Kevin Spacey hits back at fresh allegations in new Channel 4 documentary

TV head hopes programme will spark a #MeToo moment for men' ahead of two-part show on the Oscar-winning actor

One of the producers of a Channel 4 documentary that contains fresh claims that Kevin Spacey behaved inappropriately" with men says it will be broadcast as planned on Monday, despite public denials from the actor this weekend.

Dorothy Byrne, a former head of news and current affairs at the television channel, told the Observer that she hopes the new two-part programme, Spacey Unmasked, will prompt a #MeToo moment for men" and start a wider discussion about standards of behaviour in working situations.