The industry is broken: TV writer funds pilot after being told to cut female leads age by 20 years

When Katja Meier got on to a leading scheme for female writers over the age of 40, she could not have been more delighted. After finishing her script, production companies loved it – but had just one request: could she make the female protagonist 20 years younger? “You’re thinking, ‘Oh my God, the script came out of a programme for women over 40, and I’m sitting here being told the only way to get it made is to make my lead woman 35?’,” she says. “It was literally heartbreaking.” Despite being backed by the UK arms of the Writers Lab

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