Equality | Trevor McDonald on why he declined BBC job

Newsreader and Journalist Sir Trevor McDonald recently explained that he turned down a job offer with the BBC earlier on in his career after the broadcaster revealed it needed ‘more black reporters’ in an interview.

During The Jonathan Ross Show he shared that he was approached very early on in his career by the British public service broadcaster. He said: “I thought all my ships were coming in at once. I thought getting a call from BBC TV meant he had heard that I had done some TV in the West Indies,” reported Metro.

However, the former ITV news journalist shared that he was told in the job interview: “We’d really like to have you because we have come under pressure by the Race Relations Board to hire more black reporters.”

Contrary to what McDonald initially believed, the interviewer had never seen his work in Trinidad and Tobago ‘in any way shape or form’.