The Night Manager: How To Make Great British Drama (Simon Cornwell)

Executive producer and son of John le Carré, Simon Cornwell,
speaks to Amol about how The Night Manager was revived a decade
after its first season and how his father’s work was reimagined
for a new generation.


They also discuss the shifting realities of producing for linear
TV versus streaming, the risk of losing distinctive British
storytelling, and whether there should be a ‘streamers’ tax’.


And as the second series comes to an end, Simon offers Amol a
tantalising hint of what’s to come in series three.


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Amol Rajan is a presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4.
He is also the host of University Challenge on BBC One. Before
that, Amol was media editor at the BBC and editor at The
Independent.


Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Lewis
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Purcell-Davis. Technical production was by Dafydd Evans. The
editor is Sam Bonham. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.