{"id":4192,"date":"2021-09-10T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T06:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1347030"},"modified":"2021-09-10T09:16:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T07:16:09","slug":"a-place-in-the-suns-jean-johansson-on-issues-making-black-to-front-episode","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/a-place-in-the-suns-jean-johansson-on-issues-making-black-to-front-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"A Place in the Sun\u2019s Jean Johansson on \u201cissues\u201d making Black to Front episode"},"content":{"rendered":"

The show will air a special episode on Friday, 10th September, with all-Black talent and contributors as part of Channel 4’s Black to Front project \u2013 but the presenter wants to see this more on the Channel 4 show. <\/p>

By Grace Henry\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 10 September 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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On Friday, 10th September, as part of Channel 4\u2019s Black to Front day of programming, which will see the regular schedule disrupted to broadcast a day of television showcasing Black talent, A Place in the Sun will air a special episode hosted by Jean Johansson and featuring Black house hunters.<\/p>\n

The couple, Clement and Tracey Ann, will be shown around some lovely locations in Spain before deciding whether they want to set up home abroad.<\/p>\n

The aim of the one-off episode is to show Channel 4\u2019s ongoing commitment as an anti-racist organisation to improve Black representation on and off screen and drive long-term change.<\/p>\n

However, Jean says there were some particular \u201cissues\u201d with putting together the special episode, with the show struggling to find a Black agent in Spain to show them around the property.<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a>, she explained: \u201cIt would have been nice to have a Black agent to show us around the luxury property on the show, but we couldn\u2019t find one in the South of Spain. So, these are the sort of issues that come up when you\u2019re doing something like this, but the episode centres around a Black couple.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A Place in the Sun presenter Jean Johansson<\/span><\/figcaption> Channel 4<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Jean says it was also difficult to achieve \u201ccomplete Black talent\u201d behind the camera, adding: \u201cWe wanted complete Black talent behind the camera and we couldn\u2019t achieve that. We didn\u2019t have a Black cameraman, we didn\u2019t have a Black sound engineer \u2013 and I\u2019ve been in this business 22 years, and I\u2019ve never came across a Black cameraman, or sound engineer.\u201d<\/p>\n

In order to see change and have more diversity on or off camera the presenter says the work needs to start in schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, it\u2019s very much important that the diversity is created behind the camera and for that we need to be doing it from careers advice in school, to colleges, to tech colleges ,to media courses and universities,\u201d she explained. \u201cWe need to make sure that ethnic communities know they are welcome on these courses and they can have a job in the media. They may not feel welcomed, because of the lack of on-screen representation, let alone, not knowing who\u2019s behind the cameras.\u201d<\/p>

The presenter, who has been one of the A Place in the Sun presenters<\/a> since 2019, is also calling for more Black house hunters to apply for the show.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cThe point for me, with the Black to Front episode, is that we\u2019re not hiding away from the fact that we don\u2019t get as many Black couples. My sort of thing that I want most to take away from this episode is that everyone\u2019s welcome on A Place in the Sun. The casting team are open to absolutely everyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know the reasons why we wouldn\u2019t have more Black couples applying for the show. I hope the message from this episode is to reinforce that no matter who you are, sexuality, race, religion, everybody\u2019s welcome on A Place in the Sun. I want to turn up on a Sunday night to meet the house hunters before we start filming and see more ethnic minorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The presenter is therefore hoping the special episode will \u201cstart conversation\u201d and diversity in the TV industry will begin to happen more \u201cnaturally\u201d.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cI really hope for the day when we\u2019re not clocking the colour of the presenter. It should be normal to see some Black presenters or some Asian presenters or some disabled presenters, or gay presenters, you know, that representation, because we live in Britain, which is such a diverse country, so of course our TV should represent that and it hasn\u2019t for a whole host of reasons. But this is a one-off with the aim of starting conversations and keeping the conversations going. And it\u2019s a big statement \u2013 and I hope it has a bigger ripple effect.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Place in the Sun\u2019s Black to Front episode broadcasts at 3pm on Friday 10th September on Channel 4. Want something else to watch? Check out our full TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0hub for the latest news.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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