Ralph continued in his long thread on social media: The TV industry is contracting.
Production across the board is way down.
BECTU recently surveyed its members and found 68% of them are currently out of work.

The BBC’s ‘Doctors’ will air its final episode in December.BBC
Doctorswas a much-needed finger in the dam of this terrible situation.
And now its gone with nothing to replace it.
The loss ofDoctorsis clearly disastrous for those who worked on the show.

It is obviously disastrous for the industry.
And, I would argue, it is also disastrous for the tone of public discourse.