TV Writers; BBC Governance
How might the BBC be governed if the BBC 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 BBC Trust has been called into question, we ask what alternative structures of governance might look like? BBC Trustee Richard Ayre joins Steve Hewlett to defend the Trust's performance, and a panel including former BBC 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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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 BBC governance?
With BBC Trustee Richard Ayre and Tim Suter, Lis Howell and Richard Tait,
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- Wed 11 Sep 201316:30BBC Radio 4 FM
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