A new BBC drama about the Battle of Hastings will feature a diverse group of actors.
Historians question the application of 'colour-blind' casting to a period 'when Britain was at its least multicultural'.
Author and historian Martyn Whittock joins Talk’s Julia Hartley-Brewer to discuss this further.
Martyn says it would be just as wrong to cast a white European as Zulu King. "Most of us would say that's just not appropriate".
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