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Naman Ramachandran A raft of British celebrities from Black, Asian and other mixed heritage backgrounds are encouraging ethnic minorities to take up the COVID-19 vaccine in a video campaign.The campaign, which is led by “Citizen Khan” co-creator and actor Adil Ray, was first revealed by the actor online in January. It dispels myths about the vaccine as it has emerged in recent days that those from Black and mixed heritage backgrounds are more sceptical of the jab and aren’t getting vaccinated at the same levels.The video features historian and presenter David Olusoga, Olympian Denise Lewis, “Yesterday” actors Meera Syal and Sanjeev Bhaskar, singer Beverley Knight, comedian Romesh Ranganathan and cricketer Moeen Ali, among others.

Black and British: A Forgotten History, will front a new one-hour special called Our International NHS for BBC One and BBC iPlayer later this year.The film will celebrate “the immigrant workforce that has been the backbone of the NHS, from its inception 70 years ago to the current pandemic”.“Throughout its history, the NHS has drawn in doctors, nurses, specialists and support staff from overseas, and without them the NHS would simply have collapsed, unable to deliver on its foundational promise of a universal healthcare system available to all,” the synopsis adds.“But though desperately needed these key workers have not always felt wanted,” it continues, with Olusoga set to look through documents, artefacts and archive.Our International NHS

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC and Warner Bros-owned Twenty Twenty have postponed production on David Olusoga’s hit history series A House Through Time as the UK remains in the grips of the coronavirus crisis.

Naman Ramachandran BAFTA winners Louis Theroux and David Olusoga will deliver masterclasses at BBC Studios’ annual Showcase.Now its 45th year, the event — which normally takes place in Liverpool across five days — is fully digital due to the pandemic. Independent British producers and BBC executives will present a range of new TV projects available to acquire and partner on to the world’s leading content buyers.BBC director general and former Studios boss Tim Davie will reveal his vision for the public broadcaster, while chief content officer Charlotte Moore will discuss editorial trends and her Showcase slate highlights.BBC Studios has yet to appoint a CEO since Davie departed for the director general job in September.

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Good Morning Britain presenter Adil Ray has spoken out against the daily trolling that he, Ranvir Singh, Alex Beresford and Sean Fletcher get when they host the show.Adil, 46, and Ranvir, 43, were speaking to historian David Olusoga, 50, who explained that he'd been left clinically depressed due to the racism he faced working in the TV industry.Approaching the subject, Adil said: "There have been changes on-screen and we recognise that – I mean, we're here right now."Even though it's not permanent jobs, things have definitely changed."Ranvir added that they get "trolled" with "a lot of Twitter nonsense" but Adil explained he didn't want to read out any of the abuse.He went on: "I know Alex Beresford and Sean Fletcher got it last week.

Naman Ramachandran Historian, broadcaster and writer David Olusoga has called for a structural change in the U.K. television industry to bring about inclusiveness, but has also warned about the “lack of trust” the Black, Asian, and minority ethnic community has for the existing system after 30 years of neglect.“We need to make structural changes, not merely seek to bring black and brown people into a system that has historically failed them,” said Olusoga, while delivering the annual James MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Monday, held virtually for the first time due to the coronavirus pandemic.While acknowledging the promised improvements among U.K.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBritish historian and producer David Olusoga has delivered an excoriating assessment of race and racism in the UK television industry in a deeply personal address at the Edinburgh TV Festival.The A House Through Time presenter delivered the MacTaggart Lecture on Monday, the centerpiece address for the entire festival, which is being hosted online this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.Olusoga opened up about his own experiences of racism and inequality, including seeing Black colleagues being served food after their white counterparts while filming on a reconstructed slave plantation in Jamaica. He also offered his vision for change.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorTony Hall is to give one of his final speeches as BBC director general at the Edinburgh TV Festival next week.Hall is poised to step down next month, at which point he will be replaced by BBC Studios CEO Tim Davie. He will use his Edinburgh address to reflect on his legacy and the unique role of public service broadcasting in the UK.Hall’s speech will be streamed at 9.35AM local time on August 24, opening the virtual Edinburgh TV Festival, which takes place over three days next week.Other speakers at this year’s event include Paul Feig, Emilia Clarke and historian David Olusoga, who will deliver the keynote MacTaggart Lecture.

Manori Ravindran International EditorBritish presenter David Olusoga will deliver this year’s MacTaggart Lecture as part of the virtual Edinburgh TV Festival in August.Olusoga, a popular academic, appears frequently in some of the U.K.’s top factual shows, such as the BBC’s “A House Through Time,” “Black and British: A Forgotten History” and the BAFTA Award-winning “Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners.”The 20-year TV veteran, who is British-Nigerian, is also one of the U.K.’s foremost historians and ranked among the most influential Black Britons of 2019 and 2020.