BBC budgets £2.3m for One Show films
- Published: 12 February 2007 08:00
- Author: Susan Thompson
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- Last Updated: 12 February 2007 14:55
The BBC is to spend £2.3m commissioning short films for The One Showfrom regional independents.
The BBC is to spend £2.3m commissioning short films for T he One Showfrom regional independents.The live magazine series was piloted for four weeks last summer on BBC1 and has since been commissioned for a full 12-month run, with presenters Adrian Chiles and Nadia Sawalha.
The corporation is looking for 320 short films of between two and five minutes from and has asked for 'life-affirming' factual ideas within in five areas.
These are:
- Specialist Factual strands
- Factual Entertainment ideas
- Competitions
- Topical stories and consumer reports/investigations
- Campaigns
The BBC said it will appoint favoured suppliers from which it will order a large number of films. The deadline for submitting proposals is 2 March at 12 noon.
For more details go here.The One Showstarts this summer on BBC1 and will air five-nights-a-week in a 30-minute slot at 7pm.
