Succession writer Lucy Prebble and His Dark Materials’ Jack Thorne have slammed the UK government’s plan to force Public Service Broadcasters to produce ‘distinctive British content’, with Prebble calling it “an empty gesture to a fictional audience”.Speaking alongside Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight at today’s London Film Festival, I Hate Suzie creator Prebble said she “couldn’t take seriously” the government’s blueprint, which was revealed last month by culture minister John Whittingdale, who is no longer in post.The requirement will feature in an upcoming UK government white paper and it is likely that broadcasting regulator Ofcom will be tasked with enforcing it.“Nothing the government does feels rooted in belief or principle,”
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