Matt Ford

Hello, I'm Matt Ford.

And we're the hosts of British Scandal.

This is the story of Jade Goody.

And then lost everything in one of the most public racism scandals Britain has ever seen.

And a change of the conversation around cervical cancer forever.

And I'm Matt Ford.

I think my main takeaway is that four OXO cubes is definitely too much for pasta.

I obviously took serious lessons as well.

And it is incredible the impact that it had on conversations about racism and bullying in class, not just in the UK, but then incredibly around the world.

And obviously it was horrific at the time revisiting it

reminds you just of how vivid it all was.

And it's very easy to judge things in retrospect.

You hope now, many years later, that lessons have been learned.

Well, she obviously made massive mistakes, and the good thing is that the show, in a way, revealed her true character, and ultimately it's about her response to that controversy that is the making of her, because she was genuinely mortified, she was apologetic, and she wanted to make amends.

That doesn't take away from the prejudice that she displayed or the offence and the hurt that was caused, but I just think if Shilpa Shetty could find it within herself...

to forgive her than I guess I can too and I just think all of us are imperfect and the real risk with all these things is it's very easy to sit at home and judge

but put in a high-pressure situation, on television, around people, effectively cast to bring out your worst elements, and your best, but your worst as well.

But who amongst us can honestly say that our less favourable elements of our personality wouldn't be displayed there?

And who are we really to judge her?

Because she'd had a very difficult life, she hadn't had the sort of education that a lot of her detractors had enjoyed, and a lot of those people are racist anyway.