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Meera Syal compares on-screen diversity to ‘window dressing’ without structural change

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Meera Syal has said that on-screen diversity is only “window dressing” if things are not “changing fundamentally in the power structures”.

The Goodness Gracious Me star reflected on her experiences as a British Asian woman in the film and TV industry for her Alternative MacTaggart discussion at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Friday (25 August).

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