BAFTA-winning dramatist and playwright Jack Thorne has slammed the U.K. TV industry’s shoddy treatment of disability and has called for a quota to redress the situation. Delivering the annual…
has slammed the U.K. TV industry’s shoddy treatment of disability and has called for a quota to redress the situation., Thorne, a disabled professional whose credits include the West End play “Harry Potter and The Cursed Child,” Netflix film “Enola Holmes” and TV series “His Dark Materials,” said: “Disability is the forgotten diversity, the one everyone leaves out of speeches.”
“Firm quotas behind and in front of the camera would fundamentally alter the stories being told,” Thorne said. “And these quotas need to be everywhere. Because change is required throughout our sector, not just in the making portion. Crucially it needs to be in drama schools and training institutions.”Some 20% of the population are disabled, yet they are represented by a mere 8.2% of on-screen talent, Thorne said. “A terrifying awful 5.
The TV office buildings, many of which are still inaccessible to wheelchair users, also needed to change, Thorne said.
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