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Feel this is a disingenuous question, as British TV will do just fine on streaming giants. Just the BBC cannot and will not make them, and struggling to survive.

Mobland on Paramount+

Grand Tour on Amazon

Clarkson's Farm on Amazon

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Peaky Blinders on Netflix was made (and also broadcast) by the BBC.

Back in 2013, when BBC still was airing Top Gear with Hammond, May & Clarkson, and things like Bake Off.

Recent seasons of Dr Who were made with Disney+. They have killed a 60 year old franchise.

Hardly killed. I've been watching Doctor Who since the 1970s and there's been a lot of variation in quality over that time. I stopped watching it sometime around the Colin Baker era as I lost interest in it, but started watching it again with the Christopher Eccleston reboot. Then, I started getting disillusioned with the Peter Capaldi episodes - possibly the best actor for playing the Doctor, but given awful scripts (except "Heaven Sent" which is possibly the best ever episode). I struggled through Jodie Whittaker's seasons as I didn't like her portrayal nor the stories, but now I have to say that I really enjoy Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor even though there's been good and bad episodes of his.

I actively dislike Disney (except maybe TRON and the Black Hole), but I don't think they've killed Doctor Who.

I watched in the 70s too. But never got onboard with the Eccleston reboot.

There are no plans to make more Doctor Who, if it was good they would continue making more. So it's being shelved is probably a more an appropriate phrase.

Someone might take a chance again in several years.

"Paused" may be more accurate.

https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/doctorwho-futurereport-may25

> The Mirror reports that the series will return to BBC One for future series, with Russell T Davies already working on scripts for an additional two series, irrespective of whether Disney decide to continue in their partnership with the BBC beyond this series.

Davies is doing a show for Channel 4, Tip Toe.

https://www.channel4.com/press/news/russell-t-davies-returns...

Cool - I really "enjoyed" Queer As Folk.

You're just moving the goalposts now; it didn't end until 2022, and what I was responding to was the suggestion that there's no inherent problem with British content, it just needs to be on modern streaming platforms: yes, and the BBC has also participated in that.

Top Gear with that trio ending wasn't a content problem, Clarkson punched a producer and was fired. You can say well that was a bad decision they should have valued keeping him at all costs etc., but there was no good solution there really, he was divisive well before that issue, if they kept him they'd have pleased fans and upset others. The show wasn't (immediately) axed; that probably quite reasonably seemed like the best compromise.

Not with that crap it won’t.

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