https://bigpicturefilmclub.com/lenny-henry-leads-a-call-for-change/ Film & TV News, Movie Reviews & Events Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:51:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://bigpicturefilmclub.com/lenny-henry-leads-a-call-for-change/#comment-809 Sun, 18 Aug 2019 15:47:17 +0000 https://bigpicturefilmclub.com/?p=1839#comment-809 […] Recent industry reports by Directors UK and ScreenSkills have highlighted ongoing challenges with increasing ethnic representation in creative fields, particularly media. Directors UK notes that no major broadcaster made a significant improvement on diversity from 2013 to 2016 while only 2.2% of UK television programs were made by BAME directors. ScreenSkills (formerly Creative Skillset) 2012 Census found that just 5.4% of the creative and cultural workforce come from BAME backgrounds making up over 10% of the population. By nurturing BAME talent, B3 is helping to remove those barriers and create new role models for the next generation. […]

]]> https://bigpicturefilmclub.com/lenny-henry-leads-a-call-for-change/#comment-737 Sun, 28 Jul 2019 14:51:47 +0000 https://bigpicturefilmclub.com/?p=1839#comment-737 […] of diversity in TV and film is a hot topic, and it wasn’t until I saw the selection of stories at the British Brown Girls […]

]]> https://bigpicturefilmclub.com/lenny-henry-leads-a-call-for-change/#comment-434 Tue, 26 Mar 2019 22:41:57 +0000 https://bigpicturefilmclub.com/?p=1839#comment-434 […] inclusion within UK TV (specifically in the writing and production process). He cited that “only 2% of UK television is made by directors from BAME backgrounds” (despite making up 13% of the UK population in the 2011 census). Similarly, ethnic […]

]]> https://bigpicturefilmclub.com/lenny-henry-leads-a-call-for-change/#comment-373 Sun, 10 Mar 2019 11:41:08 +0000 https://bigpicturefilmclub.com/?p=1839#comment-373 […] Lenny Henry recently delivered a petition to parliament calling for a greater number of BAME (Black & […]

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