Given the viewing numbers that "Normal People" and "Conversations with Friends" got and get, this is a great way to use Brittish Public State Money to send a giant middle finger to the State.

Bravo.

I only presume that now adaptations of Sally Rooney novels are not going to be greenlit at the BBC anymore. And the existing shows are going to vanish from broadcast schedules and the BBC online platform. Right?

And I don't see MUBI picking it up given their strict ties to Israel.

So... yeah, shitty world we have.

But bravo to her nonetheless.