Working class creatives in film and TV at lowest level in decade

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The report titled “Arts, Culture and Heritage: Audiences and Workforce”, uses census data to provide an in-depth analysis of the state of the arts, culture and heritage workforce across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. “There is a sense sometimes that I feel like I don’t belong in certain events and certain people I’ve met who I do feel sometimes judged by,” Sam Oddie, a filmmaker told Channel 4 News. In addition to the findings on class, there were also notable disparities around region despite the government’s levelling up agenda to redress regional social, cultural and economic imbalances and bridge the “North-South divide”. “Being working class, people look at you as the place you are from as you still speak like them - if I hadn’t done it then you’re not getting people’s voice across.” Bernard Hay, Head of Policy at Creative PEC said: “This research shows that the likelihood of someone participating or working in arts, culture and heritage still varies significantly depending on a range of factors.