The world of streaming has taken a pair of key talents away from the BBC. New York-based production company A24 has made money from dramas for Netflix, HBO and Amazon Prime since its formation in 2014, and has more recently signed deals with Apple TV and Showtime.
The company has poached Piers Wenger, BBCDrama boss, and Rose Garnett, BBC Films boss, to launch a UK operation; they'll leave Auntie in May. Presumably they haven't been asked to clear their desks, because A24 has stuff in production for the BBC. But they clearly can't make decisions for three months - so Ben Irving becomes acting drama supremo, and Eva Yates looks after Films.
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