Simon Albury is Chair of the Campaign for Broadcasting Equality and a former CEO of the Royal Television Society. In 1969 he was a member of Granada Television's World In Action Investigative Bureau.
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Published in: ourBeeb: OpinionThe BBC’s diversity plan is a stumble, not a ‘big leap forward’
Similar strategies in the film industry have failed. A more radical shake-up is needed instead.
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Published in: ourBeeb: OpinionThe BBC has failed on diversity: why were the Lords too timid to say so?
A House of Lords committee ignores great proposals from Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder while refusing to judge whether...
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Published in: ourBeeb: Opinion“Diversity: The BBC may fool itself but it won’t fool the Lords”
Problems arising from the BBC’s lack of diversity among its programme-makers remain, despite all the BBC initiatives...
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Published in: ourBeebBBC Diversity: will Ofcom deliver?
After eighteen years, the promise of broadcasting diversity is a cheque returned marked ‘insufficient funds’.
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Published in: ourBeebBBC Diversity – getting through The Moral Maze
"This story starts with an invitation to appear as witness on “The Morality of Diversity” in the BBC Radio 4 “The...
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Published in: ourBeebDiversity at the BBC: At last, significant progress, but still a long way to go
On the basis of his last three months work on diversity, Davie looks like the person to ride to the rescue. The...