BAFTA Winning Writer Graham Linehan on Losing a Comedy Career, Gender Wars and Cancellation
Channel: Conor Ryan I Eyes Wide Open
Date: 2024-01-11

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"You’re cancelled. And so am I. The bitter truth we may need to swallow is this: thanks to our internet-interconnectedness, we are all already cancelled, whether on the left, right, or in the middle, we just have not been pointed out to the swarm yet.” — Peter Limberg

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Graham Linehan is an Irish Comedy Writer and Activist known for creating iconic TV sitcoms such as Father Ted, The I.T Crowd and Black Books. 
His latest book "Tough Crowd" charts his background and origin story, growing up in Dublin, moving to the U.K, his pathways and early breaks in TV, the Writing Process, Production and Development, working with Actor's, Comedy writing and emergence as a major force in British and Irish Television throughout the 1990's and into the noughties. Plus his battle with Cancel Culture, Activism, Gender Critical View's and Women's Right's

Graham's life and career took a dramatic turn in 2018. Whilst lying on a hospital gurney and receiving treatment for cancer, Graham posted a tweet indicating his allegiance with the Gender Critical movement and life changed forever.

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00:00 Origins
02:19: Litigation and Learning to Relax 
07:00 A Twitter Storm
09:00 Grooming
11:35 Gender Dysphoria and a Fight Begins
22:20 The Medical Profession
24:30 The Tavistock Clinic
27:00 Cancellation
28:30 Father Ted The Musical
33:30 The Status Game and Cancel Culture
38:00 Crossing the Line or Crossing the Rubicon
44:00 McCarthyism
51:00 Paying the Ultimate Price
54:00 The Reaction from Home - Ireland 
56:30 Enoch Burke and The Irish Times
1:01:00 Tough Crowd
1:02:00 What the future holds