Who knew?
Cut-throat or cuddly
Dr. Who is the longest-running science-fiction television series ever.
“Just imagine, critics say, what a Hollywood studio might do with such a valuable property. At the very least, it would surely produce more than about a dozen episodes a year.” Well, fans of Sherlock and perhaps Downton Abbey understand this, too.
“BBC Worldwide … is the largest exporter of British content, and, outside Hollywood, the biggest distributor of taped programmes.”
Because the group “must always be mindful of public-service values”, they “considered co-producing ‘Game of Thrones’, … but balked in part because it was too raunchy.”