TV writer Stephen Poliakoff has complained that Jewish people are underrepresented, saying "very few Jews in British drama".
Mr Poliakoff, whose father was Jewish and Russian-born, was speaking at the BFI and Radio Times Television Festival on Saturday and said the number of Jewish characters on the UK small screeen had declined since the death of Jewish playwright Jack Rosenthal in 2004.
"There are very few Jews in British drama. Since the death of the great Jack Rosenthal we haven't had a lot of Jewish characters portrayed," he said.
"It's not often remarked on, there are statistically not many Jewish people in this country in relation to the population but nevertheless it is striking how few Jewish characters there are in British drama and also they are often portrayed in orthodox settings whereas there is a whole other strand of Jewish immigrant wanting to assimilate and still proud of their culture and it's rarely dramatised in British stories.”
