Cancel Me
- TV documentary that was never made
- Channel 4
- 2024
- 1 series
John Cleese investigates cancel culture and its effects on comedy.
Press clippings
John Cleese's Channel 4 cancel culture show has been all but cancelled... by John Cleese's diary
John Cleese: Cancel Me was slated to be produced by Clarkson's Farm outfit Expectation, but nearly three years after being announced, filming has not taken place.
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 19th April 2024The comedy censors are no laughing matter
Critics who sneer at John Cleese's 'white and privileged' views on cancel culture should take a fresh look at his career.
Sarah Ditum, The Times, 28th August 2021Why shouldn't comedy be offensive?
Comedy should be transgressive, but John Cleese's crusade against cancellation misses the point.
David Waywell, Reaction, 26th August 2021What exactly do Cleese & Botham offer 'Global Britain'?
The ex-cricketer and lapsed comedian have found new work in politics and TV respectively, but they are trading off old successes and even older opinions.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 25th August 2021John Cleese is right about cancel culture
John Cleese is right about cancel culture... and the Left just doesn't get it. According to social media, cancel culture is a self-pitying Right-wing creation - but this overlooks one small but vital point.
Michael Decon, The Telegraph, 25th August 2021Someone tell Cleese cancel culture is meaningless term
The Monty Python star is set to front a new Channel 4 series about 'cancel culture', having faced criticism in recent years for remarks of his own. Cancel Me will tackle subject matter that needs to be talked about, writes Louis Chilton, but the issue is more complicated than just 'political correctness gone mad'.
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 24th August 2021John Cleese to investigate cancel culture
Channel 4 will air John Cleese: Cancel Me, a programme in which the Fawlty Towers star will investigate the topics of political correctness and cancel culture.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd August 2021