Changes to Knowledge Commissioning

Commissioning in the Knowledge genre has changed, and eight new commissioning editor roles have been created. The new roles have amended remits, and now commission from both independent and inhouse producers.

You can read more about the new structure here. We've provided answers to some questions and you can view an organogram.

The nine new positions are:

• an overall Head of Knowledge Commissioning. This post has been filled by Emma Swain.
• eight commissioning editors for:
  • Documentaries - Charlotte Moore
  • Features & Formats, BBC One and BBC Two - Jo Ball
  • Features, Formats and Specialist Factual on BBC Three - Harry Lansdown
  • Music and Events - Jan Younghusband *starts early September
  • History and Business - Martin Davidson
  • Science and Natural History - Kim Shillinglaw
  • Arts - Mark Bell
  • Religion (an integrated role based in Manchester) - Aaqil Ahmed *starts 6th July

The Genre teams commission all the programmes for the channels. The entire process - editorial, business, finance and delivery - is handled within the genre teams.

Our section on each genre tells you about their programme requirements.

You can pitch ideas all year round under our rolling commissioning system that offers a "one stop shop" for programme makers in each genre.

Our business section provides full information on working with us - including the Code of Practice for the BBC's Dealings with the Independent Sector, our Terms of Trade and our Complaints procedure about the commissioning process.

Our Questions section answers common questions on pitching ideas, programme-making and our quotas.

We've now included information on our interactive TV requirements together with some advice on thinking in an interactive environment and answering some of your questions.

We've expanded our site to include information on making programmes for us:

The Delivery section will tell you about everything (what, where, when) you need deliver to us both in terms of tapes and paperwork.

The Credit section explains the opening & end credit guidelines.

The Branding guidelines explain how to use the BBC logo, our copyright requirements and provide logos that you can download and use in your programme.