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noggin
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I think drama in particular is going through quite a good patch on BBC One.
They've continued with quality costume drama - such as the recent North and South, but have eased off copying the ITV Sunday evening feel-good formula series (Heartbeat, The Royal, Where the Heart Is) - with the exception of "Born and Bred" (which did nothin for me I'm afraid).
Instead they've produced some good sporadic episodic stuff like "Sea of Souls" and "Waking the Dead", as well as winning the PD James Adam Dalgliesh stuff from ITV (Whilst I liked Anglia's versions, the recent BBC production was excellent)
Of course Jane Tranter, who is in the running for the BBC One job, has had a strong hand in shaping the current state of BBC One drama. If she got the job (and she's publically said she'd miss her current position - as she loves working directly with writers and producers) they'd have to fill her shoes with someone equally as good - which may not be that easy.
BBC One is truly a strange channel to control. It probably has the widest mix of genres of any channel in the UK - from factual and arts to soap, from costume drama to pop music, from daytime makeovers to hard hitting investigative current affairs, from sitcom to quality kids programmes, from religion to rural affairs. Keeping all of this balanced, whilst still retaining a huge audience, is far from easy.
They've continued with quality costume drama - such as the recent North and South, but have eased off copying the ITV Sunday evening feel-good formula series (Heartbeat, The Royal, Where the Heart Is) - with the exception of "Born and Bred" (which did nothin for me I'm afraid).
Instead they've produced some good sporadic episodic stuff like "Sea of Souls" and "Waking the Dead", as well as winning the PD James Adam Dalgliesh stuff from ITV (Whilst I liked Anglia's versions, the recent BBC production was excellent)
Of course Jane Tranter, who is in the running for the BBC One job, has had a strong hand in shaping the current state of BBC One drama. If she got the job (and she's publically said she'd miss her current position - as she loves working directly with writers and producers) they'd have to fill her shoes with someone equally as good - which may not be that easy.
BBC One is truly a strange channel to control. It probably has the widest mix of genres of any channel in the UK - from factual and arts to soap, from costume drama to pop music, from daytime makeovers to hard hitting investigative current affairs, from sitcom to quality kids programmes, from religion to rural affairs. Keeping all of this balanced, whilst still retaining a huge audience, is far from easy.