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Peter Kosminsky

Peter Kosminsky is a British writer, director and producer. He directed BBC TV's adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall (2015) and has a first-look deal with Channel 4

June 2019

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    This is what would be lost if the BBC gave free TV licences to all over-75s

    Peter Kosminsky
    Original drama, Blue Planet, plus whole channels would go. This hard decision has been forced on the BBC by politicians, says writer and director Peter Kosminsky

May 2016

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    I’m slaughtered by the right for criticising BBC reform at the Baftas – why?

    Peter Kosminsky
    There’s something scarily un-Tory about the white paper proposal to pack the Beeb’s editorial board with government people

January 2016

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    Privatising Channel 4 would be a disaster for risk-taking programmes

    Peter Kosminsky
    I was making programmes for ITV when it was sold. Look what happened: short-term profits became the only goal and standards collapsed