Philip Ralph
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Screenwriter - will write for food… Recovering actor. Einstein and the Bomb. 8 Days: To the Moon and Back. Deep Cut. BAFTA Connect. Agent: Julia Tyrrell Mgt
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Joined March 2021
I’m delighted to announce that bookings are now open for From Pitch to Pilot 2025! Two week-long retreats for experienced writers to develop their own original spec pilots! 5-12 April & 4-11 October. 🧵👇
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🧵Today is the last day of filming @BBCDoctors A show that has run for 24 years, employed thousands of people, produced more than 4,500 episodes, will call ‘cut’ for the final time. As a writer on the show for the past 19 years I’m personally impacted along with hundreds 1/
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Classic TV shows that didn’t find their feet or reach their fullest potential until season 2 or beyond off the top of my head… . Breaking Bad.The West Wing (the Mandy situation… 😵💫) .Seinfeld .Curb Your Enthusiasm .The Wire (controversial opinion, I know).Mad Men. Others?????.
'Kaos' Canceled After One Season at Netflix
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24 years.4555 episodes.425 writers.148 script editors.46 producers.9309 actors.175 directors.59 cinematographers.42 editors.Hundreds and hundreds of crew, costume, make up, casting, drivers etc etc…. Never doubt that TV drama can change lives. It changed mine. End of an era.
(Tissues at the ready.) Today, on the last ever Doctors: The Mill staff and Graham have a final showdown and Scarlett’s in no mood to celebrate her birthday. BBC One 14:00
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Here’s the crisis in UK tv production in a nutshell - a massively successful, politically influential drama makes a loss of £1M because it won’t sell internationally… 🤦♂️🤷♂️.It’s long past time we rethink how we make TV at every level before high end drama is all that’s left….
ITV somehow made £1,000,000 loss on Mr Bates vs The Post Office despite incredible reaction
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by the disastrous decision to axe it. So, on this day when the show ceases production (though it will remain on screen until November) here is a🧵 into why I believe it matters that it’s been cancelled, who is ultimately responsible, and what comes next….2/.
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From its very inception, Doctors was a show that offered two crucial things that help to sustain a thriving industry: OPPORTUNITY and EXPERIENCE. 200+ episodes every year where new and seasoned creatives got the opportunity to work, learn, fail, experiment and play. 4/.
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Doctors filmed 200+ episodes every year, each one starring the regular cast plus up to 3 guest actors, each one written by a writer , each one made by a full production crew. Each one produced, shot, and edited in Birmingham. In one fell swoop, from today, all of that is gone.3/.
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Public viewing habits are changing, the streamers are taking ever bigger slices of the pie, but we all know that the reason the BBC is under so much pressure is because of the relentless, ideologically driven campaign of destruction by the incumbent Conservative government. 24/.
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if it provides a public service, then the Conservative government have systematically undermined it, defunded it, abused it, attacked it, accused it of bias or being ‘woke’, broken it into little pieces, sold it off to the lowest bidder – usually one of their mates. 27/.
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Over 600 guest actors every year likewise got the chance to work, be seen, renew their faith in their abilities, and keep going. A writing team of up to 60 writers crafted original, bonkers, moving, real (and often surreal!) stories based around the lives of our regulars. 5/.
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The TV industry is contracting. Production across the board is way down. BECTU recently surveyed its members and found 68% of them are currently out of work. Doctors was a much-needed ‘finger in the dam’ of this terrible situation. And now it’s gone with nothing to replace it. 8/.
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For the past 14 years, the Tories have waged all out war on the BBC, backed by their willing army of ‘bias accusers’, all desperate to close down this most diverse, progressive, complex, flawed yet still brilliant publicly funded service… .'To be continued. ' 25/.
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They see the arts as a pastime of dilettantes and layabouts. That somehow everyone engaged in the arts is not a ‘hard working member of society’, is an ‘enemy of the people’ and should be stamped out. 31/.
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There is no other show in the UK industry that offers such variety of storytelling – everything from high drama and tragedy, to farce, dream sequences, stand-alone single plays, themed weeks on important subjects, you name it, we wrote it. 6/.
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Hugely grateful to everyone who has read, shared, and engaged with my thread on the end of @BBCDoctors and the state of the arts under the dying Tory government. Let’s keep the conversation going. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻.
