the media show. hello. welcome to the media show. in a moment, we re going to talk about channel 4. its new headquarters in leeds havejust opened, and the government s consultation on whether to privatise it is into the final straight. we ll hear the case for privatisation from a former channel 5 ceo, and if you re wondering whether any of this has anything to do with the telly you watch, well, we ll unpack that, too. first, though, let s talk to jack thorne who is an acclaimed screenwriter who s worked on his dark materials, shameless and skins among many others. and at this year s edinburgh tv festival, he gave the mctaggart lecture, which is one of the most high profile moments for the tv industry, and in that, jack thorne was blunt, telling the audience tv has failed disabled people utterly and totally. jack, welcome
on his dark materials, shameless and skins among many others. and at this year s edinburgh tv festival he gave mctaggart lecture, which is one of the most high profile moments for the tv industry, and in that, jack thorne was blunt, telling the audience tv has failed disabled people utterly and totally. jack, welcome to the media show. i wonder if you could explain to us in more detail why you came to that stark conclusion about the state of the tv industry? primarily because it s true. and i think that the argument must be broken down into three parts. one is that if you look at figures for representation, disabled people are chronically underrepresented. you know, 20% of our population are disabled and yet only 8.2% of on screen talent are disabled. 5.4% of people working behind the screens, and if you look at the executive level, it goes right down to 3.6%,
and at this year s edinburgh tv festival he gave mctaggart lecture, which is one of the most high profile moments for the tv industry, and in that, jack thorne was blunt, telling the audience tv has failed disabled people utterly and totally. jack, welcome to the media show. i wonder if you could explain to us in more detail why you came to that stark conclusion about the state of the tv industry? primarily because it s true. and i think that the argument must be broken down into three parts. one is that if you look at figures for representation, disabled people are chronically underrepresented. you know, 20% of our population are disabled and yet only 8.2% of on screen talent are disabled. 5.4% of people working behind the screens, and if you look at the executive level, it goes right down to 3.6%,