Continuing our series of exposés about the British TV industry, women remember being assaulted for three years straight, denied work once they become mums and batting off men who are ‘famously handsy’
• ‘My colleagues ignored me for a year’: what it’s really like to work in TV as a disabled person
The television industry has a problem with the way it treats women. According to a survey by Film + TV Charity, 39% of female employees have experienced sexual harassment at work, while 67% have experienced bullying. Bectu, the union that supports TV and film workers, found that two-thirds of those who had experienced abuse did not report it for fear of being blacklisted.
Other studies have reported mothers being prevented from working due to childcare issues, and a serious female under-representation in leadership positions, despite Ofcom finding that women make up around 45% of TV roles.