🧵Today is the last day of filming @BBCDoctors A show that has run for 24 years, employed thousands of people, produced more than 4,500 episodes, will call ‘cut’ for the final time. As a writer on the show for the past 19 years I’m personally impacted along with hundreds 1/
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But if there is no work available for them beyond that, and even experienced creatives are unable to find work, then you simply do not have a viable industry. 10/
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Doctors was always a place where people new to TV could get their first experience for the screen. It also sustained experienced creatives. All of that opportunity and experience is now gone – and there is nowhere in the industry for all of these people to go… 7/.
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🧵continues! Now, where else in British civil society can we spot other institutions under such attack?. That’s right! Everywhere! The NHS. Schools. The judiciary. Local councils. The civil service. The transport network. You name it. 26/.
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Yes, we featured the odd murder, the odd argument, the odd ‘villain’. But our stories were always based on ‘decent people trying to be decent to each other’, as the vast majority of us do in ‘real life’. 17/.
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In a sea of TV shows that insist on telling us that human beings are venal, angry, violent, self-serving, and resolve their disputes through fights and slanging matches, Doctors was always a calm voice of sanity and reason. 16/.
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Because the only people who can keep going are those who can already afford to do so – and we know all too weel that this excludes those from less well-off and more diverse backgrounds… 12/.
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The Tory government want to divide us against ourselves. They don’t value us. They only value what they can steal. But they are yesterday’s story. Together we can write the story of what comes next. Let’s start the conversation. ENDS/
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In these incendiary times, the language we use is vital. I’m 100% certain I didn’t “slam” or “blast” anything. I calmly called for an industry-wide conversation about how we can make TV production more open, resilient, and sustainable. @BBCNews @DEADLINE @RadioTimes
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Without opportunity and experience, the TV industry is simply not a sustainable profession. Now you might well point me towards a million schemes and opportunities for new writers, producers, and crews to gain early career experience. 9/.
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– even more miraculous in the current climate – get their own original series idea commissioned. There’s no ‘career ladder’ left. There’s incredible good fortune – or there’s nothing. And that’s no way to build and grow a sustainable industry. 14/.
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The soaps are collapsing. Mid scale drama is contracting. This leaves just the high profile writers and creatives succeeding, and everyone else scrabbling around for scraps, hoping to somehow ‘win the lottery’ and get onto an existing show or. 13/.
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Don’t get me wrong – no TV show has the right to continue to exist if ratings fall or tastes change. But Doctors was a success. Its ratings were high. It’s audience was loyal. It cost next to nothing, and the benefits of making it clearly far outweighed the expense. 20/.
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They have created the conditions for anything that does not make a vast profit for shareholders to be seen as a failure. They are responsible for peddling the narrative that the arts and creativity are somehow ‘woke’ -meaning progressive, open-minded, diverse, compassionate. 30/.
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Mid-career creatives were also able to sustain themselves by working on Doctors. They could hone their skills, gain experience, keep the roof over their heads. And now they can’t. Without opportunities like this, there are less people to draw from to sustain the industry. 11/.
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Hang on… Am I really saying that the demise of @BBCDoctors is directly the fault of the Tories? Of course not. That would be ludicrous paranoia. But they are the direct cause of the state of the industry and the dearth of sustainability in the creative marketplace. 29/.
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The stories we tell about ourselves impact on how we see ourselves. Doctors was always a hugely diverse show, telling stories with kindness, empathy and understanding. It reflected the changing world we live in whilst never seeking to demonise or ‘other’. 18/.
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My penultimate ep of @BBCDoctors airs tomorrow! . I urge you to watch it, especially if you’ve never seen the show before, a) because it’s terrific and b) because it exemplifies the opportunities this show offered and why it’s a tragedy that it’s gone. 🧵.
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So, the loss of Doctors is clearly disastrous for those who worked on the show. It is obviously disastrous for the industry. And, I would argue, it is also disastrous for the tone of public discourse. Now hear me out… 15/.
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The importance of the power of positive storytelling grows stronger every day. The axeing of Doctors is a tragedy for individuals, industry and society as a whole, whether you watched the show or not. So, why on earth was it cancelled? And who is responsible? 19/.
