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The Brendan O'Neill Show

252: Graham Linehan: How trans activists tore my life apart

The Brendan O'Neill Show

The Brendan O'Neill Show

News, Society & Culture, Government, Politics

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Graham Linehan – the comedy writer behind Father Ted and The IT Crowd – returned to The Brendan O’Neill Show for this special live episode to discuss his new memoir, Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy. Graham told Brendan about how he was abandoned by old friends, how he was blacklisted by the comedy industry, and why he was prepared to pay any price to stand up for the truth.

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