Audiences turned to the BBC this year when compared to all other broadcasters and SVODs. The series is executive produced by Tommy Bulfin for the BBC, Stephen Wright for Two Cities Television and Louise Gallagher for Gallagher Films, and by Lawn and Patterson. The team of Interceptors will monitor industrial-scale scammers in real-time in an effort to prevent innocent victims falling foul to fraud and in a clever twist, the new series will not only stop victims handing over their cash, but also track down and expose the anonymous criminals behind the call centres. [1] The 54-minute programme saw Diana, Princess of Wales, interviewed by journalist Martin Bashir about . Ziyaad Desais Bad Influencer: The Great Insta Con tells the stranger than fiction story of one of social medias first super influencers and the followers she duped. The series was commissioned by Louise Thornton, head of commissioning at BBC Scotland and Catherine Catton, head of commissioning, factual entertainment and popular factual. 20 November 1995. Ex-BBC journalist questioned over reparations for ancestor's role in Irish famine Laura Trevelyan says she would consider compensation if the Irish government found her family liable for disaster . The films will be shown in the Spring on BBC Two, BBC Four and BBC iPlayer. Unique and unseen moments with contemporary archive sources and the spoken words of His Majesty, Charles R: The Making of a Monarch tells the story of how a Prince became a King.. Picture Slam (8x45) is made by Triple Brew Media, part of All3Medias Objective Media Group and was commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC. Please note Lucy does not commission content and cannot discuss content ideas with producers. New nine-month traineeship will include industry training, expert mentoring and a fully paid production placement. Neil McCallum, Commissioning Editor, BBC Daytime & Entertainment Responsible for: Network Daytime/Early Peak, plus Network Entertainment, based in Glasgow Neil.McCallum@bbc.co.uk All. Directed by Stanley Nelson and Traci Curry. -ENDS- About BBC Studios. Available for years. Scam Interceptors will air weekdays at 10:00am on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from Monday 1 May. Four-part BBC One series Rules of the Game stars Maxine Peake as Sam, a hard-headed manager at a family run business in the North West who finds a body in the office reception one day. Commissioning Editor Channel 4 Mar 2021 - Present2 years 3 months Network executive commissioning new comedy and entertainment shows and overseeing returning programmes. Chang, whose role was. The new series will not only stop victims handing over their cash, but also track down and expose the anonymous criminals behind the call centres. Each director on the scheme is housed in a production company who will support them to make their film and are partnered with an executive producer who will act as a mentor throughout the process. Current examples include Parole, Ambulance, Forensics: The Real CSI and Murder 24/7. Other intimate family moments that have never been seen before include Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and other members of the Royal Family taking a trip by hovercraft, and members of the Royal Family sitting down to dinner onboard The Royal Yacht Britannia. Jonathan Wall Controller, BBC Sounds Joanne Wallace Senior Commissioning Editor Sarah Ward-Lilley Managing Editor Alice Webb Director, BBC Children's Piers Wenger Director of Drama. The producer is Eric Coulter and director is Amy Neil. What is surprising and bold and unpredictable about the concepts, the characters or the way the story is told? Read about our approach to external linking. This will involve collaboration with the genre directors to commission programming while supporting the channel schedules. Excitingly the film was directed by Niamh Kennedy who made her first single film in 2019 as part of the BBC New Directors Initiative. Pinki Chambers, the BBC's commissioning editor for entertainment and comedy, said: 'The competition is fierce, the questions are harder and Amol has taken to the programme in an instant. Mumbai: City of Dreams (w/t) is a Forest production for BBC Two and iPlayer and was commissioned by Clare Sillery, Head of Commissioning, Documentaries. From BBC Studios, the producers behind 2022s hugely popular Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen, the film will debut on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Sunday 30th April. The cost-of-living crisis isnt the only thing putting pressure on peoples finances. For example, House of Maxwell was an interesting new mix of original journalism, high-end visualisations and a timeline that interwove