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Channel 4 Boss Alex Mahon Hits Back At “Excitable” Wayne Garvie’s Criticism Of In-House Plan


Channel 4 boss Alex Mahon has hit back at Wayne Garvie criticism and talked in-house productions and the future of broadcasting.

Alex MahonWill Johnston Photography “Wayne got a bit excitable this morning didn’t he?,” said Mahon during her keynote. Earlier, Garvie, who oversees labels that make Doctor Who, Industry and Sex Education, described the plan for Channel 4 in-house production as “preposterous” and “potentially disastrous” for the nation’s irreverent public broadcaster. Mahon was speaking at the Deloitte and Enders Media & Telecoms 2025 and Beyond Conference after the likes of Garvie, BBC boss Tim Davie, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and Netflix EMEA Chief Larry Tanz.

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