EU prepares to cut amount of British TV and film shown post-Brexit

Exclusive: number of UK productions seen as disproportionate' and threat to Europe's cultural diversity

The EU is preparing to act against the disproportionate" amount of British television and film content shown in Europe in the wake of Brexit, in a blow to the UK entertainment industry and the country's soft power" abroad.

The UK is Europe's biggest producer of film and TV programming, buoyed up by 1.4bn from the sale of international rights, but its dominance has been described as a threat to Europe's cultural diversity" in an internal EU document seen by the Guardian.