Very different racial landscape in the UK, especially London. Huge multiculturalism and integration. It's the world's (arguably only) true melting pot - walk down any street in London and you'll see every combination of race and ethnicity in mixed groups. "Whites" are a minority.
Modern TV shows just reflect that really. It's not that deep.
To be historically accurate the cast would probably all need to be much shorter than people of today, and they would need to speak old English which we would not understand. They would probably need to be younger, since people had short lives back then. But they didn't do any of that. They cast it with a diverse group of actors from Britain. Seems entirely appropriate.
Wokeism can't hold a candle to the mods ruining this thread.
As an interesting side note, I have an in-law relative who is an actor in Britain. She sued the BBC due to so many productions excluding people of color. I believe she was successful in that. So... you could say she sued so that she would work on films with BBC.
Very different racial landscape in the UK, especially London. Huge multiculturalism and integration. It's the world's (arguably only) true melting pot - walk down any street in London and you'll see every combination of race and ethnicity in mixed groups. "Whites" are a minority.
Modern TV shows just reflect that really. It's not that deep.
Whites aren't a minority in London. The white British are but when you include Poles, Irish, Latvians etc. whites are the majority.
Very different racial landscape in the UK, especially London. Huge multiculturalism and integration. It's the world's (arguably only) true melting pot - walk down any street in London and you'll see every combination of race and ethnicity in mixed groups. "Whites" are a minority.
Modern TV shows just reflect that really. It's not that deep.
Oh come on. Vast numbers of white people in London move in social circles that are entirely or almost entirely white. Ditto black people in London. Integration level is endlessly debatable. As we are mainly an endurance running thread, the make up of London's competitive endurance running community shows this little sector hasn't exactly hit full integration yet.