Iannucci slams 'dysfunctional' TV commissioning

Armando Iannucci

Source: BAFTA/Jamie Simonds

The increased power of the commissioning editor has stifled creativity and contributed to an “identity crisis” in British TV, according to The Thick of It creator Armando Iannucci.

Commissioners becoming “less vital”

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