— a health check on industry diversity, based on the 36,503 responses of industry figures between August 2019 and July 2020.
The report found that the representation of Black, Asian, and minority ethnic people went backwards both on- and off-screen. BAME representation behind-the-scenes stood at 11.8% last year, down from 12.3% in 2019 and below the UK workforce estimate of 13%.'The Cry' Producer Synchronicity Films Inks First-Look Deal With All3Media International
Drama was the worst offender, with BAME representation in the genre standing at just 5.9%. BAME representation among writers and directors stood at 6.5% and 8.4% respectively, which was a considerable drop from 9.1% and 8.6% in 2019. Representation in senior roles across all genres was down 1.4 percentage points to 10.7%.were not enough to improve representation. Contributions made by people from diverse backgrounds fell from 22.7% in 2019 to 21.2% last year.
The figures are all the more chastening in the context of vocal commitments from all the UK’s major broadcaster around improving diversity in light of the Black Lives Matter movement.
And it’s not just on BAME pepresentation where TV needs to make improvements. The CDN report said that the UK television industry has “urgent” work to do on disability. It found that disabled people are only making 5.8% of contributions off-screen and 8.2% on-screen, compared to a 17% national average. These were meager gains on 2019 and the CDN said there is “significant” under-representation across senior production roles.
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