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‘The Crown’ & ‘Doctor Who’ Producers Developing Lower-Budget Slates In Response To Tricky Market
'The Crown' & 'Doctor Who' producers Left Bank and Bad Wolf are developing lower-budget slates in response to recession and Mr Bates Post Office
The bosses of Doctor Who co-producer Bad Wolf and Crown maker Left Bank both told Deadline they have started nurturing a development pot for shows that cost less to make than their previous fare. Speaking to Deadline about her upcoming BBC series Dope Girls, Bad Wolf co-founder Jane Tranter said her team’s development slate now contains “projects on a different budget scale to those we have been used to doing,” a move that she is enjoying. The vast majority of Bad Wolf’s shows in recent years have had hefty U.S. co-production investment, such as Industry and the new Doctor Who, and Tranter said the Cardiff-headquartered outfit is pondering how to make epics such as His Dark Materials at a cheaper price point.
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