David Tennant criticises Tory demand for “Britishness” on TV shows
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nme.comBBC, ITV and Channel 4 to make more content reflecting “Britishness”, Tennant questioned the intentions.“Is there some inherent criticism within this plea for more Britishness?” Tennant said in the Radio Times, according to the Guardian. “Did Britishness mean ‘made in Britain’ or programmes that have a certain political viewpoint?”He added: “Why would the government feel they need more sympathy directed towards them?
Perhaps that’s a question they should ask themselves, rather than trying to blame it on the television industry.”David Tennant is playing Phileas Fogg in a forthcoming BBC production of Jules Verne’s 1873 book Around the World in Eighty Days.
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