the present-tense international story of Ghislaine Maxwells trial with a past-tense, British family saga offering an origin story for events that were gripping the world. BBC One, BBC Wales and iPlayer announce bold new drama written by James Graham (Sherwood, Quiz), directed by Michael Sheen (Good Omens, Staged), and co-created by Sheen, Graham and Adam Curtis. One of Nellys granddaughters opens up the family archive and discovers the true nature of her grandmothers sexuality, what happened to Nelly and Nadine and why their love story was hidden by the family. Emma is a highly passionate regional development and working-class inclusion advocate - she founded the North East Comedy Hot House as a way to cultivate, develop and connect regional comedy talent with broadcast opportunities. Set in Leeds in Northern England, the series follows a corrupt police detective who undergoes a painful moral awakening and decides to put right 20 years of wrongdoing, but satisfying her newfound conscience wont be straightforward. We are looking for the next generation of high impact series and singles that combine popularity with purpose, bringing broad British audiences to important, timely subjects. The opportunity is open to all producers who fulfil the eligibility criteria and the production must qualify as Wales under the Ofcom criteria. Spanning seven decades, the BBC Studios-produced film offers a rare behind the scenes glimpse of His Majestys life. Were excited to be involved in more co-productions with other broadcasters or streamers including Red Bull Studios, Apple and PBS, along with BBC commissioning teams in the Nations. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Simon Young. Inspired by DJ Targets book, six-part BBC Three series Grime Kids explores the emergence of grime music from subculture to international phenomenon, written by BAFTA nominated and BIFA winning writer Theresa Ikoko (Rocks). Shortlisted writers are offered opportunities across different Writersroom groups including the Drama Room and Voices development groups. Petrie has curated a diverse team of experts to help shape the future of comedy commissioning in the UK - Emma Lawson (Cuckoo, Trying) and Ben Caudell (Famalam, Mandy) join as Commissioning Editors, alongside Seb Barwell (Stath Lets Flats, Bloods) who joins temporarily. We cover a range of constructed documentary series at the popular end of our slate and are interested in both broad, mainstream constructed shows for iPlayer that play on BBC One and BBC Two, like Freddie Flintoffs Field of Dreams and Sort Your Life Out, and young-targeted constructed series for BBC Three and iPlayer like Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star. Here We Go is produced by BBC Studios Comedy Productions for BBC One and BBC iPlayer and is distributed internationally by BBC Studios. 898 likes, 48 comments - tobi kyeremateng (@tobikyere) on Instagram: "Sharing some beautiful stills and BTS from a short film I co-produced at the end of last year . It was commissioned by Kate Morton, Head of Commissioning and Acquisitions 0-6 and is Exec Produced by Vanessa Amberleigh. Commissioning Editor, Television | Jobs and careers with BBC Careers Vacancies Commissioning Editor, Television Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed. Irtizaali will take on BBC One, while Smith will manage BBC Two and Four. The drama has been commissioned by Helen Munson, Commissioning Editor for BBC Daytime and Early Peak, and Eddie Doyle, Head of Content Commissioning for BBC Northern Ireland and Executive . Alumni from the initiative have moved on to direct on flagship BBC documentary series such Ambulance and Hospital or on powerful one-off films like The Case of Sally Challen, Hunting the Essex Lorry Killers and premium boxsets like House of Maxwell and The Elon Musk Show. The new appointments, alongside Commissioning Editor Gregor Sharp (Starstruck, Ghosts), Head of Comedy Tanya Qureshi (I May Destroy You, Dead Pixels) and Assistant Commissioner in the North, Hannah Rose, make up the core members of the Comedy commissioning team. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. It is executive produced by Ben Irving for the BBC, Theresa Ikoko and DJ Target and Tom Leggett, Preethi Mavahalli and Damien Timmer for Mammoth Screen. Sun 7 th May 2023, 18:00 on BBC Two HD. The BBC Writersroom annual Open Call script submission window is now open for drama and comedy drama scripts from members of the public. She acted as executive producer on sitcoms Undercover, The Rebel, Henry IX and all series of the critically acclaimed Crackanory. Led by the Head of Commissioning and working alongside a team of Commissioning Editors, you'll be responsible for generating and developing creative ideas, working closely with the Heads of Commissioning, ensuring that your priorities and editorial strategy are aligned. You'll also inspire and engage BBC Studios and independent producers by . The purpose-built scam hub based in Glasgows Pacific Quay, has been set up to catch the scammers in the act, and this time they have even fewer places to hide. Commissioning Editor, BBC Nash: "The first draft is usually the hard part. We have had real success through our new directors initiative which nurtures and champions talent to make their first film. