James Dreyfus on being 'erased' from Dr Who: 'When people say cancel culture doesn't exist I laugh''
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- 'Not one phone call. Not one letter. Not one email. I just thought the cowardice. I felt stabbed in the back.'
Actor James Drewyfus talks to Andrew Doyle about being a victim of cancel culture after being 'erased' from a Dr Who role.
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I have a soft spot and great respect for James Dreyfus. He comes across as a delightful man. Andrew is also a credit to GB news as an entertaining interviewer.
agreed,
Exactly, a rare case of an interviewer asking the right relevant questions and then shutting up to allow the interviewee to get all he wants to say across without interrupting because the studio has a stupid arbitrary time limit before the next part of the show.
Andrew needs to slow down a bit though. He speaks like a spitfire.
What an absolutely fabulous man. It is scandalous how he has been treated by these utter psychos.
I was going to write similar things but your comment did it for me. Utter bullshit isnt it? Poor man!
Tell me about it. Oh, and by the way, for those of you who came here for Doctor Who, I just checked the site. He STILL isn’t credited for Masterful with all the others. Shameful.
I still love Gimme, Gimme, Gimme.
I just rewatched it for the first time since it aired and then this video pops up
Brilliant, but I have to say I have a soft spot for him in Thin Blue Line. He’s fabulous in it.
Seasons 1 & 2 are fun, 3 is O|K, but 4 is pretty unwatchable, shame!
James Dreyfus is a criminally underrated actor and a champion of womens rights which in this clown world makes him a hero in my book. The vitriol he receives on Twitter has got to be seen to be believed. He has lost work, friends and probably many nights sleep for sticking his head above the parapet and I for 1 appreciate his bravery and integrity. He's also done a lot for animal welfare - what a wonderful human being. Thank you too Andrew - I've never seen this segment before but your interviewing technique is excellent 👏👏😊❤
'As I've got older I've got wetter'. How rare and refreshingly lacking in ego this man is.
We follow each other on Twitter.
He's a truly lovely guy
'I thought the future would have less labels, not more' - James Dreyfus. This is exactly how it should be. The gay community just wanted freedom to live their lives the way they wanted to. Nothing more, and yet now people in the LGBT+ expect they should be given the best of everything or anything or else. That is not community, that is far left Fascism.
I just can’t believe how backwards things are going
Very interesting comment and quote. It actually summarizes me. I wanted freedom to live my life and get away from labels. I was a part of the gay community. Now, I want nothing to do with the LGBT community. It just became something else I don't want to be associated with it.
LGBTQ doesn't represent the majority of gays. Nobody voted for them. The movement is a Marxist cult. It uses the platform of gay causes to damage social institutions. It is not colourful or amusing. As a gay man I dread LGBTQ supporters, not from some phobia, but from fear of lethal boredom.
I gather the q stands for queer? I always thought that term was a no no. And what's the difference between gay and queer? Does anybody know?
Sheila : "about 6 pints of lager"
What a pleasant change, a genuine actor explaining how things should be, and not how they have to be.
If only we could have more of this in every aspect of life.
Bravo.
Let's just put Dr Who out of its misery and then bring it back in ten years with Laurence Fox as the Thirteenth Doctor and James as the Master.
I'd actually watch that, tbf.
I've been pushing for Lawrence Fox as the next Doctor for a couple of years now. Agreed!
That would be awesome. Smart man. Can you take over?
Yep, I'd be up for that. RT Davies certainly won't save it.
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He's just a lovely bloke. What you see here, is what you get, I believe.
A very decent actor who should have much more work than he gets.
I have so much more respect for James now I see him as an actor and not just a gay actor that he has always been portrayed as
ok I take it back, I fucking love this gut
My god, James is a common sense guy. Really interesting interview.
We need more down to earth common sense gay folk like James in our time of stupid.
Trust me, we are here. And we are as bloody confused as everyone else. Please don't judge us by these fucked up leftie activists.
Thanks James for signing the letter regarding the disgraceful abuse JK Rowling received. Clearly a risky decision in your industry. I'm sure she is grateful. A true gent.
