Pass the Mic

Alvin Yu, Jingan Young, Joanne Lau and Jenny Takahashi Stark standing on a rooftop and smiling as they stand closely together.

Screenwriter John Jackson: "Why is there a lack of BESEA representation within British TV?"

Ashley Walters in Adolescence, wearing a grey t-shirt and stood in the middle of a police station office.

Adolescence duo's upcoming film tipped to surprise viewers as Ashley Walters makes "beautiful" directorial debut

Ronkę Adékoluęjo and Ann Akinjirin in Dreamers lying on a sofa, illuminated by orange light.

Dreamers director Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor: "In cinema, after you come out, it's like you stop existing"

Travis Jay sitting against a dark grey background, wearing an all black outfit and smiling with glasses.

Rum Punch's Travis Jay: "I've got a right to grab the attention of someone who's like me"

Akinola Davies Jr wearing a green jacket and white t-shirt against a white backdrop.

Akinola Davies Jr on My Father's Shadow: "We don't see enough nuanced representations of fatherhood, especially Black fatherhood"

Olaide Sadiq against a white backdrop with a house cut-out, wearing a green skirt and black top.

Grenfell: Uncovered's Olaide Sadiq – "I wanted to honour the victims but also make people angry"

Chizzy Akudolu on Sorry I Didn't Know sitting in the hosting seat and wearing a red suit, smiling with a cue card.

Sorry I Didn't Know's Chizzy Akudolu on hosting the new series and what it means to be released outside of Black History Month

Nicôle Lecky in Wild Cherry, wearing a fur jacket and white shirt, looking to the camera whilst standing by a window.

Wild Cherry's Nicôle Lecky: "I wanted this to be elevated and glossy, which we don't always do in British drama"

Maya Roberts - Camera Trainee laughing while standing behind a camera, which she is operating.

There's still "a lot to do" when it comes to behind-the-scenes diversity in British TV – but what's being done?

Susan Wokoma on the red carpet, wearing a purple blazer and smiling.

Susan Wokoma on her short film Dark Skin Bruises Differently: "This wasn't the time to be centring whiteness in my stories"

Taj Atwal wearing a red top with big shoulder pads, lots of silver rings and holding a microphone.

Riot Women's Taj Atwal: 'I was so nervous, but it's really important to tell this story now'

A group of people sat down and others stood behind them, smiling and looking ahead.

Documentaries, sketches and specials: Your guide to ITV's Fresh Cuts

Corey Hawkins in The Man in My Basement.

The Man in My Basement's Nadia Latif: "There will be people who disagree with my interpretations, but that's okay"

Isabella Wei in High Life holding up a £20 note and looking confused.

"No official quotas, but lots of pressure": How does London Film Festival strike such a diverse balance?

Adjani Salmon and Babirye Bukilwa in Dreaming Whilst Black season 2.

Dreaming Whilst Black's Adjani Salmon: "If season 1 was about the glass ceiling, season 2 is about the glass cliff"

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"

George Bukhari in Ridley season 2, standing in front of a police car wearing his uniform and taking notes in his notepad.

Ridley's George Bukhari on stereotypes, colour-blind casting and the need for "complex" South Asian stories

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"

Kaedon Skerritt and Kerry-Ann Waison in Beyond the Divide embracing in fear and looking to the side of them while standing on a pavement.

Beyond the Divide's Imoje Aikhoje on bringing an ex-Neo-Nazi and Black British activist together for new film

Idil Ahmed and Posy Sterling laughing while sitting on the edge of a bed, being illuminated by daylight. The words "Pass the Mic" are in the top right

Lollipop's Idil Ahmed: "I believe that being cast in this film saved my life"

Abbey Lee and Nicholas Pinnock sitting in a car and arguing in Beth.

Beth's Uzo Oleh: "The best type of sci-fi is something that is kind of plausible"

Noma Dumezweni in Murderbot standing in front of an illuminated background with a dial, looking downwards.

'Blake's 7's Josette Simon made me realise I could be an actor,' says Murderbot's Noma Dumezweni

Grace Ofori-Attah and a still from Malpractice featuring Tom Hughes.

Malpractice's Grace Ofori-Attah: "We had a real opportunity to depict severe mental illness accurately"

Channique Sterling-Brown as Dee-Dee in Coronation Street, sitting up in a hospital bed and looking heartbroken.

Corrie's Channique Sterling-Brown: 'Racial injustice storyline makes issue individual and human'

Nathaniel Martello-White and a still from Just Act Normal.

Just Act Normal's Nathaniel Martello-White: "We need more mainstream depictions of the Black experience"