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Class terror on the telly

category national | arts and media | news report author Tuesday August 01, 2006 22:29author by not a licence holder Report this post to the editors

RTE commisioning guidelines

The following is extracted from the new guidelines for independant producers seeking commisions from RTE, the state broadcaster.

Page 29

"RTE is looking for new post-watershed factual formats. We are looking for story driven series which need 40 minutes to an hour to play out and which merit the kind of time and attention the viewer can devote to them at 21:30 on Mondays.

These stories can be based on national pre-occupations like property, careers, money and business or middle-class anxieties about quality of life and job satisfaction..."

author by Badmanpublication date Wed Aug 02, 2006 00:25author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Middle class anxiety = prime market for advertisers

It's not just the middle class thing, the anxiety is also important. It allows advertisers to sell solutions.

author by Lara Hillpublication date Wed Aug 02, 2006 09:40author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I haven't had a t.v. for a while now and it's great. This type of article confirms to me that I've made a good decision. There are so many things I can do every evening instead of watching T.V.: water the vegetable plot, listen to music, sew buttons on my shirts, bake scones, walk with glass to the bottle banks, write postcards to my friends, clear out the clutter under my bed.... Besides avoiding programmes on property and the other topics mentioned in the article I also avoid all the ads. I would encourage anyone who is thinking about it to give away their T.V. or not buy one in the first place.

author by Shaypublication date Wed Aug 02, 2006 13:23author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Are these guidelines available online or elsewhere? I'll be teaching a course on television drama in the autumn and it would be great to cite this as proof of our national broadcaster's commitment to "cutting edge" drama.

author by anonpublication date Thu Aug 03, 2006 03:03author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Anyone catch The Rise and Fall of......Radical TV Drama
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programmes.shtml?d...53_40

Slightly sective quoting there, there are alot of crap programmes, some v.good ones, and then there are uncovered gaps...
http://www.rte.ie/commissioning/documents/2006%20Commis...d.doc

 
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