June Sarpong, the TV presenter turned BBC executive, has revealed that she has “rarely” been on sets “where there were other people of colour”.
“The BBC often gets a hard time as it is held to a higher standard, and so it should be because it is a public service,” said Sarpong.
“We all realise Britain has been slow,” Sarpong responded, “but I don’t look at the US situation as a holy grail we have to reach.
Sarpong, who was made the BBC’s first director of creative diversity in November, was speaking to the Observer ahead of the BBC’s starry online festival CDX, or Creative Diversity Xperience.