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Lenny Henry warns that the BBC could lose BAME viewers to streaming services due to lack of representation

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BBC risks losing “large parts” of its BAME audience forever due to worse representation than streaming services such as Netflix.Speaking in his new book Access All Areas: The Diversity Manifesto for TV and Beyond (via The Times), Henry says the high-profile death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May, which sparked worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, made him realise that “systemic change” is needed in the film and TV industry.“A lot of the time at work, I am lonely.

Very lonely,” he said, revealing that he is often the only Black man in work meetings,” adding: “By 2031, one in five Britons will be from a black, Asian or minority ethnic background and that number is forecast to increase to almost one-third of the population by.

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