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"Axed EastEnders star Ameet Chana (Adi Ferreira) has accused the BBC of treating his on-screen family &amp;quot;like s***,&amp;quot; according to the Sunday Mirror today. The entire Ferreira family were axed earlier this month, as part of new executive producer Kathleen Hutchinson&amp;#039;s plan to improve the show. However, Ameet has accused the BBC of discriminating against the family. He told the newspaper, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not afraid to admit that the Ferreira family have been treated like s***. We&amp;#039;ve been made scapegoats, discriminated against. They wouldn&amp;#039;t do this to the Watts or Slater family. &amp;quot;You can take the Ferreiras out of EastEnders. But you can&amp;#039;t take the Asians out of the East End. There are just as many Asians in the East End as &amp;#039;typical families&amp;#039; like the Slaters. The Ferreira family have had bad storylines and we&amp;#039;ve taken the blame for it. &amp;quot;I really wanted to make it work - especially considering that the family&amp;#039;s storylines have actually been getting better in past weeks.&amp;quot; He added, &amp;quot;The truth of the matter is just because we weren&amp;#039;t an immediate hit, the bosses ended up washing their hands of us.&amp;quot; Ameet has made plans to star in two new movies next year. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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