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Richard Osman mentioned on his podcast about the relationship between indies and Channel 4 have softened in recent times which wasn't surprising to hear given I've seen comments about it here and elsewhere.

I get the sense if Katz and/or Mahon were to leave Channel 4, the sentiment would be good riddance rather than goodbye.

That would be the reaction to any person currently in charge at a channel going. The animosity from production companies isn't exclusive to Channel 4. Those in the industry who have struggled for work in the last few years are blaming broadcasters at large, which is fair, but at some point people have to step back and ask if the content they were producing was good enough. Similarly, them not putting their foot down when glaring errors are made (e.g. the inability for anyone to make changes to bought-in formats, Wheel of Fortune etc) doesn't help their case.

It's ironic the crowing from both sides about The Traitors and Gladiators when neither of these are original works. Of course the money also isn't there to only make high-end entertainment shows (or maybe it would be if it was spent more wisely...) but that's what has to be done and everyone has to do better.