Ayesha Hazarika
(Picture: Daniel Hambury)When the country is grappling with a terrifying cost of living crisis where putting on your heating seems like a luxury, plus the heightened anxiety and fallout of the Ukraine conflict, it seems utterly bizarre that the Government has decided to prioritise privatising Channel 4.
It says it wants the network to compete with Netflix and other streaming services. But Channel 4 already has a huge streaming service, All4, and it creates award-winning, popular content that audiences love here in Britain and beyond — from shows like Gogglebox and Come Dine With Me to It’s A Sin and Derry Girls. It has a very different remit from Netflix, which requires Channel 4 to innovate, to inspire change, to nurture talent and offer a platform for alternative views. And it has.
