It’s worth having a look at this film starring Harry Enfield, which highlights the issue of diversity in television and is made for Creative Skillset.
The film was premiered at the Edinburgh TV Festival at a diversity networking drinks attended by TV execs and the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy Ed Vaizey.
Harry stars as Haanes, a South African émigré who arrived in the UK in the late 1980s and then found work in television in this country. To say the very least, he has a rather backward and outdated view of the world – based around an era that we all thought had passed.
Nevertheless Haanes sees many things that he recognises in the Television industry in 2015…
Tim Dams
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