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‘Black Doves,’ ‘Kaos’ Producer Worries for Future of U.K. Television: ‘I Don’t Feel as Confident About the Sustainability of Our Business Model’
'Black Doves' producer Jane Featherstone gave evidence to a U.K. government inquiry about the sustainability of high-end TV in the country.
“Black Doves” and “Kaos” producer Jane Featherstone has admitted she is not “confident about the sustainability” of the high-end TV production sector in the U.K. The impact meant that whereas in the past getting a green light for a project was a cause for celebration, now it’s a cause for concern, with the first question producers asking themselves being “How are we going to fund it?” Featherstone revealed. Making things trickier still, Featherstone told the committee, is that uniquely British content doesn’t sell well internationally.
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