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Production Company:Working title of Programme(s):Name of BBC Editorial Representative:Name of BBC Business Affairs Manager:Report Stage: GENERAL UPDATEPlease provide detailed note of the current status of your production, describing:details of activity undertaken (eg interviews, what’s been filmed, guests, cast, subject matter)progress against your production schedule including reasons behind any changes to scheduleany anticipated risks to delivery and what steps you are taking to mitigate against itdetails of any significant financial, production or other problems encountered to date or foreseen that may materially affect:the Commissioning Specification;your production budget;delivery by the Delivery Date (or at all).DIVERSITY & INCLUSION UPDATEDiverse representation on and off screen is extremely important to the BBC. ONSCREEN TALENT (INC CONTRIBUTORS): We expect all our programmes to accurately and authentically represent and portray race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, geographical location, social class, religion, religious beliefs and disabilityOFFSCREEN: We expect all our suppliers to reflect the make-up of our audiences in their production teams. So we ask all productions to commit to at least 20% of their workforce to be diverse across the following under-represented groups:Black, Asian and minority ethnicDisabilitySocio-Economic DiversityProductions can flex how the overall OFFSCREEN percentage is achieved across the categories depending on the subject matter, location and talent requirements of the programme. Off-Screen: Companies are expected to have representation in a minimum of 2 of the three categories.Conversations shall continue throughout the production process to allow for any unforeseen barriers and/or issues to be discussed and for measures to be amended accordingly. Specific measures should be agreed and reported in progress reports.WE ENCOURAGE PRODUCERS TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS THE 20% COMMITMENT AHEAD OF THE MANDATORY REQURIEMENT IN APRIL 2021.THE MEETING WITH THE COMMISSIONING EDITOR TOOK PLACE AND WAS RECORDED IN THE COMMISSIOING SPECIFICATION? YES/NOIF NO, PLEASE CONFIRM WHY AND PLEASE INCLUDE FULL COMPLETED DETAILS OF QUESTIONS A-F FROM THE COMMISSIONING SPECIFICATION BELOW.[CUT & PASTE A-F FROM ED SPEC HERE]IF YES, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO ALERT US TO:ON-SCREEN OFF-SCREEN 20% TARGETAre you still on course to deliver 20%? Are there any other changes you need to alert us to including if representation is not across 2 of the 3 categories?Diamond reportingPlease confirm that email addresses for all contributors employed on the production to date have been inputted into Silvermouse.Off screen: YES/NOOn-screen: YES/NOSUSTAINABILITY UPDATESustainabilityConsidering our environmental impact and transitioning to sustainable ways of working is very important to the BBC. From January 2022 all commissions and recommissions (with limited exemptions) are required to complete albert Certification. Completing an albert Carbon Footprint and delivering a Carbon Action Plan are both essential parts of albert Certification.Producers must begin their albert Carbon Action Plan in pre-production or they are unlikely to be able to attain certification, resulting in a failure to comply with mandatory certification. If you have not started your Carbon Action Plan please contact albert as soon as possible to see if there is still time to implement the requisite measures and alert your Commissioner. If you have not completed albert Certification before and/or need assistance, please check or for step-by-step guides or join a live walk-through session here: details of limited exemptions please see the BBC’s Net Zero plan here our overall commitment to sustainability here Certification ? Noted as exempt from certification and foot printing in Commissioning Specification???????????????????????????????????? ? Draft Carbon Footprint completed (optional but strongly recommended)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Carbon Action Plan submitted to albert ? Carbon Action Plan evidence submitted to albert If the Carbon Action Plan has not been submitted to albert by the start of production, or there are any other known risks that the production could fail to achieve albert certification, please outline below why and what mitigating actions are being taken. NB Carbon Action Plan evidence must be submitted a minimum of 10 working days in advance of certification being required, except in pre-agreed circumstances with particularly fast-turnaround programmes. Sustainability BriefThe BBC is committed to informing and inspiring audiences about what is needed to transition to a more sustainable world and how they can play a part.For inspiration across all genres, speak to your Commissioning Editor, explore the sustainability section of the BBC’s commissioning site or check the BAFTA albert resource – Agreed actions should be subject to progress