Peter Rhodes on an Indian romance, the risks of obesity and standing up for nice things
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Our changing language. I suggested the US “mail-in voting” would soon replace the British “postal vote” A quick check on Google reveals 37.5 million references to the British version compared with a tsunami of 1,630 million references to the Yank style. The maths are against us. Or do I mean the math is against us?
Speaking at Edinburgh TV Festival, the BBC's head of content Charlotte Moore announced: “Diversity on screen and off screen has never been more important to the BBC,” which is pretty much what you'd expect. But the list of dramas she praises for “real commitment and direction of travel” includes A Suitable Boy. True, this lavish adaptation of Vikram Seth's novel is set in India and performed by Asian actors. But does it really spread the sort of woke message that Auntie Beeb cherishes?
