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Specialist Factual strands include: Natural World, The Money Programme, Timewatch and Horizon. If the idea fits the brief for one of the strands listed, send it to the respective strand editor.
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Natural World
Natural World broadcasts 17 films every year featuring new stories about wildlife and our changing relationship with nature. Our subjects are drawn from every part of the globe and from every environment, and each year we feature two or three British based films. Ground breaking photography has long been at the core of the strand.
Variety is central to Natural World both in subject matter and programme style - we set out to surprise viewers with new approaches to familiar animals as well as creatures that have rarely been filmed before. Films range from intimate animal dramas far removed from the modern world to films following people who work with animals to topical documentaries on important wildlife conservation and environmental issues. Most films have strong central characters, whether human or animal.
Films are commissioned from both UK and foreign Independent Film makers as well as from within the BBC Natural History Unit. BBC Worldwide sells Natural World right across the globe and many films are co-produced with leading US broadcasters including Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and WNET.
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The Money Programme
The Money Programme is BBC Television's flagship business affairs show. Now in its 41st year, The Money Programme is a 30-minute documentary series, broadcast in the UK on Friday evenings (7.00 GMT) on BBC TWO. It is a co-production with the Open University and is distributed worldwide by the OU.
We investigate the biggest stories in business, finance and the workplace from around the world. We will occasionally be in the market for independent proposals, particularly if they offer unique access to a firm or institution much in the news, or if they offer a powerful, significant story which has not made it into the news.
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Timewatch
Timewatch is BBC History's flagship, a world-renowned series dedicated to unlocking the power of the past. Each Timewatch is a 50 minute film telling a single story, drawn from any era in history, aimed at the widest possible audience.
Timewatch addresses familiar topics in a surprising way. Sometimes it will bring its loyal audience on a genuine voyage of discovery, offering not only a journalistic reveal, but also a sense of quest. It's always looking for big name recognition - but with an amazing new angle, or a forgotten story.
Timewatch can draw on a tradition of 25 years of excellence. It is recognised by viewers, critics and academics as a gatekeeper of quality and integrity.
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Horizon
Horizon is BBC TWO's flagship science documentary strand, which has been on air for 40 years. In each of its 50 minute films, it
tells a compelling story about science, aimed at a wide general audience. On air between autumn and spring, the series covers a broad
range of subjects, from pioneering medicine through the latest finds in archaeology to the limits of cosmology.
There are no boundaries - Anything about science is of interest to us. But the key element that we're looking for is: a single powerful
story, rather than a documentary that explores an interesting subject. Our hallmark is dramatic storytelling of a single strong narrative,
interwoven with genuinely insightful explanation of the science at the core, and each film must have a real current journalistic reason why
it matters.
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