This book considers British television from the point of view of executive producers: the people who employ the workforce and are in charge of making all television series. The focus of the book is twenty-one separate genres, at least seven of which are in significant decline namely current affairs, education, natural history, science, arts, children s and religion. Some other public service genres such as documentary, history and travel are in good health. The most commercially successful genres include formatted factual entertainment series, such as cooking, homes, quiz/game, reality and...