BBC Scotland 'will lose talent to London due to cuts', soap star warns

BBC Scotland 'will lose talent to London due to cuts', soap star warns

BBC Scotland will lose talent to London due to cuts to River City, a former Coronation Street star has warned ...

BBC bosses accused of ‘throwing people out to the wolves’ by axing River City

Equity president and actress Lynda Rooke addressed MSPs alongside one of the soap’s stars on Thursday. A former Coronation Street actress has accused BBC Scotland bosses of “throwing people out to the wolves” with plans to axe River City. Lynda Rooke, who also starred in dramas Casualty and The Bill, told MSPs that shutting down the BBC soap could result in Scotland losing talent from the sector. Rooke, who is the president of actors’ union Equi…