Strategy for Commissioning Television Programmes 2020-2023

The Strategy – Commissioning 

The commissioning plan revolves around:

• an annual commissioning plan 
• continuing to work with key production companies
• renewing relationships with other production companies BSLBT has worked with
• recommissioning single programmes and series
• finding and building relationships with new production companies

This strategy also aims to deliver: 

• a minimum of three programmes across the three years from at least six different production companies
• at least two of these production companies will be Deaf led (33%)
• at least eight Deaf producers, directors or producer/directors to have worked on our commissions
• opportunities for developing relationships with programme-makers

How the strategy will work in practice

Our Commissioning Advisory Panel – click here for more information.

Annual Commissioning Plan 2021-2023
The annual plan consists of a range of commissioning activities – click here for more information.

Regular commissioning rounds

• One annual factual development/commissioning round – for directors and companies who have previously made programmes for BSLBT
• Up to two annual single factual development/commissioning rounds – including proposals from directors and companies who have not previously made programmes for BSLBT
• One annual drama script development round
• One annual drama commissioning round (as required)

Ad-hoc commissioning 
Programmes may also be commissioned in a more streamlined way. These include:

1. Re-commissions of single programmes and/or and series (A recommission is another/more programmes with the same name [and includes prequels/sequels])
2. Commissioning a series after the delivery of a single programme or pilot 
3. Commissioning the reversioning of existing BSLBT programme/s to make one or more new programmes, e.g.: The best of…
4. Acquiring licences for programmes from other companies

BSLBT reserves the right to update or amend this plan at any time.