Brand, Walliams and MAFS: Is this a reckoning for the entertainment industry?

These are all very different stories, but each can be seen as a major reckoning with abuse of power and culture in the industry. From my own experience - including in my Panorama on Married at First Sight UK - I know investigations typically take a very long time to reach a conclusion, from initial tip-off, to evidence-gathering, corroboration, getting responses, and eventually reporting. "The truth is, these stories have a long build up.

It can be incredibly difficult to get [them] in the papers," Sunday Times columnist Hadley Freeman told me. Together these stories represent the consequences of changes that began years ago, rather than a sudden cultural shift in the entertainment industry. It should also be said that Walliams denies the allegations against him .

The men accused of rape and sexual misconduct on MAFS UK have also denied all the allegations. What has changed is that women (because it almost always is women) have seen others speaking up - which, according to broadcaster Kirsty Wark, has given them "courage to do the same".