Yes, we should celebrate Adolescence – but it comes at a cost to the UK TV industry | Jane Martinson

EVery talking about TeenagerTV drama focused on poisonous masculinity, which sparked a continuous social and political discussion. But a few people are only talking about what the successful drama says about the actual time crisis that is revealed in the British TV industry-which also needs to be discussed.

Adolescence is everything the public service should be: a difficult programming characterized by the type of people who are often ignored in TV drama-in this case, the families of the white working class in the north-at the school gate and In Parliament. After meeting its British writer, Jack Thorne, Kiir Starmer on Downing Street, it was revealed that the adolescence would start For free In all high schools in the United Kingdom.

The free bit needs to confirm because, unlike traditional broadcasters in the public service behind the classic visits from Cathy returns home to Mr. Bates opposite the post officeTeenaged by Netflix, one of the US -based banners, has a subscription models such as drones loaded with missiles landing on British broadcasters with financial hardship.

For many of the 66 million viewers, they helped make adolescence UK title is the most viewed on Netflix at allThis statement will appear as a typical British through British glass, when this wonderful TV is just a reason to celebrate. The use of British talents to tell the international stories of a world audience. Netflix also deserves a great balance of confidence in Stephen Graham the wonderful, as well as Thorne (who also wrote the last platform’s success Toxic town).

But adolescence is still rare for us as giants like Netflix. The most common is that signs such as Netflix, Amazon, Apple and Disney are based on production prices for local broadcasters such as BBC and ITV, which are already struggling with low revenues. In their attempt to produce more and more content to preserve their world users happy, banners Speaking 2.82 billion pounds on British -made content In 2024, it reaches 600 million pounds per year. This investment increased the costs of production and talents, as spending on extremist television that was produced in the United Kingdom by 11 % last year, although more than 40 projects are lower. Therefore, more money must be spent in providing fewer offers.

In the face of financing discounts from real corridors More than a third Since 2010, the BBC announced on Monday that it will reduce spending Content at approximately 150 million pounds In the next fiscal year. She blamed this “unprecedented content financing” challenge on the fact that, in addition to the increase in prices, signs like Netflix are no longer agreed to exchange costs and revenues with broadcasters in the United Kingdom in alleged joint production deals. The latest figures from the British Film Institute indicate that total spending by all local broadcasters has decreased to The lowest level of investment since 2019(Once the 2020 anomalies are stripped, Covid closed all films and television production).

Is any of this issue, given the glories of the current British television and the fact that when savings are presented on the screen, only the insiders are the ones who notice? Of course it matters. Thorne noted that one scene in adolescence that used 300 additions – school fire exercises – was very expensive for public service broadcasters. Peter Kusminsky, the director who was not so much from the Wolf Hall Hall, admitted that it was expensive in the BBC Outdoor scenes He had to be embedded and I found the people behind the award -winning drama, including the same and the main actor, Mark Rillage, I had to take great wages To get it. Kosminsky warned that without interference, the British television industry will leave from the large TV drama market because of “The enlarged cost environment It was created here by banners. “

the Cinema and television producers (Agreement) – The Lobby Group for the entire Industry – reveals this 15 TV drama After that, Greenlit was destroyed by public service broadcasters in the UK due to the escalating costs. We hear about the influence on the drama, but not less influenced is realistic entertainment, and a chain like David Attenburu Earth. They also feel pressure due to the death of production deals.

So what can be done? Kusminsky pressed the deputies 5 % tax On all revenues of the flow of subscriptions in the UK, with the revenue of a British cultural fund to spend on TV content. This system will not bring more money than the list, a little Complex tax credit The system of the so -called advanced television, but it will help end the argument that everything must be done to encourage global signs and their likes to invest in the talent of the United Kingdom.

Politicians must also do bit. Although eager to drink tea with revolution Teenager The creators, Starmer and his government, have never done anything to face the issue facing British television, or to harness its soft potential.

Because if not now, when? We stand at one of those moments when a TV program reminds us of why TV: TV is more than entertainment, and the TV that makes us think and think about ourselves, the TV that drives the phone call. This has never come, and this will never happen – but it is difficult to overestimate its value.