ITV has revealed that 38 of its in-house productions have restarted in recent weeks amid the easing of UK coronavirus lockdown restrictions, but CEO Carolyn McCall said drama will be the last genre…
Giving evidence to the Parliamentary Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Tuesday, McCall said ITV Studios and its owned companies, such asproducer World Productions, “haven’t quite found a way” to get back into drama production because of social distancing rules.
Although McCall was cautious about drama shoots, this is not stopping preparations from going on behind the scenes.Line Of DutyAs well as social distancing rules, ITV acknowledged that insurance remains a sticking point and McCall said the company has been involved in weekly talks with ministers around finding a temporary solution.
“We’re getting there, I think we’re pretty close actually. You would need to talk to government about it specifically, but we’ve been working very closely with Pact [and] with government to find a short-term solution to enable us to get drama, in particular, back into production,” he said.
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