Contributions by women writers and directors to British TV have gone in the wrong direction over the past six years, according to an alarming report from the broadcaster-backed Diamond project.
Between 2016 and 2022, female British scribes saw their contributions to UK TV shows tumble by more than 10 percentage points to below one-third, while director contributions fell from 26.9% to 25.3%.
The disappointing new research comes after Diamond trawled through six years worth of diversity data. In 2020/21 in particular, the body found a “significant drop” in the proportion of female writers working in the industry, which it put down to the disproportionate impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly on those higher up the chain.
Female writers, directors and producer-directors were also much less likely than their male counterparts to be employed on peak-time programs.
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