Class terror on the telly

national | arts and media | news report Tuesday August 01, 2006 22:29 by not a licence holder

RTE commisioning guidelines

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

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"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..."