British TV will be a victim of the US trade deal

For British production companies, there appears an ever-dwindling hope of postmaster-style victory.

Last week's limited US trade deal and President Trump ’s recent tariff threats on film and TV make the future appear bleaker than ever.

The crisis has been caused largely by streamers, who have flocked to Britain to make shows but are now increasingly refusing to work on co-productions with British companies.

Wolf Hall director Peter Kosminsky says his TV adaptation of Hilary Mantel's books would not happen now and were only completed because he, Mark Rylance and others took pay cuts.

Murdoch wants full control of his empire to go to his more conservatively minded eldest son, Lachlan .

He fears shared control with his more liberal offspring will spell the end for Fox News and the Sun .

Murdoch has found something he is compelled to control even more than politics and money.