reports.Please update on the status of agreed actions for how sustainability/the environment is to be considered or reflected in the editorial: OFCOM QUALIFCATION STATUS UPDATEFor productions with a contractual requirement to qualify Outside of London, please provide details of any changes to how the criteria will be met, including roles and usual place of employment of relevant personnel and, where known, anticipated key cost drivers and spend under B and/or C. The Joint Broadcaster Guidance For Application of Regional Production Definitions is available here Out of London Production CriteriaOfcom Macro Region A. Substantive business and production base.The production company must have a substantive business and production base in the UK outside the M25. The production in question must be managed from that substantive base. The base will be taken to be substantive if it is the usual place of employment of:i) executives managing the regional business; andii) senior personnel involved in the production in question; andiii) senior personnel involved in seeking programme commissions[Within M25/South of England/Midlands and East Anglia/North of England/Northern Ireland/Wales/Scotland]ANY CHANGES to how the criteria for (A) above will be met (if applicable) [Detail] B. Location of production budget spendAt least 70% of the production spend must be spent in the UK outside the M25. For the purposes of this calculation, production spend should be based on the entire production expenditure, including any funding from third parties and spend outside the UK, but should exclude the cost of on-screen talent, archive material, sports rights, competition prize-money, copyright costs and any production fee.[Within M25/South of England/Midlands and East Anglia/North of England/Northern Ireland/Wales/Scotland, Multi-English region, Multi-Nation, Multi-Nation/English region]ANY CHANGES to how the criteria for (B) above will be met (if applicable) & forecasted % of production spend[Detail]C. Location of production talent spendAt least 50% of the production talent (i.e. not on-screen talent) by cost must have their usual place of employment in the UK outside the M25. [Within M25/South of England/Midlands and East Anglia/North of England/Northern Ireland/Wales/Scotland, Multi-English region, Multi-Nation, Multi-Nation/English region]ANY CHANGES to how the criteria for (C) above will be met (if applicable) & forecasted % of talent spend[Detail]The BBC has specific quotas we are obliged to meet by individual Nation and English Regions as well as an overall out of London quota. It is therefore important for us to know which specific quota your production is aiming to meet, and to be updated if that changes, as soon as possible during production.You can determine which location you will qualify in by putting your forecast production information into the regional production delivery Ofcom I&RP compliance form on our website ??Which overall location target will your production qualify towards?? Scotland? Wales? Northern Ireland? English Regions [this can apply to both single or multi- region spend within England outside the M25]? South of England ? Midlands and East Anglia ? North of England? Multi-English Region [2 or more of the above – please specify]? Multi-Nation* [ e.g. NI/Scotland]? Multi Nation/English Region* [e.g. Wales/Bristol]*These can only contribute to overall OOL target – not specific Nation or region. ? Please indicate here if this represents a change from the forecast in your commissioning spec or a change on the last progress reportHEALTH & SAFETY UPDATEPlease indicate if there have been any significant accidents or incidents (for example those defined by RIDDOR or similar serious injury or any injury to on-screen talent or contributors) arising during the course of production since the last Production Report:Where an incident has occurred has an investigation been completed and actions to prevent reoccurrence been identified and implemented?? Please give details. *Please remember that RIDDOR and serious incidents should be reported to your BAM as soon as they have occurredPlease indicate if there have been any Covid-19 related incidents on the productionNothing in this Production Report or its delivery to the BBC shall constitute a waiver of the BBC’s rights or your obligation to produce and deliver the Programme(s) in accordance with the contracted Commissioning Specification relating to the production of the Programme(s) or constitute agreement by the BBC of any change to the Programme Production Agreement, the BBC’s General Terms for the Production of Television Programmes by Independent Producers and/or the contracted Commissioning Specification. Please send or email the completed Production Report to the BBC Editorial Representative and the BBC Business Affairs Manager. Signed:……………………………………………………Name:……………………………………………………..Position: [line producer/head of production].Date:………………………………………………………Last updated April 2023 ................
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