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Misogyny and sexism of Russell Brand case have not gone away, say TV insiders
UK NewsEntertainment•November 5, 2026 at 2:52 PMNational

Misogyny and sexism of Russell Brand case have not gone away, say TV insiders

By Michael Savage Media editor•The Guardian - UK News

Concerns remain that media industry is still failing to confront troubling behaviourEven 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...

Concerns remain that media industry is still failing to confront troubling behaviour

Even 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...