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Misogyny and sexism of Russell Brand case have not gone away, TV insiders say
Concerns remain that media industry is still failing to confront troubling behaviour• The downfall of Russell Brand: from Big Brother and Hollywood to convicted rapistEven within the culture of casual misogyny and sexism that pervaded the TV world in the mid-noughties, Naomi Harvey and her colleagues concluded they needed to do something about Russell Brand.Harvey was one of a team of researchers
Published Thursday, 5 November 2026 at 15:27
Concerns remain that media industry is still failing to confront troubling behaviour• The downfall of Russell Brand: from Big Brother and Hollywood to convicted rapistEven within the culture of casual misogyny and sexism that pervaded the TV world in the mid-noughties, Naomi Harvey and her colleagues concluded they needed to do something about Russell Brand.Harvey was one of a team of researchers tasked with finding fans of Big Brother, Channel 4’s reality TV juggernaut, to appear on the discussion show Big Brother’s Big Mouth, hosted by Brand. Continue reading...
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