“HMG plans laws requiring public broadcasters to produce ‘distinctively British’ programmes such as Fleabag, Derry Girls and Only Fools and Horses.
Government ministers are planning to introduce a legal requirement that broadcasters produce “clearly British” TV shows.
As part of this, there will be a requirement that they must produce “distinctively British” content, with Whittingdale citing Only Fools and Horses, Fleabag, Derry Girls and Doctor Who as examples.
Speaking at the Royal Television Society conference on Wednesday (15 September), media minister John Whittingdale said that he would be proposing that public service broadcasters expand their remit.