Jay Hunt Talks Casting Idris Elba As BBC One’s First Black Lead With ‘Luther’ & Working At The Broadcaster: “It Is The Most Difficult Environment To Be Brave” — LFF

Winkleman moderated the session and quizzed Hunt on her decades-long career as a TV exec.

If youre on BBC One youre there for the nation to see.

So you could go into peoples homes and change the way they think about the country they live in.

Jay HuntLia Toby/Getty Images for BFI.

She was officially appointed in January, replacing Tim Richards, CEO of Vue.

These are some of the great defining voices of this country that have been nurtured by the BFI.

The London Film Festival ends on Sunday.