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U.K. Culture Secretary Castigates TV Industry For Being ‘Centralized’ and ‘Exclusive’: ‘It Should Shame Us All’
U.K. culture secretary Lisa Nandy was speaking at the Royal Television Society conference 2024 in London.
U.K. culture secretary Lisa Nandy has used her first appearance at the annual Royal Television Society conference to castigate the TV industry for being “centralized” and “exclusive.” In her speech, Nandy urged executives to commission content “from every part of the country – towns and villages as well as major cities – why not?” “Frankly, if you don’t know why the film industry is so attracted to the beauty of Sunderland, or why the arts sector is buzzing in Bradford, or the potential to TV of the Welsh Valleys, it is most likely because you’ve never been there,” Nandy said.
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