BBC’s Tim Davie Enters Row Over Scottish Production

“We are not interested in fiddling with numbers.” BBC General Manager Tim Davie The matter was repeated several times before a Scottish parliamentary committee this morning amid the row Traitors And local talent.

Davie was prompted by major concerns about the lack of Scottish people working on the hit series, which led to… Accusations that the BBC is playing fast and loose With the rules governing what is considered an offer outside London, governed by the regulatory body Ofcom. Traitors project Lambert studio Technically it has an “objective base” in Scotland It is therefore eligible, but this has recently been called into question by figures from the local sector.

Giving evidence to the Scottish Culture Commission, Davie has insisted on numerous occasions that he wants to go beyond Ofcom standards and present more local shows in Scotland.

“Our goal is to have local productions,” Davey said. “This is audited to Ofcom standards. If you have [substantive] Al Qaeda, you are here. From the BBC’s point of view, this is not enough in the long term, and this is not our game in the long term. We are not interested in fiddling with numbers. “I couldn’t care less.”

He added that he was “interested in the facts, the scale of production, the number of jobs, and what is happening in Scotland.”

Davie’s claim of ‘number manipulation’ may raise eyebrows given Deadline’s exclusive report which found the BBC and Ofcom Had to correct the record About the number of Scots who worked on the first season of Traitors. This Ofcom registry was initially listed Traitors The first season met Ofcom’s criteria for at least 50% of the talent under the line to be based in Scotland, but an investigation found this to be incorrect.

Davie stressed the need to support local talent, but said he would not “disincentivize” producers from outside Scotland “to bring in teams to film something”, as long as they “want to build a Scottish base” in the future. Since it was filmed in a Scottish castle, he made reference to that Traitors It is a big draw for Scottish tourism and “all of these things should be celebrated”.

Davy, who masterminded the £700 million ($862 million) “All over the UK” He said he had been planning for several years to move jobs and shows out of London, and said he was “concerned about the depth of the sector across the UK at the moment”. He revealed that the BBC’s recently launched apprenticeship programme, which seeks to attract 290 apprentices, including about 70 in Scotland, has received 40,000 applicants.

“What worries me is the number of people who will get jobs in this sector,” he said. “We are seeing significant numbers of unemployment outside of London, among the self-employed. So it becomes crucial for the BBC to invest and I will go back to beating the drum for funding the BBC.