BBC Cancels RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Amid Budget Cuts
The BBC has canceled RuPaul’s Drag Race UK after eight series due to significant financial pressures and budget constraints. The decision ends the popular franchise's run on British television.
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Don’t sashay away! The BBC’s decision to cancel Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK is sickening in all the wrong ways
The hyper-flamboyant and hilariously filthy show is an inclusive, celebratory platform for queer culture. The broadcaster’s choice to nix it is giving stupidity The BBC is canning RuPaul’s Drag Race UK – a decision that, in my household, will bring the number of regularly watched programmes on the Beeb down from one to zero. It’s a decision that will no doubt please enemies of LGBTQ+ culture, but otherwise seems inexplicable. For a start, Drag Race UK regularly pulls in 1 million viewers a we...
By Alex Needham
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"We have had to make some very difficult choices," a BBC rep told THR, "none of which have been taken lightly."
By Lily Ford
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RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has reached the end of the runway on the BBC. The BBC has decided not to renew Drag Race UK beyond Season 8 this year, citing “financial pressures” as the UK broadcaster seeks savings of £500 million ($677 million). Producer World of Wonder plans to pivot the show, as well as […]
By Jake Kanter
Read full article →BBC axes RuPaul’s ‘Drag Race UK’ after eight series due to budget cuts
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