Though ITV is naturally thrilled to have the final episode of Broadchurch dominating Monday night viewing, the feeling within its production business, ITV Studios, is not so jolly. It turns out that the idea was first pitched to ITV drama commissioners, who paired up its creator with Kudos, the News Corp-owned independent producer behind Spooks and The Hour, rather than punting it over to their in-house programme-making colleagues. "In future that ought to be a sackable offence," fumes one senior ITV Studios executive, pointing out that the broadcaster is looking for programming that attracts mass audiences here and that it can sell around the globe, in the wake of successful co-productions such as Titanic and Mr Selfridge.
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