Producer suspended in Britain
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March 16, 2011, Wednesday
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THE producer of a whodunit detective series based in an idyllic English country village has been sacked after causing outrage by saying the program "wouldn't work" if ethnic minorities were written into the script.
Brian True-May, who has been working on ITV's "Midsomer Murders" since it first aired in 1997, said yesterday the show did not include minorities "because it wouldn't be the English village with them. It just wouldn't work."
The show's production company, All3Media, said True-May, a co-author of the series, had been suspended "pending the outcome" of an investigation.
A spokesman for ITV said: "We are shocked and appalled at these personal comments by Brian True-May, which are absolutely not shared by anyone at ITV."
"We are in urgent discussions with All3Media... who have informed us they have launched an investigation into the matter and have suspended Mr True-May pending the outcome," he added.
True-May admitted to Radio Times magazine he may not be politically correct and said he thought "Englishness" should include other races in the 21st century but added he was loathe to change a successful show.
True-May said it appealed to audiences around the world because "they love the perceived English genteel eccentricity."
Brian True-May, who has been working on ITV's "Midsomer Murders" since it first aired in 1997, said yesterday the show did not include minorities "because it wouldn't be the English village with them. It just wouldn't work."
The show's production company, All3Media, said True-May, a co-author of the series, had been suspended "pending the outcome" of an investigation.
A spokesman for ITV said: "We are shocked and appalled at these personal comments by Brian True-May, which are absolutely not shared by anyone at ITV."
"We are in urgent discussions with All3Media... who have informed us they have launched an investigation into the matter and have suspended Mr True-May pending the outcome," he added.
True-May admitted to Radio Times magazine he may not be politically correct and said he thought "Englishness" should include other races in the 21st century but added he was loathe to change a successful show.
True-May said it appealed to audiences around the world because "they love the perceived English genteel eccentricity."
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