Nesbitt: 'British TV in desperate state'

James Nesbitt has revealed that he is looking for work in the US because of the poor financial state of the British TV industry.

The Occupation actor told the Radio Times that he was given the chance to go to Hollywood in the past but passed up the opportunity.

Nesbitt said: "I could have gone there years ago, but the notion of waiting six months to play a baddie in a bad film just wasn't my idea of career utopia. I was challenged here, I enjoyed doing what I was doing.

"But the British TV industry is in a desperate state - not creatively, but financially. So I've gone with an American agent and well, we'll see what happens. There's so little work happening here, it's not a door that I'd slam shut."

Last year, Nesbitt criticised broadcasters for focusing on ratings rather than making quality TV.