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‘C4’s dedication to providing content to minority audiences is critical to ensuring that UK broadcasting includes the widest range of voices’
Kate Little and Claire Poyser are co-managing directors of Lime Pictures, Lion TV and Wise Owl Films
Hollyoaks’ impact within the Liverpool region has been immense. Lime has a staff base of 400-plus permanent employees with an average length of service greater than 10 years. In terms of inward investment, 60% of permanent employees live within a 15-mile radius of the Childwall site, meaning that potentially more than half of the annual salary cost of £24m is spent locally.
The soap continues to be fundamental to the growth of Lime Pictures. A long-running, high-volume, continuing drama has provided the company with a foundation upon which we have been able to build one of the UK’s largest independent production companies.
It has provided...