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# NamePosition, CompanyComments
51 Adrian PeggFreelance
52 Mark WatsonFreelancer
53 Michele KimberFreelance
54 sasha Andrewsmedical photographer NHSDocumentaries are essential for gaining a wider understanding of the world around us, all attempts to reduce funding must be resisted
55 Miriam LyonsDirector, Lyoness Films Ltd
56 Catherine AllumAssistant Producer, freelanceThere should be more Storyville documentaries not less!
57 Rhona ClewsDocumentary Researcher, FreelancerStoryville is an inspiration for documentary makers and viewers worldwide, BBC please show your integrity by keeping the funding high on this essential programming
58 Tina GharaviDirector, Bridge + Tunnel Productions.com
59 Jenny LindvallSenior Media Assistant, BBC I&A
60 Tom Jeffssound recordistDon't let this happen. Not unless you enjoy watching a plethora of vacuuous series about nothing in particular shot on a Z1-E by a college graduate.
61 Simon McKeownSeries Producer, FreelanceWhoever decided to make this cut should be professionally ashamed.
62 Daisy AsquithDirector, Dandy FilmsStoryville is the best thing on telly.
63 Titania VedaVeda FilmsKeep Storyville alive!!!
64 Karl FabriciusCopywriter, Zaman; Writer/Producer, SevencircleThe above put it all very well. Storyville's the only place where it's at within the BBC and arguably the UK.
65 Jeanie FinlayDirector, FreelanceKeep Storyville alive, it is vital to British documentary making.
66 AnonymousAnonymousStoryville is one of the few outlets for foreign narratives. We are already far too introspective in our commissioning and to reduce the number of opportunties for our talent film makers to tell stories outside their own borders is an outrage.
67 Colin RogalLighting CameramanIt's not how many watch, it's WHO watches.
68 Sue ThomasProfessor of New Media, De Montfort UniversityStoryville is a fantastic series. I watch it a great deal and enjoy its variety and its open-minded approach. It also offers excellent opportunities for new and up-and-coming UK documentary makers. Its budget should be increased not reduced!
69 Sophie Toumazistpr media consultantsThis just can't be allowed to happen; it would simply be a disaster. Whatever the constraints on BBC bosses; however great the pressure is, Storyville must survive and flourish. The future of British (and international) documentary-making will be hugely influenced by this decision.
70 John HunterFreelance Writer
71 Dr Lucy RobinsonSussex University
72 Nina LowesFreelance Assistant Producer
73 Jeremy WilliamsProducer/Director
74 Orly DanonFreelance
75 Gavin ReesBournemouth Media School
76 Hilary OliverDirector, The Sound Company, ex BBC
77 Robin HessmanDirector, ProducerStoryville is not only essential for UK residents, but for viewers around the world! The incredible ground-breaking, thought-provoking films that were Storyville co-productions and would never have existed without Storyville are proof of how indispensable it is. Cutting the budget would be a grave error, the effects of which would reverberate far beyond the imagination of a BBC bureaucrat. Storyville has been responsible for films that open people's eyes, change the way they think, and even cause them to act and influence the world. Please increase its budget!
78 Claire MorrisonMarketing Executive, Random House
79 steven Graydirector of photography
80 Mike ArnottFreelance
81 Charles BeckettLiterature Officer, Arts Council EnglandI'm sadly all too familiar with the cultural vandals who don't understand the vital difference temporary creative and financial freedom can make to the production of ground-breaking literature and art. Storyville has long been one of the only reasons to watch television, and one of the only strong justifications for the licence fee. For its breadth, depth, and technical excellence, it is unsurpassed as a documentary series. It deserves additional funding, not cuts. It would be a sad day in the Corporation's history were they to go ahead with this ill-advised policy.
82 Kate OgbornProducer, The Bureau
83 Hope Dickson LeachIndependent
84 Giorgia Lo SavioProducer, Jinga Productions Ltd
85 Anthony HollandFreelance
86 Sharron WardDirector/Producer Katalyst Productions LtdPlease please do NOT make budget cuts to Storyville it really is one of the stand out strands that makes the BBC world famous.
87 William LorimerAssistant Producer, Windfall Films
88 Marianne Hougen-MoragaFilmmaker
89 Paul DosajEditor/ProducerThere's a real need for different voices to be heard from around the world and Storyville brings them to us. It would be sad not to listen to the outside world..............
90 Melissa HermanDevelopment Officer, Save the Children
91 Ana Matosfreelance
92 Rajesh ThindDirector, OpenCircuit LtdGoebbels once said that when he heard the word 'culture' he reached for his gun. Will the Beeb really be daft enough to shoot themselves so self-destructively in the foot?
93 Ryan Bruce LeveyPresident, Vagrant Films Releasing
94 Anton CalifanoDirectorStoryville needs to continue to grow not diminish!
95 AnonymousAnonymousStoryville is a very important documentary strand that demonstrates the BBC's commitment to serious programme making - which is why most people pay their licence fee.
96 Lisa Cazzato VieyraNative Voice Films
97 Bimla ChallRoto/prep Artist
98 AnonymousAnonymous
99 Ashley PeggDirector
100 Tue Steen MüllerDocumentary Consultant

 

Signatures | Total: 3,564