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The Media Show: The British drama boom

01/01/2020

The British drama boom

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, The British drama boom

UK producers are capitalising on the global demand for new shows - how long will it last?

The UK's traditional TV channels might be losing viewers to Netflix and Amazon, but when it comes to the actual shows we're all streaming, British producers are responsible for many of them. In this special edition of The Media Show, Amol Rajan asks how long will the drama boom last? 

Guests: Kate Harwood, managing director of Euston Films, Jason Kingsley, co-founder of Rebellion, Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama, and Rhianna Dhillon, film and TV critic

Producer: Richard Hooper
Assistant Producer: Natalia Fernandez

Photo credit: Baghdad Central, the new Channel 4 thriller produced by Euston Films.

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