Post by Charles Nugent-Isitt

As former Google executive Matt Brittin takes charge as BBC director-general, Pip Burley, the producer behind The Darling Buds of May and A Touch of Frost, argues that the corporation faces a defining choice about its future. With Netflix, Amazon, Disney and YouTube changing how audiences consume content, and with the licence fee under growing pressure, he tells The European how the BBC must rethink its priorities, reduce its dependence on news and recover the confidence to back popular drama and comedy drama that can bring viewers back. https://lnkd.in/errKYXNX