Those of us who work in British television read “Broadcast” magazine, and this week it reports that many commissioners treat indie producers discourteously by cancelling meetings at the last minute. This has been going on for years for both indies and in-house producers too – when I was Head of Network Development at BBC Wales from 1997 to 2000, I was regularly phoned to postpone a commissioning meeting during my train journey from Cardiff to London. All sorts of explanations were offered – “Sorry, he’s moving house today” was one of my favourites. I never complained. I was too afraid of upsetting the masters of my universe at the time.
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