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The drama of TV production

The drama of TV production

From documentaries to soap operas, how producers are making TV in a lockdown.

The Media Show · BBC Radio 4

May 20, 202027m 58s

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Show Notes

British TV companies produce some of the most popular shows in the world. But the lockdown has put a halt to it all. Andrea Catherwood asks how the industry restarts and what post coronavirus TV might look like.

Guests: Andy Harries CEO Left Bank Pictures, Jonathan Hewes, CEO Pioneer Productions, and Manori Ravindran, International Editor of Variety

Producer: Richard Hooper

Studio engineer: Nigel Dix

Image credit: Scene from Netflix’s new series White Lines