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Invitation to pitch Our Lives documentaries from suppliers based in the English regions
We'd like to commission three standalone 30-minute documentary singles from suppliers based in the English regions for BBC One’s Our Lives. Deadline for ideas: 14 November 2025 -
Invitation to tender: Rugby League's Challenge Cups and Super League 2026
We've published a tender for the contract to produce the BBC’s TV coverage of Rugby League’s Super League and Challenge Cup competitions in 2026. Deadline for ideas: 17 October 2025 -
BBC Studios retains Factual titles Fake or Fortune and This Farming Life
Following a competitive tender process BBC Studios has retained the contract to continue producing Fake or Fortune and This Farming Life. -
New opportunity: arts singles for In My Own Words series three
BBC Arts is looking for a new series of stand-alone 45-minute films for In My Own Words on BBC One. The strand features leading cultural figures looking back at their life and career with intimate, unmediated first-person interviews mixed with archive and actuality. Deadline for ideas: 23 October 2025 -
New opportunity: BBC Three current affairs singles for YouTube and iPlayer
BBC Three is offering at least five production companies the chance to make one 30-minute current affairs single each for viewing on YouTube and iPlayer. These should be provocative stories primarily set in the UK with original journalism at their heart that will be relevant to our 16-34 audience. Deadline for submissions: 6 October 2025 -
New opportunity: returnable artist-focused YouTube pilot formats for BBC Music
BBC Music are looking for three new entertainment-first format ideas that bring audiences close to their favourite artists across the pop sphere in a warm and engaging way. Ideas need to be bold and distinctive, that can make the most of the incredible, but often brief access we have to musical acts coming through BBC buildings. Deadline for initial submissions: 18 September 2025 -
BBC Studios retains the contract to produce Rip Off Britain
Following a competitive tender process, BBC Studios has retained the contract to continue producing Rip Off Britain, the popular BBC Daytime consumer show. The BBC Studios’ bid scored highest against the published criteria. -
Register to attend BBC Climate Creatives 2025 on 7 October
Join us live online for the BBC’s flagship engagement event for the creative industries to help inspire more and better climate storytelling. Register to attend now. -
New opportunity: unscripted format for BBC and NBCUniversal
BBC and NBCUniversal are once again joining forces and inviting UK production companies to create, develop and pitch bold, attention-grabbing formats designed to captivate audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. Deadline for initial submissions: 3 October 2025 -
BBC Studios retains the contract to produce CBeebies Specials
The tendering of returning series forms part of the BBC’s contestability requirements and commitment to commission the best programmes for audiences. -
BBC Commissioning report 2024/25 highlights a year of homegrown storytelling
The BBC invested £1.6 billion in original TV content, and commissioned over 500 production companies, significantly growing TV and Radio spend in the Nations and English regions -
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.
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