BBC’s diversity initiative could be the beginning of a major overhaul in British TV. Will Hollywood follow suit?
requesting “strategic commitments” be made in the U.K. for diversifying who is represented in British media.this weekend calling Britain's racism, overwhelmingly white television sets, and overall lack of diverse on-screen representation"shameful."
The BBC, the network's largest broadcaster and its publicly-supported one, is listening and taking a step forward in the right direction., $124 million will be taken from BBC's preexisting budget and reallocated towards diversifying the network's content, including educational and programs and shows for children.
Starting April 2021, 20 percent of talent on new BBC shows must be of"a Black, Asian, or minority ethnic background," in compliance with their new 20 percent diversity mandate. This applies to all new shows on BCC for three years—and hopefully extends further than that. The rule applies to both those in front of the camera and behind, and correlates to the United Kingdom's actual demographics at large.which airs on BBC One in the U.K. and HBO in the U.S.
But those are just a couple of examples of shows on BBC with lead actors who are not white—for every rare gem like those, there are a handful of period dramas that don't employ people of color to appear on screen. And as the network's new initiative states, production companies and teams must also be diversified as well in order to structurally dismantle the lack of opportunities afforded to Black members of the industry.
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