Specialist Factual FAQs

11 February 2011

What are your commissioning priorities?

Nearly all our efforts go into bold new series or formats for 9pm.  We're curerntly very keen to develop new on-screen talent around which we can build our output. We're also interested in ideas with built-in interractivity and ideas which can return and grow into memorable brands.

What are you not interested in?

Small projects that don't have a 'must watch' quality.  

What are the tariff prices for programmes you currently commission?

Most of the department's commissions fall within our publisehd tariffs but in some cases we do coproductions which have a smaller investment, and in other cases we work above the tariffs if the ambition of an idea demands a higher budget.

What is the biggest creative challenge your team or genre faces?

Developing on screen talent.   

What advice would you give to new talent companies keen to connect with your team?

Don't just think 'what is the programme about?'. Ask yourselves, 'what happens in this programme?'. It's one of the key ways we analyse ideas.  We commission the ideas which promise something revealing, engaging and memorable.