BBC Studios Boss: Show Has 'Editorial Value'

[zarius]

“I want to say both sides of the BBC are very happy. We have a brilliant showrunner in Russell T. Davies and a fantastic production partner in Bad Wolf, well known in scripted and in Hollywood,” he said. “The license fee payer still gets the show in the UK, it now has an enhanced budget and editorial value and BBC Studios is making a commercial reward. That ticks all the boxes.”


In particular, the Disney+ deal provides “an excellent commercial outcome for the BBC and BBC Studios.” No financial information has been provided but reading between the lines, the distribution agreement should offset loses elsewhere. The show’s budget is believed to be increasing from around £3M ($3.7M) per episode to circa £10M ($12.3M), and Fussell claimed there has been “no fallout whatsoever” from staff at BBC Studios Drama Productions over Bad Wolf.


Overall, industry watchers we’ve spoken to have largely given the thumb’s up to the new arrangement. “It’s progressive and will hopefully give the show a genuine creative refresh,” said one former BBC exec. “I’m sure the finance is off the charts,” added another source.


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[Spark Doll King]

The budget means bugger all if the the stories are rotten, Amazon's Lord of the Rings cost obscene amounts of money and it's a bastardization of a classic.

I'll reserve judgement until we see actual footage but Nuwho's track record, along with that of most media publishers right now, is piss f*cking poor and they have a bloody vertical cliff to climb.

[cyberhat]

Fancier explosions, same dumb scripts. Still written by people who don't respect that sassy is the opposite of nuanced.