BAME people are ‘over-represented’ on TV, new research suggests

Ethnic minorities are overrepresented as actors and presenters on British television but continue to be sidelined off screen, new research suggests. People from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds accounted for more than 22 per cent of all on-screen TV contributions last year, while representing just 12.8 per cent of the UK population. But … Read more