Dispatches: Russell Brand: In Plain Sight
- TV documentary
- Channel 4
- 2023
- 1 episode
Investigative documentary revealing a raft of serious sexual assault allegations against comedian Russell Brand.
Press clippings
Daniel Sloss received death threats for calling out Russell Brand
Daniel Sloss received death threats for speaking out about Russell Brand and is going to make his next show about the reaction to his testimony, he has told fellow comic Russell Howard on his podcast.
British Comedy Guide, 13th March 2025Russell Brand sued over sex abuse allegations in first-known lawsuit brought against him in UK
Brand is already facing civil sex assault claims in the US.
Stephen Moyes, The Sun, 1st March 2025BBC apologises for culture of silence over Russell Brand
The BBC has apologised to staff who felt they could not speak up with concerns about Russell Brand's behaviour because he was seen as "too influential" and they felt he "would always get his way and therefore they stayed silent".
Yasmin Rufo, BBC, 30th January 2025Televisual Bulldog Awards 2024 comedy shortlist
Big Boys, Boarders, The Change, Dreaming Whilst Black, Extraordinary, Juice, Sex Education and Such Brave Girls are shortlisted for Best Comedy in the Televisual Bulldog Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 21st October 2024Russell Brand concerns "not adequately addressed"
Informal concerns raised about Russell Brand while he hosted Big Brother spin-off programmes were "not properly escalated or adequately addressed", according to the findings of an investigation.
Yasmin Rufo & Ian Youngs, BBC, 14th June 2024So Russell Brand was baptised in the Thames, and all his sins were washed away. Cheaper than a lawyer, I suppose
His journey to Christianity was very moving, and infinitely more spiritual than his trip to the police station to deny criminal allegations.
Marina Hyde, The Guardian, 14th May 2024Reports on Russell Brand longlisted for Private Eye's Paul Foot Award
Rosamund Urwin, Charlotte Wace and Paul Morgan-Bentley of the Times and Sunday Times have been longlisted for the Paul Foot Award for Campaigning and Investigative Journalism with their work on the Russell Brand sex scandal.
Private Eye, 10th May 2024Russell Brand announces plans to be "baptised" after sexual assault allegations
Russell Brand has announced that he is going to be baptised as an "opportunity to leave the past behind", less than a year after a Channel 4 Dispatches documentary exposed allegations of sexual assault against the comedian.
Ellie Muir, The Independent, 29th April 2024Russell Brand whistleblower: Channel 4 investigation a "whitewash"
The claim follows an investigation in which four women accused the comedian of sexual assault.
Rosamund Urwin, Charlotte Wace and George Greenwood, The Sunday Times, 24th March 2024Russell Brand: Channel 4 sorry after missing complaint about comedian
Channel 4's boss has apologised to a former employee after an internal probe found it had not investigated a "serious" complaint made against Russell Brand in 2009.
Ian Youngs & Noor Nanji, BBC, 21st March 2024