The ±«Óãtv commissions world class content with a distinctly British perspective and we want to work with the best producers and creatives to tell stories which excite, educate and entertain. We are committed to supporting the UK creative sector - actively backing a broad range of producers, offering breaks for brilliant new talent, building partnerships, and baking diversity into everything we do.
New opportunities and commissioning briefs
Explore the site
Commissioning news
±«Óãtv Media Centre-
Outcome of the competitive tender to produce DIY SOS
The ±«Óãtv announced today that South Shore has won the competitive tender to produce DIY SOS, the ±«Óãtv’s hugely popular home renovation programme. The contract is for 6 x 60’episodes per series, for 2 years (12 episodes in total) commencing with delivery from late Spring 2025. -
Whisper North win the competitive tender to produce ±«Óãtv Sports Personality of the Year
The tender was launched in January and from the field of shortlisted tenderers, Whisper North’s bid scored highest against the published criteria. Whisper North will begin producing Sports Personality of the Year from 2024 and will work closely with ±«Óãtv Sport to ensure the effective and successful delivery of the programme. -
Comedy sitcom project: new development opportunity for UK producers
We’re funding six writers’ rooms led by experienced showrunners to originate the next big UK sitcom with mainstream appeal. Deadline for ideas: 30 September 2024 -
Refreshed comedy short film brief
Comedy shorts are designed to give writers, directors and producers a way to develop and showcase exciting new worlds and memorable comedy characters. -
Updated comedy commissioning brief
Find out what the ±«Óãtv Comedy commissioning team want to commission next, along with details about new commissioning opportunities and the key contacts to pitch your next big comedy idea to. -
±«Óãtv Comedy and Screen Scotland announce co-ventures to support the comedy sector in Scotland
±«Óãtv Comedy, ±«Óãtv Scotland and Screen Scotland have announced that they will co-fund a new narrative comedy pilot to be produced in Scotland and co-fund two new Scotland-based development producer placements with established comedy production companies. -
Bitesize commissioning opportunity
Bitesize are seeking eight short-form videos to support GCSE students aged 14–16 studying in England. Deadline for ideas: 10 June 2024 -
New access reporting and process
We have formalised our application process for additional ±«Óãtv 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. -
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
±«Óãtv 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 ±«Óãtv’s new pitching system PiCoS is now live and all proposals previously within ±«Óãtv Pitch have been migrated across. Users will need a ±«Óãtv 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 ±«Óãtv’s discretion to extend to 2026 and 2027. -
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 ±«Óãtv will retain all rights for the shows and they will continue to be shown on the ±«Óãtv, but the tendering process will decide which producer makes the programmes. -
±«Óãtv 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 ±«Óãtv comedy production, along with an allocated production mentor and a £5k development grant to put towards new material or further support. -
±«Óãtv 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. -
±«Óãtv 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 ±«Óãtv 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. -
±«Óãtv seeks ambitious new factual entertainment and history ideas from Scotland
±«Óãtv Content, ±«Óãtv 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
±«Óãtv 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 ±«Óãtv Arts
±«Óãtv 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 ±«Óãtv One daytime series Morning Live. Apply now -
±«Óãtv Film announces Associate Producer Programme
The Associate Producer Programme will see ±«Óãtv Film fund the placement of emerging producers on up to eight ±«Óãtv Film productions per year, with particular emphasis on supporting those from under-represented groups. -
±«Óãtv 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 -
±«Óãtv Commissioning Supply report demonstrates positive impact of ±«Óãtv 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 -
±«Óãtv 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 ±«Óãtv 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 ±«Óãtv’s TV programmes. -
Outcome of the competitive tender to produce ±«Óãtv Young Musician, ±«Óãtv Young Jazz Musician and Inside Classical
±«Óãtv Studios has won the competitive tender. As part of the terms of the tender all programmes will be produced out of Wales. -
±«Óãtv Daytime and ±«Óãtv 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. -
±«Óãtv 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, ±«Óãtv One’s flagship religious programme. The tender was launched in May 2022.
-
Commissioners and ideas
Genre briefs and contacts -
Working with producers
How we commission and support -
Skills and training
Industry training and skills development