Comedian Arrested at Heathrow Airport Over Social Media Posts

‘Father Ted’ co-creator Graham Linehan, a long outspoken critic on gender ideology, says five armed officers arrested him at Heathrow over three posts on X.

Graham Linehan being interviewed by Lee Hall for NTD's "British Thought Leaders" on Oct. 24, 2023. NTD

Comedian Graham Linehan, one of Britain’s most successful sitcom writers and co-creator of “Father Ted,” was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Sept. 2 on suspicion of inciting violence in relation to posts he made on X.

Linehan released on his Substack blog an audio recording of his arrest, in which a police officer can be heard telling him of allegations that on April 19, 2025, he “published a post on X intended to instill hatred and incite violence.”