DNYUZ
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Television
    • Theater
    • Gaming
    • Sports
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel
No Result
View All Result
DNYUZ
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Netflix EMEA Chief Puts ‘Mr Bates’ Debate To Bed: “We Absolutely Would Have Commissioned It In The UK”

June 3, 2025
in News
Netflix EMEA Chief Puts ‘Mr Bates’ Debate To Bed: “We Absolutely Would Have Commissioned It In The UK”
494
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

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 has been killing it and is now nearing Stranger Things in becoming Netflix’s second most watched English-language series of all time. Ironically, top execs at the BBC and Channel 4 have recently said they could not have afforded Adolescence, which was made via an expensive one-take style and starred Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty and Ashley Walters.

Since the BAFTA-winning Mr Bates aired to millions in early 2024, debate has raged over the death of truly local British programming. Earlier at the Deloitte Conf, ITV programs boss Kevin Lygo joked that the show has made “s***loads” of money via international sales. He has frequently said it made a loss even though the stars took paycuts.

While Tanz confirmed Netflix would have commissioned Mr Bates, Amazon’s ex-UK MD Chris Bird recently said the opposite, with Bird acknowledging that the ITV smash was “too British” to have been commissioned by an American streamer. Tanz clearly disagrees.

Tanz, who oversees thousands of hours of content across Netflix EMEA, was speaking at the Deloitte and Enders Media & Telecoms 2025 and Beyond Conference after BBC boss Tim Davie and alongside Sony international boss Wayne Garvie.

The post Netflix EMEA Chief Puts ‘Mr Bates’ Debate To Bed: “We Absolutely Would Have Commissioned It In The UK” appeared first on Deadline.

Tags: Deloitte ConferenceLarry TanzMr BatesMr Bates Vs The Post OfficeNetflix
Share198Tweet124Share
Trump-Musk political relationship: A summary and timeline
News

Trump-Musk political relationship: A summary and timeline

by NBC News
June 7, 2025

The escalating war of words this week between President Donald Trump and tech mogul Elon Musk marked the most contentious ...

Read more
News

Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms & Netflix Unveil Creative Partnership

June 7, 2025
News

Girl, 6, among group arrested for assassination of Myanmar general

June 7, 2025
News

Trump orders FAA to remove supersonic flight restrictions: ‘Bold new chapter in aerospace innovation’

June 7, 2025
News

How the Vatican manages money and where Pope Leo XIV might find more

June 7, 2025
Can an American pope apply US-style fundraising and standards to fix troubled Vatican finances?

Can an American pope apply US-style fundraising and standards to fix troubled Vatican finances?

June 7, 2025
State moves to suspend licenses of troubled L.A. nursing home companies

State moves to suspend licenses of troubled L.A. nursing home companies

June 7, 2025
Hoda Kotb responds to rumors about replacing Kelly Clarkson on daytime TV

Hoda Kotb responds to rumors about replacing Kelly Clarkson on daytime TV

June 7, 2025

Copyright © 2025.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Gaming
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Sports
    • Television
    • Theater
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel

Copyright © 2025.