AMANDA PLATELL: After the appalling thing Jonathan Ross said to ME, why I refuse to believe that he was 'genuinely unaware' of what Russell Brand and David Walliams were up to in the sordid Noughties
- Newsrooms
- 4
- Last 3 hours
- 0 reports
- Momentum
- Quiet
0 in the 3 before
Cooling
Reports per hour, last 24 hours
Against the past week
More newsrooms than 76% of the past week’s 4094 stories, and number 74 of 511 in Film & TV.Part of a bigger story
David Walliams: 6 developments since Sat 7 Nov.Related
David Walliams 'joked about' by staff at publisher: 'Tip of the iceberg' (shares David Walliams and Jonathan Ross); Jonathan Ross Explains Backstory Behind “Tasteless” David Walliams Joke (shares David Walliams and Jonathan Ross)Why it’s moving
- ScoopBBC News had it 3 hr before anyone else.
1I had an encounter with him at a pre-Christmas event on Hampstead Heath near to where I lived back in 2021.
In Daily Mail’s words.2
The bigger story: David Walliams
6 developments since Sat 7 Nov. 3 more since this one.
- Why Walliams' unprecedented legal battle to stay anonymous failed
1 newsroom. Linked by Walliams, anonymous, fail
David Walliams’ seven close friends at the height of fame - including Russell Brand
You’re here4 newsrooms. Linked by Jonathan Ross, Walliams, horrified, allegations
- Whistleblower speaks out despite fears she will be viewed as a troublemaker over David Walliams allegations
1 newsroom. Linked by David Walliams, speak, allegations
- David Walliams sexual misconduct allegations spark calls for better safeguarding
1 newsroom. Linked by David Walliams, sexual, misconduct, allegations
- Jonathan Ross ‘horrified’ by allegations about David Walliams and Russell Brand
1 newsroom. Linked by Jonathan Ross, David Walliams, horrified, allegations
The story so far
4 newsroomsCooling- Reports
- 6
- Newsrooms and sources
- 4
- Last 3 hours
- 0
Cooling: well below its busiest stretch (0 in the last three hours, 0 in the three before).
First with it: BBC News, 3 hr 22 min before anyone else.
Reported by 4 newsrooms.
The numbers behind it
How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from
Reports a day, last 7 days
| Day | Reports |
|---|---|
| Fri | 0 |
| Sat | 0 |
| Sun | 0 |
| Mon | 0 |
| Tue | 0 |
| Wed | 1 |
| Today | 5 |
How it spread
- Newsrooms
- 4
- Reports
- 6
- Over
- 17.3 hr
- To three newsrooms
- 9 hr
Newsrooms on it each counted once
| Time | Newsroom | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2:13pm AEDT | BBC News | 1 |
| 5:35pm AEDT | Evening Standard | 2 |
| 11:11pm AEDT | Daily Express | 3 |
| 1:07am AEDT | Daily Mail | 4 |