And a brilliant comic actor who entertained me throughout my childhood and teens. We want more!
Thin blue line was absolutely Epic...
Haven't read the open letter but going off the interview it sounds to me like he signed it for the principle of it, rather than in support of J.K.Rowling, who may have a point, but her reasoning isn't entirely pure, it's to safeguard the privileges she feels women are entitled to, and entitlement is a nasty bit of business...
@@jabiraidan Women are entitled to feel safe in their own spaces without male perverts invading them, you creepy man.
@@meeshyka69 as John Doe puts it , it’s all about the JEALOUSY they have towards the Women that are Born Women which is something THEY CAN NEVER HAVE !!! OR EVER EXPERIENCE !! So stick your priveledge up you know where
@@meeshyka69 I haven't seen any evidence that women are in danger from trans people. I'm a bit suspicious of that argument-the same logic was used to demonize gay people.
Funny that Dr Who is a BBC production and Stonewall guide the BBC on how woke to be! Cancel culture works both ways, I cancelled my BBC licence 3 years ago and will never support them in anyway going forward. The BBC deserve everything coming to them.
Well said Lee! I cancelled mine just over a year ago and am sorry I didn't cancel it sooner! The wokery is at this stage vomit-inducing! 🤮
To be fair Big Finish isn't run by the BBC but otherwise I agree
Actually, Doctor Who is a BBC Studios production, a company nothing to do with the BBC, hence creating anonymity, so we're not able to find out how much actors or presenters earn.
good move that you cancelled so long ago, I only cancelled a few months ago. I had to told them twice that their programs are rubbish and stopped my direct debit eventually before they acknowledge my cancellation, greedy bastards.
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James Dreyfus, a very decent, sensible man, who deserves more TV roles. Thankfully his voice echoes the vast majority of people outside of Tw@tter. Yes, the @ is supposed to be an 'a'.
Ha ha loool innit! I used it for a month, then deleted it app. It’s boring.
When Radcliffe and the other two little snots dissociated themselves from JK Rowling, I posted on my facebook page something to the effect that they were arrogant, ungrateful nonentities, who'd be nothing without her. My grown-up (50+) friends all agreed with me, and one of about 50 said that they'd been good for her too. (Seriously?)
The biggest backlash came from the under-35s, who ignored my point and attacked her for her beliefs, which I don't think were what they thought they were. One is a girl who wants to be a boy, and said JKR wants people like her - sorry, them - dead.
Impressive that a generation that can't write decent English is so talented at creating straw man arguments.
I’ve never researched it, but I bet cults like Christianity and Islam spread among the young more widely before they took over societies
@@BlookbugIV Wow I'd never thought about it, but yes - the Yoof showing how up to date they are!
@@lesleyvivien2876 if you demolish the past you’ll be on the right side of history, and that’s all that’s important right? I can’t wait for year zero
@@BlookbugIV Absolutely - and, in the case of the Radcliffe snot and his two little snotty friends, you will also demolish your future career at the same time.
Depends what year zero accomplishes. I'm not sure that it left Cambodia in better nick than when it started.
Please don’t divide us along generational lines. I’m in my early twenties and absolutely on Rowling’s side here. I’m not alone in that. Younger people are just more aware of the consequences of speaking out against the trans narrative. We have more at stake when it comes to our career prospects and social circles.
Don’t ever think social media gives an accurate representation of real life. It’s a game of who shouts the loudest, and it just so happens that self-important activists with no friends or purpose spend the most time online.
Andrew Doyle is one of the UK's greatest treasures. He interviews other people as well as he expresses HIMSELF whilst being the interviewee. Great questions, great listener, well-spoken, terrific sense of humour and a really well integrated thinker.💌💎
Great British comedy actor....not many left....kids now will have to Google comedy soon!!!
In my opinion, James would be a good Doctor Who! Unfortunately, the scripts are so poor maybe the BBC did him a favour in "cancelling" him.
