Thanks Spiked for doing this. x
Great documentary. Support Graham, buy his book.
Graham Linehan's stand-up style of just coming up with farcical scenes that he plays out for us is so fresh!
Good short and concise documentary. I've been a fan of the IT Crowd for a while and will be buying a copy of his book knowing he's behind it.
"You can only be Cancelled if you Apologise ! Don't Apologise" Ricky Gervaise
Well done Graham. Courageous and principled.
thank you so much for father ted!! its incredible.. and everything else youve done.. dont worry about all of this.. its wrong what some are trying to do to you.. you will always be remembered for the great things youve given everyone, no matter what some might try to do to tarnish you... youve given me and millions of other people, things that really matter to us...
Graham’s book is absolutely fabulous.
It really is. I highly recommend his audiobook version.
Comedy Unleashed is an excellent club. A rare beacon of free comedy.
Graham Linehan WILL be vindicated on this subject. The dam of ignorance and silence is already breaking.
Thank you for this moving piece on an absolute legend Graham linsham. Much love ❤️ 😊
Nice work Tom and the team. Here's to Graham and hoping his struggle will soon be over. Victory will be his.
what a lovely piece of film. It is so good to know that he has the Spiked team and others like Andrew Doyle and the Trigonometry guys as friends. Am sure he has many more. Keep supporting him guys and we will bring back the great talent that is Graham Linehan.
When nobody Stands Up and Says No, Freedom of Thought and Speech are Trampled Upon. Thanks for Standing Up Graham Linehan.
Says someone who wants to deny people freedom. Self awareness not your thing , obviously.
@@tatata1543 it's your right to be who you are, as it is His. It is Not ok to Destroy anyone's Life for voicing their opinion.
@@tommyhanlon8012 The arguments being used against trans people are exactly the arguments used when homosexuality was decriminalised. It’s bigotry and hate disguised as protecting the vulnerable. This guy basically got the jump because an episode of the IT crowd was criticised and instead of letting it slide he set off , and has continued, down a road which has destroyed his life. He’s not a victim, he’s a perpetrator.
@@tatata1543 in your opinion, Which I don't agree with, but I do respect Your right to express it freely.
Brilliant thank you Tom and thank you Graham. There is nothing more painful that those you thought and maybe assumed are with you are so not. Well stuff em. You are better than all of them. Keep your chin up (and Spiked ... .Bravo :)
He is a diamond of a bloke.
Excellent work from Spiked and an enjoyable format, but the wobbly camera is annoying X
I just posted the same point ! It looks like a really nice documentary, great production values, but the deliberately shaky handheld camerawork (which seems to be shorthand for 'arty' / 'documentary') was nauseating - I mean literally nauseating, I felt nauseous from motion sickness. Couldn't watch it after a few minutes, but I'll listen to it later on !
Yep. It's become such a documentary cliche. It should only be used when absolutely necessary, like you unexpectedly have to chase an animal, politician, etc.
I admire this fella a lot. He's right in that so many stayed silent to protect their own self interests. He had the guts to stick to his opinion. Which i think he is right in.
Thank you for standing up for him.
Pretty sad but telling that it takes a heterosexual man to be a major voice to speak up against a movement that is clearly trying to transition away the whole idea of growing up to be a well adjusted homosexual. I greatly admire Graham's courage and perseverance and are confident he will be totally vindicated one day when more and more people wise up to what's going on.
Heterosexual men well known for their tolerance and acceptance of social changes throughout history...
@@sundae-bb Homosexuality wasn't always one of them, at least not when I was growing up as a homosexual.
I loved Father Ted! RIP Dermot Morgan😢