E363. Why Graham Linehan Refuses To Use Pronouns (And Got Arrested For It)

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🗓️ 6 November 2025

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Graham Linehan joins the podcast to discuss his arrest in the UK, his refusal to use preferred pronouns, and the realities of pushing back against a dogmatic social movement. He and Bridget talk screenwriting and script writing, using AI as a writing tool, their different strategies for writing and downloading their "eureka" moment from the ether. They cover the joys of worldbuilding and character creation, what Graham learned working on a successful television show, the truth about why most ...

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0:00.0	I am with Graham Linehan, everybody. Welcome to Watkins, welcome. And welcome to America.
0:06.7	It's great to be here. Yeah, yeah, landed a free.
0:10.0	Last, I just talked to Andrew, and I think you had just been arrested and then got out of
0:15.5	your, it was really during the whole thing in the UK. I'm glad you're out.
0:22.0	Yeah, yeah.
0:23.0	No, they made a huge mistake by arresting me.
0:27.2	It was great.
0:27.9	Has anything come of that?
0:29.5	And for people who don't know, can you just explain very briefly what happened to you?
0:33.8	I think most people, most of my audience knows, but.
0:36.6	Yeah.
0:39.1	Basically, I've just been targeted by trans activists for about 10 years now using, they use the police, they use the courts,
0:45.6	everything they can throw at me to try and stop me, you know, talking about this issue. And the
0:52.7	latest thing is this guy in, called Lindsay Watson. And he is thing is this guy called Lindsay Watson.
0:56.2	And he is a disgraced
0:58.1	ex-policeman who
0:59.6	seems to have
1:01.9	some sway in the force
1:04.2	because he's able to get them to arrest
1:06.4	anyone he wants.
1:08.2	You know, even an ex-police woman
1:10.5	got arrested. Wow. wow you know for talking about
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