TM NEWS 🗣 EDINBURGH TV FESTIVALComedian London Hughes has blasted British TV’s ‘performative’ approach to diversity, which she says is governed by an ethos that white audiences will not ‘get’ black-led shows. ... Read more
TM NEWS 🗣 EDINBURGH TV FESTIVAL

Comedian London Hughes has blasted British TV’s ‘performative’ approach to diversity, which she says is governed by an ethos that white audiences will not ‘get’ black-led shows.

In conversation with broadcaster Tan France for the Edinburgh Festival’s ‘Alternative MacTaggart’ session, Hughes said the UK was “disgustingly far behind” the US in its approach to diversity and criticised Channel 4’s Black to Front initiative as “tokenistic”.

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