Theres a real danger that we lose the habit of making these kinds of dramas, he said.
Kosminsky pointed to a personal example of a series he has funding concerns over.
It will be a complicated drama involving special effects and visual effects and probably quite a large cast.
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And its not unreasonable to ask: hows this going to get made?
Currently, were voyaging hopefully.
He pointed to 17 other territories, including France and Germany, where similar schemes are in place.
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Kosminky is clear that expanding tax credits is not the answer.
Netflix has shown, however, that the two are not always mutually exclusive.
Kosminky said: I dont think that streamers have set out to crush trouble-making drama.
This destruction of a time-honored strand of our British programming is an unintended consequence of their of financial model.
