1. 11/09/2018
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2. TELEVISION COMMISSIONING
11/09/2018
BBC Northern Ireland
TELEVISION COMMISSIONING
SEPTEMBER 2017 UPDATE
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3. 56 6 12 12 Programmes in production Conditional commissions
11/09/2018 56 6 12 12
Programmes
in production
Conditional commissions
In Development
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4. What’s New? New! Multi-platform commissioning
11/09/2018
What’s New?
New! Multi-platform commissioning
New! Ob Docs that make us laugh
New! Ulster-Scots radio commissions
New! True North digital
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5. What’s New? New! Our Lives – recommissioned for BBC1 network
11/09/2018
What’s New?
New! Our Lives – recommissioned for BBC1 network
New! 4 x 30’ topical mid-week show
Plus: Landmark docs, Fact Ent series, True North,
Ulster-Scots, Irish Language and Events
For more details go to the BBC NI Commissioning website
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6. Commissioning Executive
11/09/2018
BBC Gaeilge Brief
Karen Kirby
BBC Gaeilge
Commissioning Executive
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7. NEW: Cumhacht an Cheoil, 3x30', DoubleBand Films
11/09/2018
NEW: Cumhacht an Cheoil, 3x30', DoubleBand Films
RETURNING: I Lár an Aonaigh, 6x30',
Below The Radar TV
DIGITAL: #FADUDA Phase 2,
Paper Owl Films
NEW: Luther: The Man Who Split the Gaelic World, 1x60', Waddell Media
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8. Gaelcholáiste Dhoire, 4 x 30', Ligid TV
11/09/2018
Gaelcholáiste Dhoire, 4 x 30', Ligid TV
Ar an Bhóthar, 2 x 30', Macha Media
Féile an 30, 1 x 60', Dearcán Media
Mná na nGlinntí, 1 x 60', Imagine Media
Uladh Faoi Thalamh, 3 x 30', DoubleBand Films
Uladh Faoi Thalamh
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9. New commissions, co-funded by ILBF, to be announced soon!
11/09/2018
New commissions, co-funded by ILBF, to be announced soon!
Next funding round - JANUARY 2018 to meet the ILBF deadline in MARCH 2018.
Commissioning Priority:
POPULAR FACTUAL FORMATS.
Múinteoirí
Tóchair an tSaoil
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10. BBC Commissioning Executive,
11/09/2018
Ulster-Scots
Fiona Keane
BBC Commissioning Executive,
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11. Ulster-Scots We want to:
11/09/2018
We want to:
Ulster-Scots
Reflect a diverse and contemporary Ulster-Scots story
Entertain and inform a core audience with programmes that also have wider appeal
Discover and develop new voices and creative talent
Find new ways for our Ulster-Scots portfolio to engage with younger viewers and contributors
Commission content that will maximise the potential offered by the BBC’s various platforms in creative and unexpected ways
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12. Multi-Platform Projects
11/09/2018
Multi-Platform Projects
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13. Multi-Platform We want to: Extend the reach of our favourite brands
11/09/2018
We want to:
Extend the reach of our favourite brands
Develop digital & audio ideas alongside key TV content
Develop and partner talent and companies who see digital potential
Reinvent our programmes for a new generation
For more details go to the BBC NI Commissioning website
Multi-Platform
The Blame Game
Bold, ambitious and
across platforms
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14. Multi-Platform on a Page
11/09/2018
Our two principles:
Ideas must extend the reach of popular content beyond the core audience. No niche or specialist.
Ideas must be for more than one platform.
Our four priorities:
1. The Comedy Portfolio
2. Our True North strand – available
3. Must-Do Events and Seasons - available
4. Specially commissioned one-offs that work across platforms - available
Multi-Platform
on a Page
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15. Commissioning Executive,
11/09/2018
True North
Justin Binding
Commissioning Executive,
BBC Northern Ireland
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16. 11/09/2018
Commission a variety of content outside the normal schedule
Short factual films that meet the True North brief
May be one-offs or a series depending on the platform
Length will also depend on the platform selected
Looking for access-led films in areas like health, family life and communities
Essentials include fresh approach, finding under-reported stories and communities who feel their story is not being told
True North
Digital
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17. True North TV Brief: 2 New Series
11/09/2018
True North TV Brief:
2 New Series
Seeking surprising, contemporary stories about NI that reflect life in an engaging and arresting way
Our home for NI’s most talented doc film-makers
For first-time directors who have a great idea
OR we will hook up great new directing talent with NI people who have a story to tell
We want to hear from parts of NI that feel ignored, or forgotten, or have something surprising to say
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18. Our Lives Suzi Perry’s Queens of the Road Big Love Supersize Cabbies
11/09/2018
Our Lives
BBC1 Network
& BBCNI seeking
3 single films from NI
Suzi Perry’s Queens of the Road
Big Love
Supersize Cabbies
Growing Up with Cancer
Bus Wars
Mini Monet Millionaire
World’s Oldest Family
Jodi’s Lovely Letters
Orkney: When the Boat Comes In
The Bug Grub Couple
Scotland’s Model Teenager
Land of the Giants
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19. Factual Entertainment Series
11/09/2018
Factual Entertainment Series
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21. 3 x 30 minute series for 7.30pm or 10.40pm
11/09/2018
Factual
Entertainment
Looking for returnable, warm, witty takes on NI today
What is the twist you can add to the traditional favourites: food, farming and homes?
What is the cheeky take on life and lifestyles?
What channel-defining talent do you think will encourage viewers to stay with us?
We are looking for good ideas for related content and clips that will catch the eye of digital consumers.
These assets can be as important and defining as the programmes themselves.
3 x 30 minute series for 7.30pm or 10.40pm
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22. Observational Documentary Series
11/09/2018
Observational Documentary Series
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23. Observational Documentary Series
11/09/2018
Observational
Documentary
Series
What we want to find:
a celebratory observational series
humour and warmth, in an unusual or unexpected setting
characters with great storylines and the Northern Irish at their best
can you do for Belfast/or outside Belfast what The Call Centre did for Swansea?
3 x 30 minute series at 10.40pm
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24. Landmark Documentaries for 9pm
11/09/2018
Landmark Documentaries for 9pm
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26. Recent Commissions Looking for Shergar (with BBC Two)
11/09/2018
Recent
Commissions
Looking for Shergar (with BBC Two)
Dan Cruickshank’s Monuments of Remembrance (with BBC Four)
The Stress of the Past
Kids on the Edge
Hear My Voice
Mountbatten (with BBC Two)
Lost Lives
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27. 11/09/2018
Mid-week Topical
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28. Mid-week Topical Pilot
11/09/2018
We are looking for:
For
4 x 30’ pilot series with broad audience appeal
Content which does not duplicate existing output
A range of talent ideas and new faces
A new take on the discussion format
Studio and non-studio based ideas
Above all: what gets us talking
Mid-week
Topical Pilot
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29. 11/09/2018
Local Drama
For
Update
75 submissions for the Local Drama: New Perspectives initiative
Selection team has met with the shortlisted writers
Next stage is to work with them to produce three stand alone one hour dramas
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30. Local Comedy Update: 4 projects in production: The Blame Game
11/09/2018
Local Comedy
Update: 4 projects in production:
The Blame Game
Soft Border Patrol
Give My Head Peace
Fright Shorts (Writer’s Room)
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31. 11/09/2018
On-Screen Talent
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33. Deadline for submissions is 5pm on November 2
11/09/2018
Deadline for submissions is 5pm on November 2
Pitches will be invited for November 27-29
Decisions to be announced in December
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