Now, the producer of a lavishBBCperiod drama has saidRivalsis not a show I would make.
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What are the things that I look for in a show?
Is there a big idea that underpins it, that makes it relevant and interesting to a contemporary audience?
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Does it have something to say?
Are the emotions expressed and the situations dramatised truthful?
Or do they trade in cliches?
I dont dismiss [looking away] as an ambition.
they would look at me like Id farted.
Theres a snobbery about her.
Throughout my career I kept mentioning Jilly and everyone sort of laughed at and ridiculed me.
