# David Walliams: Power and Silence review – some of this footage will make your head spin

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/david-walliams-power-and-silence-review-some-of-this-footage-will-make-your-head-spin/
- Published: 2026-11-11T12:02:20+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T12:37:09+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/nov/11/david-walliams-power-and-silence-review-itvx-youtube
- Topics: Culture, Entertainment, TV

## Key points

- Women allege Walliams groomed them and pressured them into unwanted sexual situations.
- Walliams denies the allegations.
- The documentary includes archive clips of jokes about his behaviour.

## Summary

An ITV documentary, made alongside a three-year investigation by ITV and the Guardian, presents allegations from multiple women that comedian and author David Walliams groomed them and pressured them into unwanted sexual situations over several decades. The women describe how his fame, their vulnerability and the attention and gifts he offered shaped their experiences; Walliams denies the allegations. The programme also asks how people around a powerful celebrity may have enabled alleged misconduct.

The women interviewed were aged 15 to 19 when they met Walliams, who was often about twice their age. Their accounts describe a recurring pattern of charm, invitations and gifts followed by sexual advances they did not expect or feel able to refuse. Archive clips show comedians Jonathan Ross and Alan Carr making jokes about Walliams and young women, which the review says now feel disturbing; the documentary is an hour long and was released on YouTube and ITVX.

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