What are your commissioning priorities?

New talent, new areas and something fresh and different to liven up the 8pm schedule.

What are you not interested in?

Not interested in new property shows, food is well covered at the moment and we are not really looking for any escapist programmes.

What are the tariff prices for programmes you currently commission?

Broadly speaking our tariff is £75,000 per half hour or £150,000 per hour

What is the biggest creative challenge your team or genre faces?

We need to combat the soaps on a Thursday, we need to reinvent the makeover and we need to make sure the features output finds brand new channel defining talent.

What advice would you give to new talent companies keen to connect with your team?

Email simple thoughts or headlines to editors, send in DVDs of talent that you are passionate about, and don't give up. We spend most of our time saying no to ideas, but keep knocking on the door and that one time we say yes could be life changing for everyone.