Pass the Mic

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"

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

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"

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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