TV and Film Industry Call for Anti-Semitism Investigation at BBC
Published on August 2, 2024
More than 200 people from the TV and film industry called for the BBC to be investigated over allegations of anti-Semitism on Friday. Managing partner at Fulwell 73 Leo Pearlman, who was an executive producer on 2021 film “Cinderella,” Telegraph columnist and ex-BBC One controller Danny Cohen, and former ITV Executive Claudia Rosencrantz are among those who signed the letter addressed to the BBC Board. The letter says “208 BBC staff, contractors, suppliers and contributors from across the television and film industries, the majority of whom are Jewish,” are in “anguish and disbelief” that previous complaints about coverage and social media breaches relating to the Israel-Hamas war have not been dealt with....