All articles by Max Goldbart, Broadcast
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NewsTV has utterly failed disabled people, says ‘The Virtues’ writer Jack Thorne
Thorne was delivering the 46th MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
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NewsDisney+ unveils UK original series ‘Nautilus’
Disney+ is ramping up scripted commissioning in the UK.
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NewsBafta joins Time’s Up UK to call for “high-level summit” to tackle harassment
Earlier this week, Time’s Up UK called for an independent body to provide a safe space to victims.
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NewsRemote working boosts out-of-London opportunities but Covid hits UK industry numbers
16% of workers have left the screen industries since the pandemic began.
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NewsSky halts work with Noel Clarke
A fourth series of Clarke and Ashley Walters’ Sky 1’s Bulletproof was due to enter production later this year.
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NewsDominic Buchanan, Bennett McGhee’s Home Team hires former Sister exec
Jessica Hill will oversee development.
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NewsConcerns raised over Covid payouts for UK film and TV freelancers
Cinematographers trade body Imago highlighted the concerns.
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NewsChristine Langan exits UK’s Baby Cow to set up production outfit
Exec leaves Steve Coogan indie to form Bonnie Productions.
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NewsUK screen bodies fund £100,000 Covid supervisor training
British Film Commission and PGGB create global initiative.
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NewsMipcom moves 2020 event fully online due to travel restrictions
Coronavirus has scuppered another physical event.
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NewsProducers raise concerns over UK insurance scheme delay
Film and TV Production Restart Scheme not yet taking applications as end-of-year deadline nears.
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NewsUK film and TV indie producers team up to exploit Kickstart scheme
Government’s 16-24 jobs initiative allows groups to apply for support.
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NewsDavid Olusoga decries UK TV industry’s “lost generation of talent”
MacTaggart lecturer issues blueprint for keeping hold of BAME talent.
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News‘End of the F***ing World’ producer in Bafta TV award row
Dominic Buchanan ‘devastated’ at refusal to send him a trophy.
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NewsIdris Elba wins top Bafta TV honour
Set to collect Special Award for his contribution to industry and focus on diversity.
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NewsUK government unveils economic ‘kickstarter’ but freelancers expect the worst
Three million ‘forgotten freelancers’ have fallen between the cracks of the government support scheme.
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NewsCrunch time as MPs assemble to help UK’s ‘forgotten’ freelancers
Lib Dem Jamie Stone secures support of more than 170 MPs.
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NewsUK screen sector faces 100,000 job losses, report warns
“Cultural catastrophe” predicted by alarming research from Oxford Economics.
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NewsPact: UK should copy French insurance fund
Government urged to look at Macron’s ’temporary indemnity’ model.
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NewsPact taskforce tackles UK insurance concerns
Fears start to emerge over inability to secure cover against Covid-19-related suspensions post-lockdown.