The Decline of British TV Drama

Peter Jukes asks 'Why Britain Can't do The Wire', and suggests that it might be owing ot the concentration of power and funding in a very few people in the BBC's hierachy:

Any sector that has lost both market share and talent at such a rapid rate as British television drama should start examining its practices. Drama is about dialogue, opposing points of view, clashing perspectives. Any structure that diminishes this diversity undermines the basis of the form.