David Walliams is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Over roughly 27 hours, 11 threads about it surfaced across 5 subreddits, most of the conversation happening in r/unitedkingdom, r/television and r/worldnews. Combined, those threads hold roughly 10.2K upvotes and 2.7K comments so far.
What the sources report
The articles behind the biggest threads, quoted directly from each publisher’s own summary.
- Deadline: BBC Removes 'Little Britain' From iPlayer
The BBC is removing 'Little Britain', 'Gangsta Granny' and other David Walliams shows from iPlayer after today's allegations.
- The Guardian: TV industry must tackle abuse or face crackdown, ministers warn
Lisa Nandy expected to meet leaders from TV, film and publishing and could legislate if voluntary action deemed insufficient
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/unitedkingdom | 6 | 3,763 | 1,678 | Nov 10, 15:11 UTC |
| r/television | 1 | 5,319 | 711 | Nov 11, 05:41 UTC |
| r/worldnews | 1 | 439 | 135 | Nov 10, 16:17 UTC |
| r/entertainment | 2 | 462 | 94 | Nov 10, 19:48 UTC |
| r/movies | 1 | 240 | 62 | Nov 11, 11:44 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Comedian Lucy Beaumont identifies herself as a whistleblower amid David Walliams investigationr/television · 5,319 upvotes · 711 comments · Nov 11, 05:41 UTC · nine.com.au
- Jonathan Ross joked about David Walliams ‘going home with 15 year old’ in 2004r/unitedkingdom · 1,678 upvotes · 459 comments · Nov 10, 18:15 UTC · mirror.co.uk
- BBC Removes Little Britain From iPlayer While It Reviews David Walliams Contentr/unitedkingdom · 995 upvotes · 488 comments · Nov 10, 15:11 UTC · Deadline
- Jonathan Ross says he's 'horrified' by David Walliams and Russell Brandr/unitedkingdom · 618 upvotes · 498 comments · Nov 10, 23:14 UTC · edp24.co.uk
- David Walliams accused of preying on teenage girls as young as 15r/worldnews · 439 upvotes · 135 comments · Nov 10, 16:17 UTC · itv.com
- Lucy Beaumont Fears She'll Never Work in TV Again After Coming Forward as David Walliams' Whistleblower: 'I Will Be Viewed As a Troublemaker'r/entertainment · 288 upvotes · 46 comments · Nov 11, 17:00 UTC · fashiontimes.co.uk
- Ministers 'looking at what they can do' about injunctions after David Walliams unmaskedr/unitedkingdom · 153 upvotes · 106 comments · Nov 11, 10:30 UTC · lbc.co.uk
- David Walliams Dropped From Fing! Adaptation As Film's UK Distributor Pulls Outr/movies · 240 upvotes · 62 comments · Nov 11, 11:44 UTC · huffingtonpost.co.uk
- Ministers consider forcing TV industry to better protect women after David Walliams allegationsr/unitedkingdom · 121 upvotes · 88 comments · Nov 11, 17:51 UTC · The Guardian
- David Walliams faces police investigation over ‘sexual assault of girl, 15’r/unitedkingdom · 198 upvotes · 39 comments · Nov 11, 10:06 UTC · lbc.co.uk
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/unitedkingdom: “BBC Removes Little Britain From iPlayer While It Reviews David Walliams Content”
- The story reaches r/worldnews: “David Walliams accused of preying on teenage girls as young as 15”
- The story reaches r/entertainment: “David Walliams accused of preying on teenage girls as young as 15”
- The story reaches r/television: “Comedian Lucy Beaumont identifies herself as a whistleblower amid David Walliams investigation”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/television (5,319 upvotes, 711 comments by our last count).
- The story reaches r/movies: “David Walliams Dropped From Fing! Adaptation As Film's UK Distributor Pulls Out”
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/unitedkingdom.
How this page is made
SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.