Rex Orange County just had a major legal win.
06.12.2022 - 13:33 / deadline.com
The 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.
While disabled people are contributing more to TV shows – especially in scripted – the report posited that this tends to be due to existing talent being given more opportunities and exposure than before, rather than new disabled people joining the industry.
“The scale of the challenge is immense,” added the report. “It can’t be fixed by small-scale piecemeal activity. Transformative initiatives that focus on industry-wide change and which also support retention are critical.”
Breaking down disability representation by broadcaster, the report raised concerns for Channel 4 – a network that has placed the issue front-and-center of diversity policy in recent years.
Off-screen, Channel 4 disability representation has fallen by 1pp
Rex Orange County just had a major legal win.
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