Deadline understands that Channel 4’s content chief Ian Katz personally phoned Allsopp to deliver the news last Thursday. He made an explicit reference to the UK broadcaster’s financial difficulties after its ad revenue plummeted by as much as 20%.
Allsopp, one of Channel 4’s highest-profile and most enduring presenters, confirmed that the daytime series will not be made this year, but a primetime version of the show will air. Allsopp estimated that up to 30 production crew would lose work as a result of the decision, adding to existing woes for freelancers who are in the throes of what broadcasting union Bectu has described as an “emergency” for unscripted television.
Khalid Hayat, Channel 4’s Director of Strategy, told a committee of lawmakers on Tuesday that cost-cutting had caused “pain” for some producers, but the broadcaster was confident that financial pressures would only be a short-term phenomenon.
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