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Charlotte Moore

Charlotte Moore

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Chief Content Officer
The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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.
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  • Apply for two development producer opportunities at comedy indies Merman and The Comedy Unit

    ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Comedy are supporting 12-month placements for two Scotland-based development producers at established comedy production companies Merman and The Comedy Unit. The scheme is designed to support local talent and strengthen Scotland’s creative community. Deadline for applications: 8 November
  • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Studios retains the contract to produce Blue Peter

    Following a tender process ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Studios has retained the contract to produce Blue Peter. The tendering of returning series forms part of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s contestability requirements and our commitment to commission the best programmes for audiences, regardless of who makes them.
  • Audio Lab opportunity for production companies

    Applications open to host and support an up and coming podcaster or audio creative to produce and deliver a podcast series of between £25-30k. The deadline for applications is 21 October 2024.
  • Watch our latest Climate Creatives Conference

    Sessions from our latest event are available to watch online now giving you fresh ways into the topic and practical tips from industry leaders including Charlotte Moore along with commissioners from the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky and UKTV.
  • Apply for the Radio & Music Indie Development Fund

    The £250,000 Radio & Music Indie Development Fund is open for applications, with successful companies receiving between £10-25k of funding. Deadline: 21 October 2024.
  • We have published an opportunity for UK producers to pitch to produce two new series of the pre-school, live-action series Balamory. Originally produced between 2002 and 2005, the iconic series remains popular with families and children alike. We are looking for ideas that will engage the CBeebies pre-school audience on the CBeebies channel and on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer.
  • New creative diversity commitments announced

    Our new creative diversity commitments include raising representation targets for TV production teams across ethnicity, disability, and socio-economic diversity from 20% to 25% and investing a minimum of £80 per year in diverse content across television and radio. Crucially this investment will focus on aligning diverse portrayal, topics and storytelling on-screen with stronger representation within the company’s leadership and senior production roles to ensure our content is authentically reflecting audiences across the UK.
  • Signpost Entertainment wins the competitive tender to produce See Hear

    Following a competitive tender, Signpost Entertainment has won the contract to produce See Hear, the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s magazine programme aimed primarily at our deaf audience.
  • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Studios retains the contract to produce UK coverage of Eurovision until 2028

    Following a competitive tender process ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Studios has retained the contract to produce the Eurovision TV coverage for the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ.
  • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Cardiff Singer of the World And Llais Festival join forces for Gala concert in 2025

    The Gala concert promises to be a celebration of voice and opera featuring some of the biggest names in classical music.
  • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Annual Report: Delivering for audiences and transforming for the future

    The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s annual report shows a year of creative excellence and transformation against financial pressures and a challenging media market.
  • Outcome of the competitive tender to produce DIY SOS

    The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ announced today that South Shore has won the competitive tender to produce DIY SOS, the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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.
  • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Comedy and Screen Scotland announce co-ventures to support the comedy sector in Scotland

    ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Comedy, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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

    ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s new pitching system PiCoS is now live and all proposals previously within ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Pitch have been migrated across. Users will need a ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ will retain all rights for the shows and they will continue to be shown on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ, but the tendering process will decide which producer makes the programmes.
  • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ comedy production, along with an allocated production mentor and a £5k development grant to put towards new material or further support.
  • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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.
  • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Comedy’s engagement with organisations, groups and projects that support growth, connectivity and increase engagement in comedy. We have 10 grants available.
  • 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.
  • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ seeks ambitious new factual entertainment and history ideas from Scotland

    ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Content, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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

    ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Arts

    ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One daytime series Morning Live. Apply now
  • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Film announces Associate Producer Programme

    The Associate Producer Programme will see ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Film fund the placement of emerging producers on up to eight ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Film productions per year, with particular emphasis on supporting those from under-represented groups.
  • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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

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