Depiction of regional accents on the BBC
Dear British Broadcasting Corporation,
It is rare to see broadcasters with regional accents on any of your programmes, particularly the news and even in the regional news programmes. I was wondering as to the number of broadcasters within your news programmes and the number of characters in your prime time BBC One programmes who have "regional" accents, by which I mean any accent that could not be considered as Received Pronunciation. Is this issue a result of the need for clarity of speech or a result of discrimination against any other accent than R.P?
Many Thanks and Kind Regards,
Catherine Lyon
Dear Ms Lyon,
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, as detailed in your email below. Your request was received on 10th March 2014. We will deal with your request as promptly as possible, and at the latest within 20 working days. If you have any queries about your request, please contact us at the address below.
The reference number for your request is RFI20140410.
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