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This section provides information about the commissioning process for BBC English Regions
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Regional broadcasting in England is divided into twelve distinct areas, which are largely dictated by analogue transmitter boundaries.
The core of the broadcast offering in television produced by these BBC English Regions is in the area of news, politics and current affairs. Much investment has gone into the look and newsgathering firepower of our regional news programmes at 1830 on BBC ONE, and they're now the most watched news strand on the BBC - recently ahead of ITV regional news programmes in every region.
Our politics and current affairs output has also undergone a major revamp. Both strands have moved from BBC TWO to BBC ONE, with audiences to our Politics Show opt outs trebling in the move, and audiences to our current affairs doubling under its new format called Inside Out.
In the last few years our relationship with the independent sector has grown significantly. An independent production company now produces our flagship Politics Show for London, and we plan to commission independents to produce two new Politics Shows for the East Midlands and South East.
Beyond this we also commission occasional landmark programmes across the country. These reflect significant events in the life of the region and are prioritised by the weekly programmes editor in conjunction with the Head of Local and Regional Programmes for that region.
This year we have also commissioned independents to produce local output to coincide with network programmes, in order to increase the impact of these programmes in the schedule. Examples of this are Picture of Britain for the summer of 2005, and VE Day in May 2005.
Page Last Updated 27 April 2005
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