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From rising talent to well-known names both in front of and behind the camera, Pass the Mic is the Radio Times brand championing Black, Asian and under-represented communities. Why is racial diversity so important in British TV and film?

Dig into our latest exclusive interviews, comment pieces and news articles to find out what those in the industry have to say about a topic we should all be speaking about.

Poppy Jay in Young, British and Anti-Abortion, holding a camera while standing in the middle of an empty road.

Director and podcaster Poppy Jay: "I think South Asian women are so starved of content"

Safiyya Ingar as Muna and Ebada Hassan as Doe in Brides lying down with plain face expressions while sat on a swing together.

Brides director Nadia Fall: "This film is much more tender than people will assume"

Angela Griffin and a still from Blue Lights season 3 featuring Sian Brooke holding a gun.

Angela Griffin on directing Blue Lights season 3, Waterloo Road and the need for better behind-the-scenes representation

Staz Nair in Virdee and Adjani Salmon in Dreaming Whilst Black season 2.

Is UK TV still committed to diversity? The BBC says yes – and has the numbers to prove it

Kaamil Shah standing in a grey shirt, smiling with trees in the background.

Writer Kaamil Shah: "TV's missing a trick by not supporting Muslim creatives in the way we potentially should"

Simone Ashley in Bridgerton season 2.

Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: 15 impactful films and TV shows spotlighting South Asian Britain

Ashley Thomas looking scared as he sits in a small room, tied up and with a masked figure sitting next to him.

Hostage's Ashley Thomas: "I want things that I do to be seminal and meaningful, have an impact"

Comment and opinion

Mark Rylance in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light and Michaela Coel in I May Destroy You.

Morgan CormackWhy the UK scripted show 'crisis' could spell disaster for many TV fans

Staz Nair as Harry Virdee, standing in a meeting room at the police station and looking serious.

Morgan CormackVirdee achieves what countless other detective dramas attempt – with a marked difference

Sharon D Clarke as DCI Ellis getting out of her car, wearing a black jumper and jacket.

Morgan CormackEllis is the British detective drama that the genre has been crying out for

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