Revealed: Scale Of Change Required For UK TV Industry To Reflect Nation As A Whole
deadline.comThe UK TV industry needs to attract another 13,500 disabled people to be truly reflective of the workforce and population, according to a landmark disability in TV report issued today by diversity body Diamond.
Analyzing disability progress over the past five years, the report said the scale of growth required is “substantial and the key challenges are systemic and lie at industry level,” especially behind the camera, in order to properly represent a minority that make up around one-fifth of the UK population.
Diamond’s top line number crunching found 5.8% disability representation off-screen and 8% on-screen in 2020/21 – the most recent period for which data is available – which would need to rise by 13,519 to match the general population.
Working with UK broadcasters, Diamond had initially been pushing for the industry to double its 4.5% off-screen disability representation by the end of 2021, but this 9% figure is now more likely to be achieved in around five years’ time due to slow progress.
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