Russell Brand: In Plain Sight made me sick with horror

In Dispatches, five women accused Russell Brand of rape and sexual abuse were shown alongside clips of the comedian on stage and on television.

Clips in which he made jokes wild, blunt jokes about exactly the behaviour they’d just described.

It was nauseating and terrifying, a performance that resembled the Jimmy Savile playbook.

The journalism involved in this deeply methodical documentary appears to be exemplary.

Dispatches found only one male comedian to talk about Brand and the way women on the comedy circuit have long warned each other about him.

Russell Brand , now a wellness expert and global conspiracy theorist, has millions of followers on social media, and many of them have been vocal in supporting him since the allegations broke.