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BBC Drama Boss: Shortage of Scripted Shows Will Mean More Global Co-Productions

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By Tim Dams A shortage of scripted drama due to coronavirus restrictions will lead to more partnerships between broadcasters and SVODs “to share the goods around,” according to the BBC’s controller of drama Piers Wenger.

Speaking as part of an online Q&A organized by the Edinburgh International TV Festival, Wenger said that new scripted content is going to be thin on the ground because so many shoots have been canceled during the pandemic. “I have spent a lot of time on Zoom to my counterparts in the U.S. — whether (that’s) HBO, Hulu, AMC or some of the SVODs — and those big platforms are in an arms race.

They want titles; they need to keep restocking their platforms,” says Wenger. Though there has been significant hand-wringing in the

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