Event overview
Are you being heard? Lenny Henry joins Goldsmiths debate on TV and representation
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Actor, writer and TV presenter Sir Lenny Henry will be taking part in our Question Time-style panel event examining how British television represents its population.
Part of the Future for Public Service Television Inquiry, the debate will cover diversity in the media, a subject on which Lenny has been especially vocal, calling for better representation of black and Asian minority ethnic (BAME) people in the creative industries.
Lenny will be joined by panellists:
Bev Skeggs, Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London;
Dawn Foster, writer on politics, social affairs and economics at the Guardian.
The session will be chaired by Pat Younge, MD of Sugar Films and former BBC Chief Creative Officer.
The Inquiry into the future of public service television, chaired by Lord Puttnam, has been set up to examine the roles and responsibilities of British television in a digital world and to make recommendations on how television can foster a more creative and robust public culture in the 21st century. It aims to address changing production, consumption and distribution practices and the funding and regulation of audiovisual content.
The secretariat is based at Goldsmiths, University of London, and project partners include the Guardian, BAFTA, Vice UK, the British Academy and the Hansard Society. The Inquiry is organising a series of events and will be producing a final report at the end of June 2016. See http://www.futureoftv.org.uk for more details.
Inquiry Project Lead, Professor Des Freedman, said:
This is a really important topic. Public service television ought to represent all the constituent parts of the population and when it doesn’t do this, we have to ask why.
"Evidence and experiences from this dynamic line-up of speakers, together with audience participation, will make a significant contribution to the Inquiry’s findings at a critical time in the history of television."
Professor Stuart Hall Building (PSH LG02), Goldsmiths, University of London, Lewisham Way, London, SE14 6NW
The event is open to the public and free tickets can be booked through eventbrite
Email your questions in advance or submit evidence to the Inquiry: Vana Goblot, Research Associate/Inquiry Secretariat: v.goblot@gold.ac.uk / 0780 876 3168 / 0207 919 7621
Twitter hashtag: #theTVwewant
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 22 Mar 2016 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
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