For years, efforts to make the UK television industry more inclusive have largely focused on access initiatives, designed to help people from underrepresented backgrounds “get a foot in the door”.
While questions of diversity and representation have received growing industry attention, class inequality has often remained less prevalent within these discussions. And where interventions have been introduced, they have tended to focus on entry and skills-gaps rather than the deeper structural conditions that shape who is able to sustain a long-term career once inside the industry.