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. or themselves hiding behind a subsidiary company – and then urged us to accept private ownership and dividends for shareholders instead of any kind of public provision… 28/.
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The BBC’s budgets are being squeezed like never before. The licence fee has been frozen for the past two years and the entire model of funding for the Corporation is under constant threat. 23/.
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Now, you can argue the rights and wrongs of this decision, and the logic behind making a cut so devastating to drama production in the Midlands and the wider industry’s future sustainability. But there can be no doubt that the BBC had to save money somewhere. Why? 22/.
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When the show was axed in October, the reasons given were: “super inflation in drama production, the cost. has increased significantly, and further investment is also now required to refurbish the site where the show is made, or to relocate it to another home.” 21/.
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We are in the last days of this appalling government of shills, thieves, fraudsters, liars, and conspiracy theorists. And of course they are taking every opportunity to burn down everything good that remains whilst feathering their nests before they are finally thrown out. 41/.
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A week ago today, Friday 1st of March, cameras rolled on BBC Doctors for the final time after 24 years. As a writer on the show, I posted the🧵below to share my thoughts on the loss of @BBCDoctors By the end of the weekend the thread had been viewed 1.7 million times… 1/.
🧵Today is the last day of filming @BBCDoctors A show that has run for 24 years, employed thousands of people, produced more than 4,500 episodes, will call ‘cut’ for the final time. As a writer on the show for the past 19 years I’m personally impacted along with hundreds 1/
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The country is far kinder, more compassionate, more empathetic, more understanding, and more open to change than they can possibly allow themselves to contemplate. 34/.
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BBC move to axe Doctors is ‘disastrous’, says screenwriter
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They say they value the arts, whilst attacking them at every possible opportunity. They have absolutely no concept of the true value of the arts. Because to do so would necessitate having a soul and a heart. 32/.
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They are about to face the most devastating electoral defeat in history because practically no-one under the age of 50 will vote for them. And they are terrified. Rightly so. Because their time is over, and they know it. 33/.
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Now the show is ending, a fervent plea to commissioners, producers, indies etc: if you see @BBCDoctors on a writer’s resumé - VALUE IT! The very best TV writers I know got their start, honed their craft and wrote at their best on impossible schedules across those 4555 episodes.
24 years.4555 episodes.425 writers.148 script editors.46 producers.9309 actors.175 directors.59 cinematographers.42 editors.Hundreds and hundreds of crew, costume, make up, casting, drivers etc etc…. Never doubt that TV drama can change lives. It changed mine. End of an era.
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That’s a whole lot more writers out of work. Are the Tories to blame for that too? Of course they are. Look at Nadine Dorries’ relentless campaign against Channel 4 when she was culture secretary. 37/.
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The Tories didn't cancel Doctors. But they did create the conditions that are leading the industry to become ever more risk averse, stripped of anything weird, odd, open, curious, kind, grounded in day-to-day life, leaving space only for high concepts, big names, big stars. 35/.
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The last thing these people want is a vibrant, thriving creative industry that asks genuine searching questions about who we are, who we want to be, and how we get there. 38/.
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Terrific that everyone now finally recognises the value of @BBCDoctors to the TV industry 9 months after it ended production… 🤦♂️🙄😬.
Yesterday was mental!! And ironically, today, in The Telegraph, is the first review I have ever seen for @BBCDoctors (four stars, not bad!) XX
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A healthy thriving creative industry is a sign of a healthy thriving country. And right now, the UK is anything but. 40/.
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Morning all. Wow, what a response to this thread over the weekend. It's clear that there's a much wider, important conversation to be had across the industry and the country about what we can collectively do to improve things. Let's keep talking. Thank you again.
Hugely grateful to everyone who has read, shared, and engaged with my thread on the end of @BBCDoctors and the state of the arts under the dying Tory government. Let’s keep the conversation going. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻.
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All over the country, the arts are under threat like no time in living memory. Local authorities are slashing arts budgets as they face the consequences of 14 years of swingeing cuts to their budgets from Westminster. 39/.
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I know that the arts have never been wiped out. I know it is always darkest right before the dawn. I know we are at our best when we are ingenious, employing every ounce of our creativity and skill to tell stories of the times we live in that really speak to people. 44/.
