100 indie bosses now on board with anti-privatisation message
More than 100 indie bosses have already added their weight to Broadcast’s Not 4 Sale campaign to block the proposed privatisation of Channel 4.
High-profile signatories to have joined the campaign, which launched on Thursday 8 July, include Sharon Horgan (Merman), David Olusoga (Uplands Television), Jimmy Mulville (Hat Trick), Richard McKerrow (Love Productions) and Leanne Klein (Wall to Wall / Twenty Twenty).
They appear in the list below alongside a range of Broadcast Indie Survey top 100 companies, with support coming from across an array of super-indie groups and true indies, from London and the nations and regions labels, and from labels working in a broad range of genres.
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Indies to have signed up include Dragonfly, Daisybeck Studios, Hungry Bear, Initial, Lambent Productions, Raw TV, Rumpus Media and Strawberry Blond.
On Friday, former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson came out against privatisation and warned that a sale threatens the future of production companies.
If you would like to join the campaign, read the statement of support below and email not4sale@broadcastnow.co.uk indicating whether you are joining in a personal capacity or signing up your business
Channel 4’s publisher-broadcaster model and unique PSB remit has been integral to the success of the British television industry. Privatising it would be detrimental to audiences and the sector and risks undermining the £1 billion that C4 generates for the UK economy.
| Not 4 Sale: signatories | |
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Jonathan Braman |
A Squared Films |
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Dobs Vye |
Adage Music |
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Matt Richards, Ian Cundall & Andy Joynson |
Air TV |
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Ian Lamarra |
Alaska TV |
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Kate Sinclair |
Alchemy Entertainment |
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Tom Hollander / Hannah Pescod |
Bandstand Productions |
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Paul Yule |
Berwick Universal Pictures |
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Victor Schonfeld FRSA |
Beyond the Frame |
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Dhanny Joshi |
Big Deal Films |
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Ed Coulthard |
Blast! Films |
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Charles Brand |
Brandish Productions |
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Mandy Leith |
Brian Leith Productions |
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Simon Platz |
Bucks Music Group |
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Pat Younge |
Cardiff Productions |
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Sioned Morys |
Chwarel |
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Danielle Lux |
CPL Productions |
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Cat Lewis |
Nine Lives Media |
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Elaine Hackett |
Crackit Productions |
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Pippa Cross |
CrossDay Productions |
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Dov Freedman |
Curious Films |
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Jonathan Schütz |
Curly Lizard Films |
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Paul Stead |
Daisybeck Studios |
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Dermot Lavery |
DoubleBand Films |
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Richard Bond |
Dragonfly |
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Emma Cooper |
Empress Films |
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Tim Hincks |
Expectation |
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Mark Williams |
Fin London Limited |
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Jes Wilkins |
Firecracker Films |
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Nicole Kleeman |
Firecrest Films |
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Nick Underhill & Colleen Flynn |
Flicker Productions |
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Jane Berthoud |
Funnybones Productions |
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Faraz Osman |
Gold Wala |
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Ray Tostevin |
Grace Productions |
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Jimmy Mulville |
Hat Trick Television / Hat Trick Mercurio |
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Jayne Chard |
Hummingbird Films |
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Dan Baldwin |
Hungry Bear Media |
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Kate Cook & Bruce Goodison |
Indefinite Films |
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Victoria Powell |
Indielab |
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Cat Lynch |
Initial TV |
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Matt McGough |
Ithica Films |
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Mark Downie |
IWC Media |
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Nick Emmerson |
Koska |
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Ollie Tait |
Lambent Productions |
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Andy Harries |
Left Bank Pictures |
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Richard McKerrow |
Love Productions |
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Luti Fagbenle |
Luti Media |
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Tally Garner |
Mam Tor Productions |
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Nick Curwin |
Matisse |
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Krishnendu Majumdar |
Me+You Productions |
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Clelia Mountford & Sharon Horgan |
Merman |
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David Sumnall |
Middlechild Productions |
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Dr Jon Wardle |
National Film and Television School |
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Neil Duncanson |
North One Television |
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Laura Mansfield |
Outline Productions |
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Nisha Parti |
Parti Productions |
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Nick Southgate |
Passion Pictures |
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Steve Smith |
Picture Zero Productions |
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Mat Steiner |
Primal Media |
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Alexander Gardiner |
Rare TV |
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Joely Fether |
Raw TV |
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Jim Allen |
RDF Television |
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Alan Hayling |
Renegade Pictures |
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Joanna Ball |
Ricochet |
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Robert Marsh |
Robert & Friends |
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Rochelle Stevens |
Rochelle Stevens & co |
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Ash Atalla |
Roughcut Television |
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Iain Wimbush & Emily Hudd |
Rumpus Media |
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Teresa Potocka |
Sensethefuture Pictures |
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Simon Williamson |
Simon Williamson Agency |
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Mel Leach |
South Shore |
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Joff Powell, Steve Havers & Mark Baker |
Spark Media |
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Andrew Newman |
Spelthorne Community Television |
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Steve Wynne |
Strawberry Blond |
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Brandon Relph |
Studio BE |
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Stephen Lambert |
Studio Lambert |
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Neil Crombie |
Swan Films |
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Michael Hutchinson-Uzielli |
Tangent Films |
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Lucy Vernall |
The Academic Ideas Lab |
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Charlie Read & Niall Murdoch |
The Outfit |
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Simone Pennant MBE |
The TV Collective |
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Chris Brogden |
Tinopolis |
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David Parfitt |
Trademark Films |
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Jess Fowle |
True North |
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Karen Smith |
Tuesday’s Child |
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Alan Clements |
Two Rivers Media |
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David Olusoga & Mike Smith |
Uplands |
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Sanjay Singhal |
Voltage TV |
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Jannine Waddell |
Waddell Media |
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Leanne Klein |
Wall to Wall / Twenty Twenty |
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Tom Miller |
Water & Power Productions |
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Hugh Whitworth |
Whitworth Media |
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Archie Baron |
Wingspan Productions |
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Kate Beal |
Woodcut Media |
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Siân Price |
Yeti Television |
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