In an article titled, 'At the start you get molested and by 45 you’re too old to work – the secret misery of women working in TV' speaks directly to women and the hurdles they are facing inside the industry in the UK. A report from Creative Diversity Network, found the “number of women in senior roles fell 5% between 2019 and 2022. One in three directors are women, yet they get only a quarter of director credits. Contributions from female writers fell from 43% to 32% between 2016 and 2022.”
The interviewer spoke with industry professionals to find that many of the pressing issues that have been present inside the culture are still current, such as, “sexist ideas about which jobs suit women (production manager but not director, makeup but not lighting), short-term contracts where career progression relies on who you know, a culture that demands long hours (people working in TV work two days more a week, on average, than the general population), plus sexual harassment and bullying,” and these issues are very slow to change.