Green Lit
Green Lit: New Northern Ireland Screen and BBC Northern Ireland Drama Initiative
Green Lit is a new collaboration between Northern Ireland Screen and BBC Northern Ireland to support emerging Northern Irish writing, production, directing and acting talent, via the production of three new standalone scripted drama or comedy-drama films, which will act as proof of concept for a bigger TV production. These films will be broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland in 2025 and carried on BBC iPlayer across the UK.
A variety of editorial proposals will be considered, including drama, comedy and comedy-drama. Proposals must be submitted by companies with a Northern Irish base, and we will be favouring projects where the writers and / or directors are resident in Northern Ireland.
BBC NI will host an online briefing session for producers, directors and writers at 1.30pm on Thursday 19th December 2024 to outline how this initiative will operate. If you are interested in attending this briefing, please contact Kerry Woods at [email protected] to register your place.
Following the briefing session this week, there will be a networking opportunity in January 2025. The deadline for submissions will be Friday 21 February with delivery of the final chosen films expected in September 2025.
Further information on the scheme is available here.
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The Green Lit scripted development scheme follows the successful Hot House collaboration between BBC Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen.
Hot House aims to support and develop the skills and profile of Northern Ireland independent production companies in unscripted genres. With a range of titles from the first Hot House round now coming to BBC Northern Ireland and BBC network in early 2025, the second round of the initiative opened has now opened, with a focus on Daytime and Early Peak, Documentaries and Factual Entertainment. For more information, visit the BBC NI Commissioning website.
