Arthur Mathews opens up about his rift with Graham Linehan: ‘I wasn’t joining him in the trans crusade... That was the betrayal’

Arthur Mathews opens up about his rift with Graham Linehan: ‘I wasn’t joining him in the trans crusade... That was the betrayal’

It is about three-quarters of an hour into my interview with Father Ted co-creator Arthur Mathews when the conversation ventures into uncomfortable territory. A certain subject has been looming on the horizon from the off and it explains why, early on, he seems so ill at ease.