@@whentokoloshsays1142 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Enjoyed the interview, James talked a lot of common sense, very down to earth, seemed a genuinely nice person, hope to see a lot more of him
Notice how some people get upset if a straight person plays a gay person but are silent when a gay person plays a straight person, not that it should actually matter.
By their logic then, gay actors can't play straight people - which is mostly putting them out of work - a lot of gay actors, limited amount of gay roles. They shout out apparently for gay people but I guarantee that not one gay actor wants that restriction
In the end, it should not matter, that's the whole point of acting, which is to convince, whatever part you take
Probably due to historical prejudice, and that we're perhaps only now achieving some sort of level playing field.
What a down to earth guy …. Harmless and yet sooooo talented
I love James Dreyfus. Straight to the point, no nonsense, tells it like it is. Also a highly talented actor with great range, and absurdly funny. This was a great interview!
James, be assured there are more of us that agree with your statements than you inbox might show, but unfortunately, empty vessels make the most noise.
Keep going, you are a talented actor.
Sadly the " empty vessels " are vicious too .
Love James, such a breath of fresh air.
Erasing his name from the CDs and such is absolute doublethink, erase records of it and people will just believe it never happened?
Love this man! James could have easily kept quite and his career would have continued on without impact but he's a man of principle. Unfortunately that means he has lost out financially. What a twisted world when the brave are pilloried and the cowardly lauded.
@mandy moo better than yours anyway.
@@comfortablydoomed6280 😀
what kind of man has principles attacking the very identity of others? FAFO
What career?
@@scalefree A brave man, that’s who. I don’t care what your opinion is or where you come from, bullies are bullies. And, sadly, there are some bullies out there who pretend to be victims, in the hope that people will flock to their side. It’s sad, but at least people are willing to speak out about it.
Great interview. Could have listened to more
The way James was cancelled is nothing less than Orwellian.
And so petty, to remove his name from a list of actors, jeepers.
They haven't quite put him in room 101 and he's still able to speak his mind, thankfully!
He's literally saying he's "cancelled" while on national TV. some cancellation!
@@MrJohndory111 Which channel broadcast this interview? I'm pretty sure it wasn't the BBC...
@@slightlyevil. get over it mate, your rabble has been in charge of this country for over a decade and look at the state of things
Mr Dreyfus seems to be a very decent bloke prepared to defend people against the vindictive wokerati.
We need more people like him.
Yes
We need to see him more often in GBNews too.
What a great conversation
Did not realises who this was until they showed a clip of Gimme, Gimme, Gimme. He is a very underrated actor and in this interview he expressed a lot of common sense.
Common sense? Not something normally associated with GBeebies.
I can’t recall ever seeing such an interview with James before. He comes across very well as an intelligent thoughtful man.
He is.
Such a great guy.
No ego to him, just a down to earth lovely bloke
LOVE him!!! Saw him in Cabaret in 2007 and he was amazing - such a nice guy to his fans too :)
I'm really glad I watched that. Excellent interviewer + fascinating guest = compelling viewing.
Strange that I think of a man being brave just for signing a rational letter.Signed,a woman with a cervix.
nice one.
So women who don’t have a cervix, what are those?
Pretenders to the yoni.
As an occasional theatre-goer I'm quite happy to see straight characters played by gay actors - Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Ian McKellen for example - so I can't see that there's any problem in straight actors playing gay characters. It's acting, dear boy!
Same here 💯
Matt Smith did the reverse and played a Gay Man, just for an example
Serial killers should only be played by murderers!
A very enlightening interview. These people cancelling guys like James Dreyfus are the real fascists.
The early Fascists were all radical Italian Socialists so it makes sense.
They really are.
Why can't people see this
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I wonder if, in the name of authenticity, you need a scene where a thug beats a gay guy half to death, you actually find a thug and pay him to beat a gay guy half to death. Wonder if the gay press would go for that?
JK Rowling canceled! She just has to write another Harry Potter book, boom, uncanceled.
