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Commissioning decisions are made on a rolling basis and through specific tenders and invitations to pitch. 

All submissions should be sent to us via .

What we do

³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Cymru Wales commissioning team are at the forefront of the development and decision making process for drama, comedy and factual content on television and iPlayer. We commission the very best storytellers to do their very best work, portraying Wales as it is in all its forms with the intention of creating content to educate, inspire and entertain the whole of the UK. 

Current Opportunities

Nations Boxing Matches

Featuring a mix of Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh fighters at all three events - with belts on the line at every weight. Available live on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ TV (headline fights), ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ iPlayer and ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Sport product.

Our aim is to offer authentic and credible live championship boxing to audiences across the nations in a way that creates a sense of genuine competition, pride and excitement. Each nation will cover one event (of three) during the pilot series. Each fight night will be curated to allow all three nations to broadcast/stream all three events. With uniform branding, graphics, music and crossover in presentation teams the pilot will feel like a series of three rather than separate events.

³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Northen Ireland, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Scotland & ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Cymru Wales will each commission a production company to provide coverage of a live boxing event. To offer the required breadth of competition, live audience, and scale of event it is likely that production companies will have sought out and partnered with an appropriate promoter who can provide access to an event which offers a full bill of boxing built around one or two title fights. These titles would be for Celtic Belt (one stage above Welsh, Scottish and Irish championships but one below British title belts). The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳/Production Company will not be responsible for organising, funding, or staging each event, this will rest with the relevant promoter, with the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ providing live event coverage.

Each fight night would be a single commission from each nation but one which will be simulcast across Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales.

Who we are

Nick Andrews

Nick leads ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales commissioning across television, iPlayer and interactive platforms. He is part of the Commissioning Group which brings radio, television and online together for the first time to share cross-platform ideas and seek out bigger, bolder content.

His recent television commissions include hit crime dramas The Pact & Keeping Faith and factual series Wonders of the Celtic Deep. He has also been responsible for launching ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales comedy strategy green-lighting situational comedies The Tuckers and In My Skin.

Christina Macaulay

Christina has been a commissioning editor since 2012 working mainly on factual output. As well as working on ideas for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales, many series have been shown on network: ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳1 (Our Lives; The Crash Detectives); ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳2 (Iolo’s Brecon Beacons, Rhod Gilbert on Infertility; A Special School, Kate Humble: Off the Beaten Track); ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳3 (Young Welsh and…..) and ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳4 (The Story of Welsh Art).

Recent commissions include factual films around anniversaries (Britannia’s Burning; Foot and Mouth 20 years since the pandemic; and a film about Peter Moore – Wales most notorious serial killer). Others include true crime series Dark Land; Iolo’s Anglesey; Rookie Cops. Critical: Coronavirus in Intensive Care was one of the standout films from last year.

Christina is also a board member of Ffilm Cymru.

Julian Carey

Julian is a Commissioning Editor and responsible for a wide range of content including series like A Killing In Tiger Bay, Slammed, Wonders of the Celtic Deep, Valley Cops and Back In Time for The Factory as well as single documentaries like Gareth Thomas: HIV and Me, Heroes of Helmandand The Merthyr Mermaid.

He has a long career in production as an award winning radio and television producer. He returned to the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales in 2016 after working in development and production in the indie sector and making series for a number of broadcasters as well as the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳.

Sian Harris

Sian Harris biog - Sian oversees an array of factual series and singles for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One Wales and iPlayer and is co-execing several upcoming network co-commissions including ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Three/³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales series Hot Cakes. She’s always seeking the best, fresh new ideas with big audience appeal and covers content from documentaries to popular factual and fact ent. Recent commissions include the triple BAFTA Cymru nominated Black and Welsh, Lily: A Transgender Story and successful rig show The Wedding Dress Shop. She’s passionate about younger-skewing content as well as championing new talent and runs the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Cymru Wales New Documentary Directors’ Initiative. 

Paul Forde

Paul is responsible for the development and production of all comedy on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales. Throughout a long career in TV and radio he has been a vocal supporter and champion of Welsh comedy.

He was Commissioning Editor for returning brands The Tuckers on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One Wales and In My Skin on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳3. He recently oversaw the development of the new sketch format ‘Age of Outrage’ along with several other pilot projects.

Paul is happy to receive unsolicited scripts and pitches and is particularly interested in working with Welsh Indies who would like to specialise in comedy.

Sorelle Neil

Sorelle joins the commissioning team after twenty years working on a wide variety of shows- her latest credit was producing ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales’s landmark documentary A Killing in Tiger Bay for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales & ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳2.

A qualified journalist, she began her career in television news before moving onto the One Show and currently oversees a wide variety of ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales’ key returning strands including Weatherman Walking & X-Ray.

Karen Lyons

Karen leads talent development for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales across all our television, audio and social platforms. She is passionate about finding the next generation of onscreen faces and continuing to develop our existing talent so they can flourish.

She is a qualified journalist and joins the commissioning team after more than 10 years working in production and development on a wide variety of programmes including the One Show, Crimewatch Roadshow and Amy Dowden: Body Shaming & Me.

Denise Mather

Denise has been in the industry for over 20 years and has a passion for making great content and getting the best out of talent and teams. She has worked on a range of high profile network programming across numerous genres including live and events, factual entertainment, competition formats, consumer, crime, documentary, travel and fixed rig series. She now works with the commissioning team in Wales across all factual content and with Jack Bootle’s Specialist Factual Team for network across History, Science, Religion & Ethics and Natural History. 

Nicola Cook

Nicola manages our Commissioning slate, and works closely with Nick and the team on areas such as commissioning process, annual spend and programme budgeting, sustainability and diversity. She also works closely with independent companies and their ideas submissions.

Amy Behan

Amy has joined the commissioning team as a Personal Assistant. She has had a passion for television and radio since her career at Warwick University studying English Literature and Theatre, and is excited to be a part of Commissioning at ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Cymru Wales.

How to get in touch

For general queries contact commissioningwales@bbc.co.uk

or write to us at The Commissioning Team, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Cymru Wales, 3 Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1FS

Submissions

All submissions should be sent to us via .

For independent producers without a PiCoS account please contact a Commissioning Editor first to discuss your idea.

Please note -  Individuals and members of the public cannot use PiCoS. Please visit the skills and training area to find out how you can work with us and grow your career in television.

Drama
Please note that we are unable to accept unsolicited drama scripts/book submissions unless they come from represented writers (via an agent) or from independent production companies. If you are an unrepresented writer submit via the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳’s Writersroom or make contact with an independent production company.Many of these independent companies are members of PACT or TAC - industry bodies representing the independent sector. They will be able to provide contact information for your chosen companies if necessary.

Comedy
We are primarily looking for scripted comedies from Welsh writers that tell a Welsh story and are rooted in Wales with wide appeal to a UK audience both in and outside Wales. We DO accept unsolicited scripts from individual writers, agents or production companies. At the moment we are not looking for sketch or panel show formats.