Netflix EMEA boss Larry Tanz has put the Mr Bates vs the Post Office debate to bed.
That debate over whether a streamer would have commissioned a local show like the ITV breakout hit has been raging for the past 18 months and Tanz, whose team has recently had success with Adolescence, strove to kill it off at today’s Deloitte Conference in London.
“Maybe this is finally my chance,” said Tanz. “[Netflix UK boss] Anne Mensah and her team in the UK commissioned Adolescence, Baby Reindeer and Toxic Town for the UK audience first and foremost. Maybe I can finally put that to bed here and say we absolutely would have commissioned Mr Bates in the UK. We think our audience would love it.”
Tanz’s shutdown of the debate was unsurprising given that Netflix has found such success with local UK hits of late. Adolescence
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