Daniel Radcliffe came out in defence of the transformers and against Rowling. Can you believe that? He became so rich and famous thanks to her books and the films and he doesn't even have the decency to stand up for her. Shameful.
@@misssarahashplant7493 Simply goes to show what an inconsequential little nobody he really is. No real character or self realisation behind the public facade, just a hollow actor. Still, not been on much lately has he? 😉🤏 I suspect that the actions of Radcliffe and that odious Hermione actress were hurtful to her on a personal level. Whatever happened to loyalty?
The three of them are indeed inconsequential squirts, aren't they? but Radcliffe is the only one whose name we remember (most of the time).
I hope the same as you, John Crawford - that she forgets that she set a limit on the number of books, writes the best Harry Potter book yet, it's made into a record-breaking film, and makes the cast incredibly rich and popular. O joy.
@@mrstandfast2212 I can't disagree with you and like you said, whatever happened to loyalty? I can't Adam and Eve how someone could be so disloyal. So much for him.
@@misssarahashplant7493 Yep. They all turned on her..
With two people like this there is hope.
As has long been the case, those who scream and shout about 'tolerance' the loudest, are indeed the most intolerant of all.
Respect to you James, look forward to seeing you on screen soon.
Was terrific in the Thin Blue Line as PC Goody
Indeed
He stole every scene he was in!
The first series was great.
The second not so?
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An absolute treasure of an actor! I'm sorry to hear James had to suffer abuse like this.
James Dreyfuss is a wonderful man and actor. I'd watch him in anything.
Same.
My admiration for him grows by the day
@@ellie698 It took me almost a year to work out he was that James on twitter. He wasn't offended, he laughed. That is the sign of a true gentleman.
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He's very funny tbh.
Cathy Burke is the most underrated British actor ever.
am i weird, or is she attractive?
She is but she seems entirely on the sjw woke side whereas james has had enough of it lol
@@copyrightcharacter1166 Is she? I've gone right off her now!
She should have got an Oscar for Tinker Tailor.
@@FreeTheDonbas You are definitely weird.
James is wonderful and I am so happy he has the backbone to stand with us all. Absolutely adore him ❤️
Both he and Kathy Burke were absolutely sublime in Gimme.
In 1984 Winston had a job “erasing” people from history.
Not sure you can equate losing a job reading an audio-drama with ‘being erased from history’ 😂
The fact you are able to comment this on a video with him in it on TH-cam shows he’s not been erased. Logically.
wokeism has killed Dr Who so sad as when it kicked off again with Eccleston it was amazing. It finished when Tennant left. The rest just went downhill slowly to oblivion
I agree
Matt Smith wasn't too bad.
@@soniavadnjal7553 if you could make head or tail of the storyline
@@janicehenry5545 Yes exactly, if you missed an episode or two you were lost. I just gave up after a while 'cos I'd missed so many episodes, I preferred Russel T Davies as the head writer in that regard, not Steven Moffat. Each story was an insular episode but with subtle clues and an eventual overarching plot that would come to fruition in the final episode/duel episode of each series. You could easily miss an episode and still get the plot of the next and final, and if you happened to see said episode another day it was exciting and there was no homework reviewing previous episodes just to understand it.
Also to add to Janice's point, I think Matt's run wasn't bad after during series 6 was it....after he ditched that mary sue Clara, but yes most of the episodes in his run were dire with Amy and Rory clogging up any character development, it was just sooo boring.
@@greypilgrim228 So it's bad because you actually have to watch it to understand it? How does that make sense? That's like complaining you don't understand a film because you started watching it half way through.
I think James is a great actor, plays a good bad guy, very underrated.
Nice guy. Good actor.
Exactly that
Which is the reason why he was cancelled
A lot of gay men have ignored the abuse piled on women in the gender wars...or even joined in with it
James is one of the good guys
Love this man. He's a great actor and so principled
It is time to cancel WOKENESS!!
Right wingers have been cancelling the left since long before ‘cancelling’ was even a word. Look what they did to Jeremy Corbyn, Ken Livingstone, George Galloway etc etc
I've always liked James. He's a brilliant actor and a good, principled guy.
