‘This is a show about housing – that’s what I realised’

Sarah Solemani is in Hollywood. She is about to go into an edit of her next series, Chivalry, looking at #MeToo from within the entertainment industry and co-written with and co-starring Steve Coogan. But first, she wants to speak to The Big Issue about BBC One’s Ridley Road.

“I’m thrilled to talk to you,” she says. “I’m a huge supporter of The Big Issue and housing is something really close to my heart. It was one of the inspirations behind Ridley Road – how problems with housing leads to the rise of the far right. It was not hard to join those dots.”