Ideas
A good idea can come to anyone, at any time. We're always on the lookout for fresh ones - and if you think you're on to a winner, we'd like to hear about it.
We're known around the world for making quality television and we like to do things better than the rest, but with a unique twist. If you've got something bubbling in your brain that fits all those criteria, take a deep breath, hope for the best, and see if you can get it developed! But remember - you may think it's original, but it may well have been elsewhere. If it has, we will probably know about it. In the meantime, here's what you should do.
1. Exactly what we need You should fill out the online form (follow the link shown below) to tell us:
- Who you are
- What TV experience you have, if any
- What your program idea is
- What stage of development your project has reached
- What your involvement is, and what role you would like to maintain in the project, if any
- Why you are approaching Touchdown and how you see Touchdown becoming involved
- What potential you see for the project
- Who else you have approached with the idea, and when
- Who has rejected it?
- Who else is working on the idea with you
- Any commercial or contractual pitches you have made
- Any commercial or contractual commitments
As you can imagine, we receive lots of proposals every day, but there's only a few we can take forward, and we can only accept written ideas.
2. Respecting your rights
Whenever we look at a new programme proposal, we automatically respect your intellectual property rights. However, our policy is not to sign Non-Disclosure or Confidentiality Agreements. It's because we receive hundreds of proposals and some may be similar to yours or to other ideas that we're already developing. We'll always have respect for you and your idea. Our whole industry runs on good ideas; we won't be unfair to those of you who are good at coming up with them!
All we really need now is for you to complete the form below and give us the basic outline of your idea so we can decide whether it's one we can all run with. If we think you could be onto something big we'll get in touch with you directly to discuss what we should all do next.
3. So, let's take a look! Click here for the Online Ideas Submission Form and you'll hear from us in due course.