Film and TV Briefing: Friday 10 October 2025
Welcome to this week’s round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past week.
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In the news
BAFTA honours Russell T Davies OBE with outstanding contribution to television (BAFTA)
UK to host three major Bollywood films from 2026 (Gov.UK)
CAA criticises OpenAI's Sora 2 video generation tool (Variety)
YouTube set to disrupt window strategies (Broadcast)
Zelda Williams expresses disgust over AI recreations of her late father Robin Williams (IndieWire)
2025 London Film Festival opens (Deadline)
Culture secretary considering a hybrid funding system for the BBC (Broadcast)
‘The Celebrity Traitors’ review is in (Guardian)
Pact has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with India (Pact)
George Miller welcomes AI’s disruption to the film industry (Deadline)
New studios to be built in Brooklyn, New York (Deadline)
Features and commentary
Why OpenAI's Sora 2 isn't interested in Hollywood (IndieWire)
King Charles hopes Amazon Prime nature documentary will inspire viewers (BBC)
Kevin Costner, how he lost Hollywood (Hollywood Reporter)
BFI London Film Festival head Kristy Matheson on this year’s line up (ScreenDaily)
The life of Dame Jilly Cooper (BBC)
Industry announcements
Bectu confirms a data breach (Bectu)
WFTV introduces Fearless Leadership Programme 2025 (WFTV)
RTS opens submissions for its 2026 Programme Awards (Royal Television Society)
Abi Morgan OBE, Ralph Ineson, and Johnnie Burn join the Film & TV Charity (Film and TV Charity)
Legal updates
Anthropic settlement website is now live, WGGB launches claims tool and guidance for writers (WGGB)