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As the BBC struggles, so too do advertiser funded broadcasters as people are forced to tighten their belts thanks to the Tory-created cost of living crisis.Yesterday Channel 4 announced that @Hollyoaks is to drop to just 3 episodes a week. 36/.
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My final episode of @BBCDoctors airs tomorrow. It’s fair to say that *some* of my feelings about the decision to axe the show *might* have found their way into the script….
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I believe that we need an industry wide conversation along with @bectu , @EquityUK , @TheWritersGuild , etc about how we can sustain ourselves through these dark days and how we can make ourselves more vital and resilient going forwards. 46/.
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Just finished @Dafydd__James stunningly beautiful Lost Boys & Fairies… utterly brilliant on every level but holy shit, Gwyneth Keyworth!!! One scene. Takes the script in both hands and tears your heart open with it. Gobsmacking. Deserves every plaudit coming her way. 💥💥💥
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Not telling stories of ‘I’m alright, Jack, and screw everyone who isn’t me’ but stories of who we aspire to be, of community, empathy, compassion, curiosity, and joy. 45/.
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One thing is certain – change always looks different to how we expect. Can we take more risks? Make space for new stories, new voices? A new ‘Play for Today’? A new soap? New forms of drama we haven’t even thought of yet? 48/.
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@bectu @EquityUK @TheWritersGuild We need to ask ourselves how we can avoid a huge talent drain of experienced people leaving the industry; how we can make genuine opportunities available to people from as many wide and diverse backgrounds as possible; in short – how we can change to meet the future. 47/.
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@BBCDoctors is but one victim of the destruction, forced out by a BBC struggling to survive and institutionally blind to the devastation the ripple effect of their decision will cause. The situation is truly bleak. So, what comes next? 42/.
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Maybe not driven by star names, but a space for new opportunities and experience for those who want to build sustainable careers? Can we build an industry driven not be ‘magical thinking’ but one that can grow, nurture, and sustain? I truly believe we can. 49/.
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And in the UK, where writers’ rooms are far less common, brilliant experienced TV writers are leaving the industry in droves… it’s being said again and again by all and sundry… so why is nothing changing? 🤷♂️.
‘It’s a very tough time in Hollywood’: inside the shrinking world of the TV writers’ room
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This is supposed to be the point that I find my inner ‘Jerry Maguire’ and pull out a miraculous manifesto to rally us all into fighting back. Right? I’d love to be that sure of what should come next… but I’m only a writer. I’m only one voice. Still, here’s what I know… 43/
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I believe every crisis is an opportunity. Times of change are times of renewal. Every storyteller knows that endings are just beginnings in disguise. 50/.
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The loss of @BBCDoctors is an unnecessary tragedy, yes. But it doesn’t have to be the end of the story. 51/.
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One of the greatest acting performances of all time. RIP Bernard Hill
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I’m quoted in this Guardian piece about the loss of @BBCDoctors. The irony that this is published on the very day my totally ‘silent’ ep airs, an ep that no other show currently on tv would ever dream of making, is not lost on me…
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The final ‘next time on…’ Tears will be shed… 😢.
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A really important letter in yesterday’s @ObserverUK from director Matthew Evans echoing what I and many others have been saying for months. “The firestorm is spreading” and yet what is being done about it? As talent drains away, do we just shrug and do nothing?
Some powerful words from Directors UK member Matthew Evans in The Observer, on the challenges currently facing UK TV production: Greater action is needed to protect our industry's ecosystem.
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MAKE!. SOMETHING!. NEW!. 🤬🤦♂️.
Cheers set to be adapted for British viewers via @BritishComedy.
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I’ve been writing @BBCDoctors for 18 years and I have never been prouder of that fact than today. This is an absolutely exquisite episode of tv. In a death phobic culture, this is so vital and beautiful. Stunning script by Claire Bennett.
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And, lest we forget, many of the cast took pay cuts in order to get the show made. Something is very wrong in the industry if a hit like this can’t break even. Time to dream big and imagine a new way of making TV that actually sustains the industry and the people who work in it.
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“And now… the end is near… and so I face… the final curtain…”. My final ep of @BBCDoctors airs today at 2pm on BBC1. Produced by @GrainneOB1, script ed @MichaelCregan directed by Caroline Slater. Huge gratitude for every moment of the last 19 years.
