
Karen Gillan is sitting opposite me at the Soho Hotel, jet-lagged, makeup-free, her long red hair wet before a styling session, talking about cancel culture.
Specifically, she’s talking about Douglas is Cancelled, a four-part ITV satirical drama in which the 34-year-old Scot plays Madeline Crow, the co-host of a 6pm TV news show alongside older housewives’ favourite Douglas Bellowes (Hugh Bonneville), whose reptation nosedives when rumours of a sexist gaffe start to snowball online.