Graham Linehan
- 56 years old
- Irish
- Writer and director
Press clippings Page 7
Free speech comedy clubs and the battle over onstage offence
Graham Linehan and Dapper Laughs walk into a club ... It sounds like the setup to a bad joke, yet platforming comics who may cause offence is a winning formula. But can a night run by a GB News host claim to be anti-establishment?
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 20th May 2023Graham Linehan back on Twitter following latest ban
Graham Linehan, the creator of Father Ted now best known for his opposition to trans rights, has been allowed back onto Twitter after serving yet another ban for breaking the platform's rules over hate speech and making threats.
Steve Dinneen, City AM, 19th April 2023Graham Linehan banned from Twitter... again
Linehan's latest ban was for joking about killing protestors at a controversial women's rights activist event in Belfast called Let Women Speak, although he had already received warnings from the platform about his behaviour.
Steve Dinneen, City AM, 16th April 2023Graham Linehan: the trans debate left me cancelled and broke
He was adored for creating the sitcoms Father Ted and The IT Crowd. Then Graham Linehan's tweets about gender whipped up a storm of controversy that swept away his career and helped end his marriage.
Andrew Billen, The Times, 17th March 2023Graham Linehan turned down £200k to take his name off the Father Ted musical
Graham Linehan was offered £200,000 to walk away from the Father Ted musical so it could be staged without toxic links to his gender-wars fights - but turned it down.
Chortle, 17th March 2023Trans person launches £100k GoFundMe to "spite" Graham Linehan
A transgender person has launched a £100,000 GoFundme campaign to "spite" comedy writer Graham Linehan following the latter's similar plea for funds to aid in a court battle.
Ivan Prothero, Deadline News, 7th March 2023Motherland to be remade in the US
BBC Two sitcom Motherland is to be adapted for broadcast in the US.
British Comedy Guide, 6th March 2023Graham Linehan to make stand-up debut
Comedy writer Graham Linehan, best known as the co-creator of Father Ted, is turning his hand to stand-up.
British Comedy Guide, 25th January 2023Graham Lineham threatens to sue Apple TV
Graham Linehan says he may sue Apple TV for branding him 'anti-transgender'. The comedy writer has become a TV pariah since becoming an outspoken campaigner against gender self-identification - but claims he's been unfairly tarred as bigoted.
Chortle, 8th January 2023Bill Bailey 'hounded from Twitter' after being targeted by so-called gender critical activists
Bill Bailey has deleted his Twitter account after being criticised for a brief mention of former colleague Graham Linehan, who is now known for his vocal opposition of trans rights.
Emily Chudy, Pink News, 3rd January 2023