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TV Writers; Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Governance

How might the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ be governed if the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Trust were wound up? Plus how earnings for top TV writers are making it harder for producers to export programmes.

In a week where the future of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Trust has been called into question, we ask what alternative structures of governance might look like? Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Trustee Richard Ayre joins Steve Hewlett to defend the Trust's performance, and a panel including former Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ and OFCOM executive Tim Suter, and former trustee and Newsnight editor Professor Richard Tait, discuss what a new governing body might look like and whether it would do a better job. And, a new report says earnings for top TV writers have risen by more than 30 per cent in the last 5 years. We ask what impact this has on commissioning budgets, and find out how a reliance on one or two star writers is making it harder to export programmes to the US.

Producer: Katy Takatsuki.

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30 minutes

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Wed 11 Sep 2013 16:30

Chapters

  • Rising earnings for top TV writers

    Michele Buck of Mammoth Screen talks about the impact on TV drama budgets.

    Duration: 09:09

  • What are the alternatives for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ governance?

    With Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Trustee Richard Ayre and Tim Suter, Lis Howell and Richard Tait,

    Duration: 17:33

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  • Wed 11 Sep 2013 16:30

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