The recession is a somewhat double-edged sword for the TV industry. According to Jolyon Barker, head of Deloitte's TMT practice, "this year's predictions show there could be a silver lining to a recession, if you are in television."
Budgets are being cut, broadcasters like C4 and Five are struggling, Drama is taking a hammering, people are out of work and fighting for the dwindling job opportunities yet TV ratings are set to soar.
Budgets are being cut, broadcasters like C4 and Five are struggling, Drama is taking a hammering, people are out of work and fighting for the dwindling job opportunities yet TV ratings are set to soar.
But as more and more people opt for a money-saving night in, curled up on their interest-free DFS sofa watching another repeat, there is surely a demand for new, uplifting, feel-good television? Instead, BBC are commissioning depressing programmes to reinforce our doom and gloom like Bust, which they describe as ‘an emotional journey of debt and bankruptcy’…
aspirational stuff.
Bust, BBC One
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