Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has told how he was arrested and questioned by police over "joke" tweets he made about transgender people.

The five-time Bafta award winner revealed he was taken to a police station near Heathrow Airport - just days before his upcoming trial for alleged criminal damage and harassment without violence offences against a transgender woman.

The Met Police confirmed the 57-year-old was arrested on suspicion of inciting violence at around 1pm on Monday "in relation to posts on X ".

Writing in an email to followers of his substack , Mr Linehan today recounted his latest arrest - which he said happened after he flew into Heathrow on a flight from Arizona.

As reported in the Mirror , he said: "I just got arrested again. I arrived back in London to

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