‘Are you kidding me?’: TV writer says she was asked to make female lead 20 years younger
Katja Meier says she was told women over 50 were not seen as a ‘valid audience’, so decided to make the pilot herself
When Katja Meier got on to a leading scheme for female writers over the age of 40, she could not have been more delighted.
After finishing her script, production companies loved it – but had just one request: could she make the female protagonist 20 years younger?
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