Today on Doctors: Graham shows his true colours, Bear has big news for the partners, and Rosie is on a mission. BBC One 14:00
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And here’s the problem in a nutshell. The TV industry has been hollowed out, and truly British stories simply won’t sell internationally. So only big star names - writers, actors, directors - will get to work. We need an industry wide conversation on how we turn this around. Now.
The Crown producer Andy Harries warns ‘uniquely British’ shows like Mr Bates vs The Post Office are at risk as global market desires fewer local with contentious subjects “#BPGAwards In an impassioned speech collecting the outstanding contribution Harvey Lee Award Harries said…
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If you’re missing @BBCDoctors then subscribe to this fab new podcast from @elisabethdw where she talks to actors who went through the Mill (and other soapy locales) and lived to tell the tale. It’s going to be rather fabulous I reckon. 👍
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A life incredibly well lived. A bastion of British theatre and the arts. How appropriate that he appears in today’s penultimate episode of @BBCDoctors in perhaps his final TV performance. RIP.
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This 👇👇👇 is key. If we honestly can no longer make modestly budgeted shows that tell the story of who we are now and aspire to be in future without needing high end budgets and international sales, then we simply won’t have a sustainable industry. End of story.
The first thing must surely be a concerted effort by U.K. broadcasters to green light modest budget TV shows .Things that are distinctly ‘us’ .The taste making shows of yore.
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In a nutshell. That combined with the industry contraction means that anyone without mega savings or independent wealth can’t sustain themselves long term. Same for actors. Without a viable career ladder all we’re left with are the mega successful and the mega well-to-do. 🤷♂️.
Sad fact is that the TV industry isn’t designed to support anyone who hasn’t got enough disposable income to survive long periods of unemployment. Companies have decided to favour freelancing over long term jobs, so even middle class people can’t survive in it anymore.
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Any other globally admired industry worth £4B/year to the UK in this level of crisis would be front page news and have the government stepping in right now. @lisanandy @RhonddaBryant @DCMS - I hope you’re talking to industry leaders daily about how you can help.
‘Survive to 2025’: UK TV production firms fight to stay afloat in slump
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The plethora of articles stating the obvious continues. What doesn’t change is the deafening silence from those with the power to take risks, innovate and listen to new ideas across our “dying” industry. We’re creatives - why aren’t we creating? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
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As fate would have it, the final ep of @BBCDoctors to air while the show is still in production was written by me. No other series would focus on the damage conspiracy theories do to us, with deep empathy, humanity and insight. I'm so proud to have been part of the writing team.
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@RobynVinter When my first ep of drama was on TV, based on autobiographical moments from my life, my mum watched 2/3 of it, before turning to me and saying: “Do you remember when this happened to you?” 😬🤦♂️🤷♂️.
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"Perhaps the real lesson of Gavin & Stacey’s success is to give shows time. Wouldn’t it be great if broadcasters and streamers started to think about a show’s long term potential, rather than dropping them right away if they don’t hit immediate projections?".So say we all 👏👏.
I wrote about what lessons other shows and broadcasters can learn from the *phenomenal* #GavinandStacey ratings
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Here it is in black and white. And as with the new government, the solution is not more cuts. The solution is judicious re-investment to revive and innovate the sector, making shows on reasonable budgets, not chasing streamer scale money. It can be done.
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This - from today’s letters in the Guardian in response to @sirin_kale’s heartbreaking piece about John Balson - articulates brilliantly the damaging mythology behind freelance ‘careers’ in the arts in the UK. The cost of ‘success’ is people’s lives.
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At what point do we acknowledge that what’s happening in TV isn’t a ‘glitch’ or a ‘blip’ or a ‘contraction’ but a fundamental paradigm shift across how TV is made, who gets to be part of it, who watches it and how? Cause at this rate it’ll be ‘Ascend to heaven in 27’! 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️.
Heard “Survive till 2025”?. "Many now think the industry may have to wait until 2026 before things settle, giving rise to another version of slogan heard on the Croisette;. “Stay in the mix till 2026”.
