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Russell T Davies recalls early rejections before Channel 4 commissioned This Is a Sin
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Russell T Davies: The Private Battles I Fought While Creating My Biggest Shows
What was said
""No one didn't want to take it off. Everyone refused. Yes. So tell me about this. The series was rejected on Channel 4.""
Russell T Davies recalls that his drama This Is a Sin was initially turned down by Channel 4, ITV and, he says, effectively ruled out at the BBC. He says Channel 4 commissioner Lee Mason held the script until management changed, when he says Jan Katz approved it.
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- Speaker
- Russell T Davies · guest
- Programme
- Begin Again with Davina McCall
- Episode
- Russell T Davies: The Private Battles I Fought While Creating My Biggest Shows
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- 22:26
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