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ITV Studios & Plimsoll Bosses Say British Producers “Welcome In America” Despite Commissioning Slowdown
ITV Studios & Plimsoll bosses talked American opportunities after 'A Real Bug's Life' became Disney's most watched natural history show.
That is the verdict of Grant Mansfield, the head of A Real Bug’s Life and Tiny World producer Plimsoll, who, along with ITV Studios boss Julian Bellamy, attempted to paint a glass-half-full portrait of the state of the UK production industry amid doom and gloom proclamations at the Creative Cities Convention. Netflix’s Fool Me Once, which recently entered the streamer’s top-10 most watched English language shows of all time and was produced by ITV Studios’ label Quay Street, was “made for a lot less than £15M per hour,” according to Bellamy. Bellamy and Mansfield were speaking at the Creative Cities Convention along with the likes of Netflix UK boss Anne Mensah, Channel 4’s Alex Mahon and the cast of The Outlaws.
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