A good bloke.
I love James Dreyfus, it's good to see him back on tv, he's lovely and so funny. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie is still amazing!
What great TV! Thank you GB News.
I needed an hour listening to this great actor who talks so directly about things instead of skirting around the issues
JD....what a fantastic fella, my heart goes out to thank him for all the laughs over the years. Wish I could shake his hand.
Great interview, probably the best yet on GB news
Love James and all that he has acted in, dreadful the way he has been treated by the cancel culture brigade.
Drefus and Burke since the 90s were alienated from the luvvies, they were never fully accepted, and always looked down upon.
Stalin used to cancel his opposition and remove them from history.
Dreyfus’ comments on how beautiful Supernova is could not be more true. Tucci and Firth are fab; and Dreyfus plays such a nice character. Everyone should watch it.
Doyle is a courageous comedic genius/satirist and an adroit political observer.
Gimme, Gimme is such a wonderful show - one of the best of the 90s. And James is a lovely guy.
This was an excellent interview, thank-you.
James is a lovely guy. Bless him.
Lovely man and a rather underrated actor. I hope there are some bright casting agents out there that haven't gone completely mad yet and book him for another job soon.
He was my favourite character in the thin blue line plus it was one of the most diverse shows at the time without making it the primary objective and it worked brilliantly
Agreed how it should be exactly the same with Red Dwarf, race was never mentioned....writers today want to create division, a lot of time for their own purposes.
@@wsgrover8646 Well not sure about red dwarf the guy was a scouser after all 😂
All jokes aside I agree, just like with star trek tng and many other shows used to be about the character not the race now its the race and not the character.
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I always liked James Dreyfus, but my respect for the man has jumped leaps and bounds after this interview. What a sensible, mature, reasonable, conscientious, and all together wonderful person. It seems he's one of the better people in entertainment and I wish him as much success in the future as he can bare.
Please please please have James on again.
He's welcome as a regular guest
You could have so many great conversations between the two of you.
Superb comedy actor and all round great guy.
Down to earth, caring and, most importantly, talks a lot of sense 👍
Rowan atkinson isn't typecast, Mr. Bean, Blackadder, Johnny English, Maigret.
Why isn’t this actor in top films ,he has a presence that all brilliant actors have.I’m so sorry,you would think the pm would have done something by now but he’s part of it while his wife runs the show.
Vastly underrated. If only there were more actors like him with good old fashioned common sense which seems sadly lacking these days. A thorough gentleman and genuine nice guy.
Like you’d fuckin know
Didn't realise Big Finish did that, won't be bothering with them again, used to buy a lot from them, will save me some considerable bunce.
Of course they did the same thing with John Barrowman as well. Someone who had worked with them loads in the past, they just "indefinitely postpone" the CD starring him and David Tennant together. All because of Barrowman being a camp extrovert who used to get his privates out on set. An incident which all of the people on set were fine with and most of whom became close friends with Barrowman, but the Twitter mob decided to be offended on their behalf and try to get him cancelled.
Bunsen burner, nice little earner....
As a "straight white Gammon", I really like James Interview. My God a luvvie (sorry James) talking absolute sense. I don't care If he's straight, gay or whatever just seems a decent sought of bloke !!
Thoroughly bloody nice chap.
Good interview!
Less labels, not more!
Exactly
havent seen this guy since the 90s. wow.
I did not recognize him at first but when they said the Thin Blue Line I finally could see who it was.
What an interesting and honest man James Dreyfus is. A great actor and well deserving of good roles and awards.
To be a celebrity and to openly defend JK Rowling is brave and should be commended.
@mandy moo Damn, I really triggered you, didn't I, Commie? 😂
Cope and seethe.
James is a brilliant actor and an honest man. The T brigade will be after him now
They have been for a long time.
Well, here's a first.
A clip from GB news that I really enjoyed and agreed with, largely because it doesn't involve Nigel Farage!
