I had wondered about that American-centrism, too, actually. And then Doctor Who failed me. The quintessential modern British show, and it hasn't even had a bit-part Indian, I think.

Do you mind me asking: do you find being Jewish is part of your religious identity or your ethnic identity, or both? None of the Jewish people I've ever met have been particularly religious, but have still clearly self-defined as Jewish, and I wondered about the thinking behind that.