Meera Syal calls for more diversity in TV industry as she wins Bafta award

Star of Goodness Gracious Me thanked Bafta for ‘seeing us’ as she accepted lifetime achievement award

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The TV industry needs more diversity “not just in front of the camera but in the writers’ rooms, in makeup vans, and around tables where deals are done”, the actor Meera Syal said as she accepted her Bafta lifetime achievement award.

Syal, who is best known for starring in Goodness Gracious Me and as one of the first British Asian people to regularly star on UK TV, thanked Bafta for “seeing us” as she was accepted into the fellowship, the TV industry’s highest accolade.

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