‘Black Doves’ Producer Jane Featherstone Warns Embattled UK TV Drama Biz Has “Five Minutes To Stop The Bomb Going Off”
deadline.comIf the UK television drama industry was a pilot episode, it would have have just “five minutes left to stop the bomb from going off,” Sister chief Jane Featherstone has warned.
In a speech at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards in London last night, where she was awarded an outstanding contribution prize, the Black Doves exec producer became the latest high-profile name to voice extreme concern over the future of the biz.
In particular, the Sister co-founder and Chief Creative Officer again pointed to the funding crisis in the public service broadcasting (PSB) system.
Featherstone was the first high-level producer to publicly note that the BBC has several shows stuck in a post-greenlight funding cavern, during an appearance at the UK parliamentary inquiry into high-end TV and film in January.
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