7 Mai 2017
BBC to adapt Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy as its first period drama with a non-white cast https://t.co/lZKjP4dEPw
May 07, 2017
BBC to adapt Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy as its first period drama with a non-white cast
The announcement follows a warning from Ofcom, the BBC's new regulator, that its television output is too white and fails to appeal to viewers from ethnic minorities. Piers Wenger, the BBC's head of drama, said it was "a deliberate gamble" to adapt a drama with no white characters.