The Daily Mail have covered the All Mixed Up strand of this opportunity. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1304608/BBC-competition-multicultural-writers-sitcoms-branded-middle-class.html
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Quote: Dolly Dagger @ August 20 2010, 10:51 AM BSTThe Daily Mail have covered the All Mixed Up strand of this opportunity. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1304608/BBC-competition-multicultural-writers-sitcoms-branded-middle-class.html
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"Philip Davies, MP for Shipley, said: 'I think licence fee payers will be appalled to be subsidising a politically correct competition like this."
Prick.
Quote: Griff @ August 20 2010, 11:17 AM BSTI'm pleased to see the comments board below the article is the usual DM spaz magnet.
To be fair though most of those are Alfred's alternative identities.
Quote: Griff @ August 20 2010, 11:17 AM BSTI'm pleased to see the comments board below the article is the usual DM spaz magnet.
A DM spaz magnet? Are these commecially available? Would come in very handy.
The Mail is f**king nuts.
There's one guy who's suggesting they re-run Mind Your Language and Love They Neighbour, but says they won't because 'they haven't got the guts'.
I think there may be another reason as to why those two aren't shown anymore.
why don't they just cast ethnics in new sitcoms...i.e.. they could have done that in Inn Mates
The Daily Mail would probably want the BBC to show nothing else but middle class sitcoms of the 70s and 80s.
...and Goebbels propaganda films.
Quote: Tim Azure @ August 20 2010, 2:15 PM BSTThe Daily Mail would probably want the BBC to show nothing else but middle class sitcoms of the 70s and 80s.
possibly only the middle class could write then 
Quote: bushbaby @ August 20 2010, 2:31 PM BSTpossibly only the middle class could write then
If only middle class people can write middle class sitcoms, here's an alternative to the BBC, get a bunch of working class people together and get them to judge the scripts.
I don't think the beeb will be successful as they won't have white indigenous writing for ethnics and ethnics won't be able to write for indigenous....with any conviction. The only way is a writing team. Plus one section of ethnics aren't allowed to laugh, they can smile or perhaps chuckle but can't laugh loud
Quote: Griff @ August 20 2010, 5:42 PM BSTCan we have more details on this please?
I've PMd you.
What's the info on this one? Dates? Addresses etc?
Oh, them crazy 'ethnics' ey?