Netflix EMEA Chief Puts ‘Mr Bates’ Debate To Bed: “We Absolutely Would Have Commissioned It In The UK”

Netflix EMEA Chief Puts ‘Mr Bates’ Debate To Bed: “We Absolutely Would Have Commissioned It In The UK”

Netflix EMEA boss Larry Tanz has put the Mr Bates vs the Post Office debate to bed. That debate over whether a streamer would have commissioned a local show like the ITV breakout hit has been raging for the past 18 months and Tanz, whose team has recently had success with Adolescence, strove to kill it off at today’s Deloitte Conference in London. “Maybe this is finally my chance,” said Tanz. “[Netflix UK boss] Anne Mensah and her team in th…