2nd December 2021 | 10pm | Channel 4
Sacked, ostracised, de-platformed or blacklisted. All in the blink of an eye. This is ‘cancel culture’. You can be fired for an offensive tweet sent as a teenager, or speak out on a controversial subject, only to find yourself viciously attacked by an online mob. It could be stand up comedy, talking about trans rights and gender critical beliefs, or daring to ask if Churchill was racist. From entertainment to academia – this investigation examines how ‘cancel culture’ is affecting our lives. Presenter Richard Bacon meets “the cancelled” to hear first-hand about the impact and consequences of being publicly shunned.