I loved Gimme, Gimme and as a gay man, didn't find it the least bit "offensive," and nor did any other gay person I knew and kudos to the amazing Kathy Burke for saying "fuck 'em!" about the critical Gay Press, at an awards ceremony.
Jonathan Harvey was/is a brilliant writer, although I much prefer his later work, "Beautiful People," about 2 gay lads growing up in Reading in the 90's.
Very funny, but with moments of real pathos.
I also think that Dreyfus is spot on when it comes down to freedom of speech.
Contrary to popular myths peddled by some on the right, not all of us "lefties" believe in "cancel culture," or de-platforming people.
Challenge people?
Yes, of course, but expect to be challenged back.
Silencing people whose views you don't agree with doesn't change people's views and sounds to me, very much like the sort of bullying/fascist tactics that we're supposed to be against.
I know exactly where I stand on the issues of gender equality, LGBT rights and racism (and no, I'm not in favour of "colour blind casting" or worried about "cultural appropriation" that's been going on in Music for centuries and is a good thing, IMO!) and am happy to argue my corner.
But, I have no intention of denying anybody else the same rights!
There should be no reason why we can't talk openly and candidly about any issue, and have a sensible discussion, without people on *all* sides of the debate getting hysterical and deriding anybody who opposes us as "haters!" I *hate* that expression! 😉
We might even change a few minds, or have ours changed?
I might even end up supporting Nigel Farage! 🤣
OK< that's maybe going a bit *too* far!
Tbh I hope somebody erases the present Dr Who from the memory banks.
This conversation is the perfect example of rationality and humanity. Whoever are those people who seek to undermine and cancel? Knowing such people must be a wonderful experience.
James Dreyfus is fabulous
But James Dreyfus is as camp as a row of tents, so how has he been removed from Dr Who? The whole ensemble and production team are full of the 'light footed' types and box tickers so could it be that Sarpong has put her foot down and instructed them to 'get rid of the white man'?
Big Finish is the audio company that cancelled him. Basically they've just embraced the soppy new wet SJW fans and they're scared of not responding compliantly to their social media threats. The old fan base has drifted away, pushed aside by morons who want to demolish all the established TV heroes.
Because it doesn't matter if you are part of the "identity politics" that the woke mob think that they represent. If you speak out and say wrongthink, you're out!
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I always mind the Mars bar gag. Hahaha in the thin blue line. Brilliant. I cancelled my TV licence over two years ago, not giving the BBC a penny is a joy.
James Dreyfus would make a great dr who
He is brilliant ❤️
James was playing the character of "The Master" in the Big Finish Productions production of Doctor Who. Big Finish Audio has nothing to do the BBC Television version of Doctor Who, it is an independent company which produces radio versions of Doctor Who under licence from the BBC. James was dismissed from his role due to his support of JK Rowling.
Dr Who should have been dropped years ago
It's so Corney It's total rubbiish
It's a BBC Directors whim
Keeping it going
Even the Acting is crap
The futuristic people are from where ????
Alan. Dr Who is also very WOKE now.
I agree. It has been totally ruined by successive writers.
@@francescarose1453 to think we pay £150+ for a TV licence and they keep making crap like that
It's a great premise, it had a great history but it probably died in about 1979. They dug up the corpse in 2005 and some of us hoped it could be resurrected, but the BBC are shite now - run by morons. and all they've done is piss on the corpse for the last fifteen years.
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James didn't have to get involved but he did, he's a wonderful eloquent human being. We need more like him.
I don't think I've ever seen or heard James in anything which I didn't enjoy, and I've always thought him a credit to his profession and a thoroughly decent human being
can we get the folks behind GB news to start a channel that plays old ' cancelled' comedies, and also new stuff!
Please!!!!!
Eh, can’t have it on a news channel. However, why not start a second channel for entertainment: *GB Views!*
What a great bloke. We need more people like him.
Gosh! I've followed James for a while but watching this, he is just so likeable. Good on you James for standing up for women, children and LGB.
Never really watched any of the shows James was in but thoroughly enjoyed this interview and wish him all the best for the future, lovely bloke.