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New access reporting and process
We have formalised our application process for additional BBC access funding, and to help grow our understanding of access requirements we are now asking all our producers to provide more detail about their anticipated access costs at the point of commission and report on the final costs incurred at the end of production in our access reporting form. -
Updated commissioning briefs across our unscripted genres
Read the the latest editorial brief for documentaries, factual entertainment, entertainment, daytime, specialist factual, arts and classical music and current affairs. -
Apply for a 12-month development producer opportunity
As part of our regional partnership scheme we are supporting Wales-based indie Sixteen Media to house a part time development producer for up to 12 months. The ideal candidate will have previous experience of working in scripted TV and radio, a good knowledge of the comedy scene in Wales and a passion for championing and working with Welsh writing talent. This is a fantastic opportunity for mid-level comedy creatives to up-skill and develop their comedy expertise. Applications are open and full details are available on the Sixteen Media website. -
Ten Pieces commissioning opportunity
BBC Ten Pieces is launching a new list of music written exclusively by women composers and are seeking to commission five-minute films introducing each of the 10 pieces. The deadline for ideas is 3 April 2024. -
PiCoS pitching system launches
The BBC’s new pitching system PiCoS is now live and all proposals previously within BBC Pitch have been migrated across. Users will need a BBC Login account to sign into PiCoS. Find out more about the new system. -
Blue Peter invitation to tender published
Download the invitation to tender for the production of Blue Peter, which is being awarded as a two year contract with transmission from April 2025. -
Eurovision Song Contest invitation to tender published
Download the invitation to tender for the production of the Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals and grand final which is being awarded as a two year contract with transmission from May 2026. -
Sports Personality of the Year invitation to tender published
We've published the invitation to tender for the television production of Sports Personality of the Year for 2024 and 2025, with an option at the BBC’s discretion to extend to 2026 and 2027. -
Free climate essentials masterclass with albert
BAFTA albert and AimHi Earth are offering a free one hour training course on core climate concepts and how to drive change within the industry. Join them on 6 March. -
Write Across Birmingham and the Black Country scheme open for applications
Apply for the eight-week development programme designed to support emerging writers and creatives living full-time in Birmingham or the Black Country at the early stages of their writing careers. Deadline 5 March -
Blue Peter, Eurovision Song Contest, Sports Personality of the Year and Cardiff Singer of the World to be put out to competitive tender
Tenders for Blue Peter, Eurovision Song Contest and Sports Personality of the Year will be published next month, with the invitation to tender for Cardiff Singer of the World to follow later this year. The BBC will retain all rights for the shows and they will continue to be shown on the BBC, but the tendering process will decide which producer makes the programmes. -
BBC Comedy Collective Bursaries open for applications on 11 January
Our supercharged bursary scheme offering 10 places to up-and-coming comedy writers, producers, directors and editors who’d like to develop their careers in scripted comedy. The scheme is open to anyone who has had at least one previous credit in any genre across any platform, and each bursary winner will receive up to £10k worth of paid shadowing on a BBC comedy production, along with an allocated production mentor and a £5k development grant to put towards new material or further support. -
BBC announces recipients of Small Indie Fund 2024
The new cohort of 57 small companies includes 44 with at least two individuals from under-represented groups in leadership roles and 38 based outside of London. -
BBC Comedy Grants open for applications on 11 January
£5k grants for targeted comedy outreach and inclusion activity across the UK. Focussing on under-represented groups or those from across the UK, the grants aim to increase BBC Comedy’s engagement with organisations, groups and projects that support growth, connectivity and increase engagement in comedy. We have 10 grants available. -
Our Lives commissioning opportunity
Invitation to pitch for three stand-alone half hour documentaries reflecting contemporary life in England from producers based in England. Deadline for ideas: 20 December 2023 -
DIY SOS and See Hear invitations to tender published
We’ve published invitations to tender for the flagship home renovation programme DIY SOS and the monthly magazine programme aimed primarily at our deaf audience See Hear. Both opportunities are open to all producers who fulfil the specific eligibility criteria for each tender and are to produce and deliver the programmes on two-year contracts. -
BBC seeks ambitious new factual entertainment and history ideas from Scotland
BBC Content, BBC Scotland and Screen Scotland are seeking to co-fund the development of history and factual entertainment ideas from Scotland -
Ignite animation scheme open for submissions
BBC Children's are once again looking for fresh, bold and innovative TV series ideas for a fully funded development opportunity. Successful creators will receive funding to co-develop their idea into an industry standard proof of concept which we will then consider for a potential commission -
Updated commissioning briefs across factual
Updated commissioning briefs from factual commissioners across documentaries, factual entertainment, history, science, religion, natural history and arts -
In My Own Words: commissioning opportunity with BBC Arts
BBC Arts is looking to commission 6 x 45 minute single films for a new strand featuring leading British cultural figures looking back at their life and career -
Morning live VT inserts: new opportunity
A new targeted opportunity for West Midlands and North East-based companies to produce 12 seven minute VT inserts for the popular BBC One daytime series Morning Live. Apply now -
BBC Film announces Associate Producer Programme
The Associate Producer Programme will see BBC Film fund the placement of emerging producers on up to eight BBC Film productions per year, with particular emphasis on supporting those from under-represented groups. -
BBC and Channel 4 to launch freelancer support programme in partnership with the NFTS
The free programme will include masterclasses, workshops, training and wellbeing sessions for the UK’s scripted and unscripted freelance production community -
BBC Commissioning Supply report demonstrates positive impact of BBC in 2022/23
We've commissioned more original content in this year than the year before, and continued to drive our ambitions across the UK, significantly growing TV commissioning spend in the Nations and English regions -
BBC Scotland announces development funding for scripted to attract the next Guilt
£500k over two years to attract scripts of similar calibre in the returning series model in both the drama and comedy space. -
DIY SOS and See Hear to be put out to competitive tender
The BBC announced today that DIY SOS and See Hear are the next programmes to be put out to competitive tender. This forms part of our commitment to competition and requirement to contest more of the BBC’s TV programmes. -
Outcome of the competitive tender to produce BBC Young Musician, BBC Young Jazz Musician and Inside Classical
BBC Studios has won the competitive tender. As part of the terms of the tender all programmes will be produced out of Wales. -
BBC Daytime and BBC Entertainment commissioning are looking for a new quiz and gameshow to test the nation
The initial deadline for applications is 26 May. Read the full invitation to pitch now. -
BBC and NBCUniversal co-commission hit format Destination X
Co-commission of the hit adventure reality competition show Destination X follows the recent global phenomenon of The Traitors, another co-commission between the two broadcast giants. -
Outcome of the competitive tender to produce Songs of Praise announced
CTVC has won the competitive tender to produce Songs of Praise, BBC One’s flagship religious programme. The tender was launched in May 2022.
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