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Gregor Sharp. We are really interested in new bold approaches to storytelling. VTs were produced by independent production companies from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. In the summer of 1971, tension over the brutal conditions at Attica prison in upstate New York were at an all-time high. Not only is the team able to hear what the scammers are up to, access to their webcams and CCTV, means they can also see them and how they operate. Steve Hewlett. How we commission and support the sector. Mandy Chang, the head of BBC documentary strand Storyville, is stepping down after four years in the role to join super-indie Fremantle as global head of factual. BBC Brit is an entertainment subscription television channel featuring factual entertainment programming. A Change.org petition calling for . There are also unseen clips of The Princes many royal engagements, including a trip to the Royal Mint with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, and a visit to a North Sea oil platform. Scams currently account for around 40% of all crime and two in three of us will have been targeted since the start of 2023 alone. The film recounts in vivid detail, with a huge range of archive, the five-day violent standoff between mostly Black and Latino inmates and law enforcement. Read about our approach to external linking. It brought new audiences to iPlayer and won a breakthrough Bafta for Marian. Following his appointment as Director of BBC Comedy, Jon Petrie today announces his new commissioning team which will be in place by the end of January 2022. There were many ways we could have told Hunting the Essex Lorry Killers, but to bring this incredibly important and complex story to a whole new audience it was framed through the police procedural, so it felt more in line with the storytelling in one of our high-octane police brands. BBC. Commissioner Also known as: Commissioning editor What does a commissioner do? BBC Comedy commissions comedy across more platforms than anyone else in the UK, nurturing and developing brand new comedy voices through to collaborating with the most established household names. Raha chose to stay in Kabul where she is confronted with the violence of the regime, the sudden change in what ordinary people and especially women are allowed to do as well as the crisis into which the country gradually sinks. Every 18 months, applications open and the documentary commissioning team selects a new cohort of directing talent looking to make their first film for television. Im really excited for the future as we bring together the channels and iPlayer as one team to serve the audience across broadcast platforms and the internet. Rav Wilding and reporter Nick Stapleton will be based at the Scam Interceptors HQ, working alongside ethical hacker and YouTube sensation Jim Browning. Its also worth remembering that boxsets dont always have to be dark - stories and styles that offer a lighter tone can be just as big a draw for audiences. Read our briefs below to find out what we want to commission and who to contact, Head of Commissioning, Arts and Classical Music, Commissioning Editor (current affairs TV), Head of Commissioning, Specialist Factual, Factual entertainment and events commissioners, Head of Commissioning, Factual Entertainment and Events, Contacts and support packages to help your company, Business advice per genre for companies with ideas in play, Advice and commissioning leads for each Nation and region, BBC Three Pitch at the Sheffield Doc/Fest. C harlotte Moore, the BBC commissioning editor for documentaries, is fresh from a hat trick of wins at last month's Bafta TV awards. For example High used a bright, irreverent tone and cut its story beats over grippy half hours. BBC Daytimes investigative crime series Scam Interceptors returns to BBC One on Monday 1 May. Marian Mohameds Defending Digga D is a present tense film following the rapper at a pivotal point in his career as he was released from prison and set to return to the music industry, but with a Criminal Behaviour Order that controlled his creative output.