WGGB is very concerned to hear of yet more planned cuts to the BBC as today’s announcement has confirmed speculation that BBC Three, BBC Scotland and BBC Radio 4 Extra linear broadcast services will end in spring 2027. This comes hot on the heels of news that a new audio studio in Birmingham has been shelved.
This seemingly constant drip-feed of information about one BBC cut after another is seriously damaging morale across the industry, with audio and comedy writers and writers from Scotland feeling particularly worried about the impact this will have on commissioning in the future. We need more urgency from Government in its response to what is happening to our key public service broadcaster and our wider creative industries.
We remain in discussions with the BBC and will be consulting our members over the coming days.
Read about our campaigning work on our BBC: Save Our Stories campaign page.