The only black faces at the BBC are in the canteen, says McGovern - Independent Online Edition > Med
August 31st, 2007 | by TheAngryindian | | Post to NewsCloud »
The award-winning screenwriter Jimmy McGovern accused the BBC of institutional racism yesterday, saying the only black people working there were in low-pay jobs. Interviewed on BBC Radio Five Live, the creator of the popular crime drama Cracker criticised the corporation, telling the presenter, Simon Mayo: “I work quite a lot at the BBC. You see a lot of black faces in the BBC, but you see them in the canteen.”
The Liverpool-born writer, whose BBC drama The Street won a Bafta award earlier th
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