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BBC Drama Boss Blames “Perfect Storm” For Funding Crisis As First “Stuck In Limbo” Project Emerges
'Shuggie Bain' for the BBC has emerged as struggling for funding as drama boss Lindsay Salt tells us "perfect storm" is cause of crisis.
EXCLUSIVE: The adaptation of Booker Prize-winner Shuggie Bain has emerged as one of the BBC ‘s “stuck in limbo” projects as drama boss Lindsay Salt blames a “perfect storm” for the funding crisis but says “we are as creatively ambitious as ever.” Salt blamed a “perfect storm,” citing “a difficult global sales market, high inflation due to demand for talent and infrastructure, and some of our former co-production partners no longer wanting to share their rights with the PSBs, along with a smaller licence fee in real terms.” They pointed to several potential fixes, including an extension of the high-end TV tax credit, something which The Crown producer Andy Harries, Doctor Who exec Jane Tranter and Featherstone have pushed for in the past, along with pressuring agents to try and lower talent fees at this time of strife.
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