Graham Linehan
- 56 years old
- Irish
- Writer and director
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Graham Linehan has paid a heavy price for speaking out against trans ideology.
Brendan O'Neill, Spiked, 24th October 2023Graham Linehan interview
There's a good chance you already have a strong opinion about Graham Linehan. Perhaps you think he's a horrible bigot who hates trans people or a bit of a hero who campaigns for women's rights. Perhaps you think he used to be a successful writer of sitcoms who went off the rails, and torpedoed his career and lost friends, and ruined his marriage. As I say: chances are you already have an opinion.
Mark Smith, The Herald, 22nd October 2023Graham Linehan memoir fails to reach top 1,000 Amazon bestsellers list
A memoir by anti-trans campaigner Graham Linehan is hovering outside the top 1,000 on Amazon's bestselling books ranking this week, despite his boast that the book has sold over 10,000 copies.
Amelia Hansford, Pink News, 21st October 2023Graham Linehan: Tough Crowd review
Once a well-regarded comedy writer behind Father Ted and The IT Crowd, Graham Linehan's career has hit the skids since he began to focus on gender identity disputes. He hits back in a new memoir.
John Meagher, The Independent (Ireland), 14th October 2023The problems with Graham Linehan's memoir Tough Crowd
The Father Ted writer who more recently uses his platform to share controversial views on the transgender community has released a memoir describing how his life was 'smashed to smithereens'. It's a strange, sad read, writes Louis Chilton - one that crumbles under the slightest scrutiny.
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 13th October 2023Tough Crowd by Graham Linehan review - memoirs of a monomaniac
The Father Ted creator is a comedy genius but his vituperative advocacy for women's rights does more harm than good.
Janice Turner, The Times, 13th October 2023Tough Crowd: the tragedy of Graham Linehan
The gender-critical writer's autobiography exposes the brutality of cancel culture.
Nick Tyrone, Spiked, 12th October 2023Graham Linehan: Tough Crowd review
Tough Crowd is a memoir that falls into two distinct parts. Roughly the first two thirds recount the life and career of Graham Linehan, the multi-award-winning comedy writer whose hit shows include Father Ted, The IT Crowd, Big Train and Count Arthur Strong. The final third of the book tackles the fact that, despite retaining his creative spark and a desire to work, Linehan is ostracised from the entertainment industry and considers that part of his life to be over.
Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 12th October 2023Graham Linehan book extract: How the woke Left took over the internet
The comedy writer had a frontline seat to Twitter's sinister rise, and how it spilled into the real world. He recalls his part in the chaos.
Graham Linehan, The Telegraph, 7th October 2023Graham Linehan reportedly loses agent over David Tennant 'groomer' accusations
Anti-trans activist Graham Linehan has claimed he has been dropped by his TV agent over comments made about Doctor Who star David Tennant. In June, Linehan took to Twitter to call beloved Doctor Who actor Tennant a "groomer" due to his support of the trans community and his own child, who is reportedly non-binary.
Emily Chudy, Pink News, 2nd October 2023