Making TV is all about creativity – plus someone who can organise the ideas and put the practicalities into place to get it to screen – not all creatives can do that. Those that struggle with the practical need to join forces with a business-minded friend/colleague. Anyway the marriage of creativity and business is a [...]
I get a lot of questions about how to pitch new television programme ideas so when Mark Marinaccio got in touch to ask if we’d like some information on pitching reality TV ideas, I grabbed the opportunity to pass on the benefit of his experience. Mark Marinaccio is an Executive Producer, Creator and Showrunner (American [...]
Some very important dates for your diary: Writers First off, the BBC Writers Room have opened a window of opportunity for anyone to submit unsolicited scripts. It’s called The Writers Room. They’ve changed from a rolling submissions system to one with specific windows when they will accept writers’ work so you need to get [...]
Are you a a television producer with a strong idea that just know would make a wonderful factual series with global appeal? Then this may be of interest to you – a chance to win £2500 towards developing and pitching it. There is only a week left until the deadline for your initial pitch document so you’d have to put your [...]
So – you’ve got a brilliant idea and you want to make sure no-one steals it off you. That’s the hard part. Now, first of all you need to understand that there is a chance that someone already has a similar idea in development. Anyone who has regularly pitched proposals for TV shows will have [...]
Do you have a great idea for a new TV programme? You are not alone. There are very many of us with brilliant ideas convinced they are destined to a great – and profitable – future. However getting your idea sold to a TV broadcaster is about as easy as getting a publisher to accept your first manuscript! In [...]
Phillip Schofield, David Cameron and THAT List
Otherwise entitled, The Production, The Presenter & The Press Part 2 (part one is here!). Was Phillip Schofield to blame for the way in which ITV’s This Morning programme handled the interview with Prime Minister David Cameron? I won’t rehash the details – they are available all over the Internet if you want to [...]