Television industry
ScreenSkills Mentoring Roadshow, Cardiff
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Brexit: A vote for change
The “vote” of the UK’s independent television producers on the EU referendum could hardly have been more emphatic. The poll, conducted by Pact, the independent producers’ group, showed 85% in favour of remaining in the EU and 15% against – rather different from the UK’s vote.
There was no political campaign by Pact: the results were published but vanished into the pre-referendum maelstrom of claim and counterclaim.
Jo Brand pens social worker sitcom for Channel 4
Commissioned by Channel 4 and produced by What Larks Productions, Damned was previously piloted for Sky two years ago with filming of the latest production to start next month.
The show comes soon after Brand's recent return as nurse Kim Wilde in BBC's Going Forward and is her first major Channel 4 project for ten years.