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‘Dear England’ Creator James Graham Says New, Original Shows Jeopardized By TV’s Desire For “Tried & Tested IP” – Edinburgh MacTaggart
James Graham has talked working classes, new IP & Sherwood at the Edinburgh TV Festival MacTaggart.
James Graham, the creator of Sherwood, Dear England and Brexit: The Uncivil War, has urged the creation of “new universes” and greater risk taking in place of TV’s gatekeepers “falling back on tried and tested IP.” He added: “Maybe at some point we can interrogate how it’s even possible for an industry that is manufacturing one of the most in-demand products on earth – content, entertainment, stories – how it’s possible to have drifted into a global business model where so few are able to make any money from something that’s never been in higher demand.” On cue, the festival unveiled a new Impact Unit to “create a permanent function which will help shape the way the TV industry works to make it open to all; a place where new perspectives, ideas and stories thrive.”
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