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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.
NewsDisney+ unveils UK original series ‘Nautilus’
Disney+ is ramping up scripted commissioning in the UK.
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.
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.
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.
NewsDominic Buchanan, Bennett McGhee’s Home Team hires former Sister exec
Jessica Hill will oversee development.
NewsConcerns raised over Covid payouts for UK film and TV freelancers
Cinematographers trade body Imago highlighted the concerns.
NewsChristine Langan exits UK’s Baby Cow to set up production outfit
Exec leaves Steve Coogan indie to form Bonnie Productions.
NewsUK screen bodies fund £100,000 Covid supervisor training
British Film Commission and PGGB create global initiative.
NewsMipcom moves 2020 event fully online due to travel restrictions
Coronavirus has scuppered another physical event.
NewsProducers raise concerns over UK insurance scheme delay
Film and TV Production Restart Scheme not yet taking applications as end-of-year deadline nears.
NewsUK film and TV indie producers team up to exploit Kickstart scheme
Government’s 16-24 jobs initiative allows groups to apply for support.
NewsDavid Olusoga decries UK TV industry’s “lost generation of talent”
MacTaggart lecturer issues blueprint for keeping hold of BAME talent.
News‘End of the F***ing World’ producer in Bafta TV award row
Dominic Buchanan ‘devastated’ at refusal to send him a trophy.
NewsIdris Elba wins top Bafta TV honour
Set to collect Special Award for his contribution to industry and focus on diversity.
NewsUK government unveils economic ‘kickstarter’ but freelancers expect the worst
Three million ‘forgotten freelancers’ have fallen between the cracks of the government support scheme.
NewsCrunch time as MPs assemble to help UK’s ‘forgotten’ freelancers
Lib Dem Jamie Stone secures support of more than 170 MPs.
NewsUK screen sector faces 100,000 job losses, report warns
“Cultural catastrophe” predicted by alarming research from Oxford Economics.
NewsPact: UK should copy French insurance fund
Government urged to look at Macron’s ’temporary indemnity’ model.
NewsPact taskforce tackles UK insurance concerns
Fears start to emerge over inability to secure cover against Covid-19-related suspensions post-lockdown.