Neighbours TV show ‘too white’
The Daily Telegraph | 17 July 2008
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24035776-5001021,00.html
HIT Australian TV soap Neighbours in which Kylie Minogue first found fame has been branded “too white” by black and Asian viewers in Britain.
A report by the nation’s racial equality chief found many ethnic viewers felt were under-represented in some of Britain’s most popular shows.
Neighbours, which is screened on the Five network, and the BBC comedy The Vicar of Dibley starring Dawn French were singled out for being “all white”.
Other popular soaps including the BBC’s Eastenders and ITV’s Coronation Street also came under attack …