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I wrote tomorrow's ep - DO NOT MISS IT! Two actors, one set, real time! @elisabethdw and @sampower_sam giving a masterclass in acting that will absolutely blow you away. It was a privilege to be on set with them both. Tomorrow at 2pm on @BBCOne and @BBCiPlayer thereafter. See it!.
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Some of us have been shouting about the ‘firestorm’ in TV production for months. Our industry is haemorrhaging talent across the board. Commissioners aren’t taking risks, sticking with existing IP and big names. We have a new government. Can we please rethink and rebuild now?.
I recently spoke to @thediyora @theleaduk about the deepening crisis in TV and film production here in the UK. It’s a clear and comprehensive article that paints a truly terrifying picture. 🧵.
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@bbcwritersroom He’s 💯 right of course, and isn’t it fascinating that, since this interview was recorded, Holby has gone and Hollyoaks and Casualty produce far less episodes. The dramas that are the engine room of a sustainable TV industry are dead or dying. Time for a rethink.
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Monday's ep @BBCDoctors written by me, directed by the brilliant @MerlynMMR, produced by the equally brilliant @GrainneOB1 and starring (amongst others) the serenely brilliant @IMidy An unauthorised sting operation and a superfan at the Mill. What's not to love?! Tune in!.
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“I’m not waiting around. People like myself who have the opportunity to do something need to do something.”. This is the leadership that we need across all of the arts - theatre, TV, film, music. Those who can, must do something. Invest in the future. Before it’s too late. 👏👏.
"This is our country. This is our culture. This is our history". Michael Sheen joins Radio Wales Breakfast with Oliver to explain why he's funding a new national theatre company for Wales.
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Here’s the lived reality of the crisis in TV production that should be sparking industry wide conversations. Those who are thriving need to be looking out for those who aren’t because they could so easily be next. How do we turn this around and soon?.
I'm getting a bit bored of people asking me if I've found any TV work yet as the answer is no. Trying to explain the crisis in TV just goes over people's heads. The best I can come up is imagine being a teacher and then one day you woke up to find schools no longer existed?.
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Written by me, produced by the awesome @naz_ahmed2022 An absolutely joyous moment that no other soap than @BBCDoctors could have done.
6 Years ago! You can't have June without this absolute Classic of an episode it's just fact, Happy Mehbooba Day 😊 @naz_ahmed2022 @NavinKundra @owenbrenman @elisabethdw #bbcdoctors Part 1 of 2
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Anyone in TV land - commissioners, indies, producers - wondering what you could do to support all the many struggling screenwriters out there? Cause this 👇 is the kind of thing that might help. Not more ‘survive to 25’….
Introducing the Writers’ Card…. Completely FREE to join, the Writers’ Card is a radical invitation for playwrights – a renewed promise of support and community, founded on the artistic values that have always driven the Royal Court's mission.
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I recently spoke to @thediyora @theleaduk about the deepening crisis in TV and film production here in the UK. It’s a clear and comprehensive article that paints a truly terrifying picture. 🧵.
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“In 10 years’ time we’re going to turn around and say ‘where are all the artists, where are all the stories, where are all the good ideas?’. There needs to be a moment of rejuvenation where people can get back to a place of financial strength.” Spot on from @mrdavebyrne.
UK arts need ‘rescue package’ to avoid lost generation, says Royal Court boss
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“…this is normal, widespread, and accepted by everyone in the industry…it’s time for those of us who have put up with too much for too long to start making a noise.” Amen to that. This disaster in TV production cannot go on. Something’s got to change.
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This show - and The Gathering and The Responder - are testament to brilliant casting decisions. Give actors of any age you might never have seen or heard of a terrific script and a chance to shine and they will knock your socks off. So refreshing! 👏👏👏👏.
Just finished @Dafydd__James stunningly beautiful Lost Boys & Fairies… utterly brilliant on every level but holy shit, Gwyneth Keyworth!!! One scene. Takes the script in both hands and tears your heart open with it. Gobsmacking. Deserves every plaudit coming her way. 💥💥💥
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Today, a year after finishing my final @BBCDoctors episode, I completed a spec pilot script. Not a pitch. Not a treatment. Not a synopsis. A script. No one may commission it. No one may ever see it. But, folks, I gotta tell you - it feels pretty pretty pretty good… #amwriting
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