Last Monday, I spoke for five minutes on a panel in Bradford, alongside the head of ITV comedy, about diversity in television. More varied voices create better comedy. And better comedy creates an appetite for MORE comedy. The big (misguided) belief is that the men already in the writers’ room “deserve to be there” and the new women don’t. • Brona C Titley is a TV comedy writer and actor

Source: The Guardian June 24, 2019 07:52 UTC