Father Ted writer Graham Linehan comedy show cancelled over gender views - BBC NewsOn Monday 1 September 2025, comedy writer Graham Linehan, was arrested by five armed police officers at Heathrow Airport where he was returning to from the US.   The grounds for the arrest were that Mr Linehan was reasonably suspected of having committed an offence of inciting violence against a protected group by posts on the X (formerly Twitter) platform in April 2025. Continue reading