Northern Ireland indies selected for BBC Hot House scheme
Date Posted: March 20, 2025
First piloted in 2022, the Hot House co-commissioning scheme is a joint initiative between BBC Unscripted and BBC Northern Ireland with support from Northern Ireland Screen, aimed at growing network production capacity in the region. The initiative provides Northern Ireland indies with advice and support from the network and Northern Ireland commissioning teams, and slate development funding to help them compete for BBC network factual commissions and BBC NI/ BBC network co-commissions.
Eight Northern Irish independent companies have now been chosen to receive £25k from the BBC, with the opportunity to apply for match funding from Northern Ireland Screen. The companies will focus their development work in three discrete Network genres – Documentaries, Factual Entertainment and Daytime & Early Peak.
Companies selected for the Hot House unscripted co-commissioning scheme in Northern Ireland:
Daytime
- Alleycats TV
- Below the Radar
- Rare TV
Documentaries
- B&C Films
- Blair Black
- Walk on Air Films
Factual Entertainment
- Afro-Mic
- AlleycatsTV
- Stellify Media
