‘Now people want safe bets. They want stories that aren’t gritty, aren’t working-class.’
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There’s been a significant drop in people from less affluent backgrounds working in television, film and other creative industries since the pandemic, according to figures obtained exclusively for Channel 4 News.
Shane Meadows, who directed ‘This Is England’, tells Francis Read that he’s seen firsthand how the problem is getting worse.
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