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Radio Forum & BBC rates
The Radio Forum Group comprises the Broadcasting Group of the Society of Authors, the Writers' Guild of Great Britain and the Personal Managers' Association.
Rates for published material and Radio Drama Agreement Minimum Rates increase annually in August. These rates are from 1st August 2008.
- Download the Radio Drama Agreement in full
- Download the BBC7 service licence in full
Radio Drama Agreement Minimum Rates
| Attendance payment | £50.00 |
Original Drama (per minute)
| Beginners' rate: | £55.83 (2 tx) |
| £33.50 (1 tx) | |
| Established writers' rate: |
£85.02 (2 tx) |
| £51.01 (1 tx) |
Dramatisations
| Beginner | Established |
| 65% = £36.28 (2 tx) | 65% = £55.26 (2 tx) |
| 65% = £21.78 (1 tx) | 65% = £33.16 (1 tx) |
| 75% = £41.87 (2 tx) | 75% = £63.76 (2 tx) |
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75% = £25.12 (1 tx) |
75% = £38.26 (1 tx) |
| 85% = £47.46 (2 tx) | 85% = £72.27 (2 tx) |
| 85% = £28.47 (1 tx) | 85% = £43.36 (1 tx) |
Serials
| Storyline, characters, format etc provided: | £687 per episode |
| Format, structure provided but writer provides storylines, some characters etc: | £909 per episode |
| The Archers | £863 per episode |
| Silver Street | £422 per episode |
Commissioned Short Stories (per 15 minutes)
| 1st and 2nd | £170 |
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3rd – 5th |
£201 |
| 6th - 9th | £228 |
| 10th onwards | £292 |
| Generally established outside the BBC | £292 |
| Generally established inside the BBC | £347 |
Abridgements (per minute)
| Beginners' rate: | £6.60 |
| Established writers' rate: | £9.81 |
BBC TV - rates for writers (per minute)
| Teleplays: | £169.80 |
| Series/Serials: | £154.02 |
| Dramatisations: |
£110.68 |
| Adaptations: |
£67.38 |
| Educational Drama: | £103.47 |
| In addition: | |
| Attendance fees: | £90.50 |
Society of Authors/Publishers Association Published Material Rates
Television
The Society and the Publishers Association have signed a new agreement with the BBC, setting out revised terms for a non-exclusive licence for the use of extracts of literary and dramatic material on television. If you have a query about these rates/negotiations, please contact Mark Le Fanu. For radio negotations, please contact Jo McCrum
- Download the Published Material Rates in full.
As part of the above negotiation, the BBC has agreed to increase the rates for television as follows:
Prose (per minute) £29.03 (from £28.46)
Poetry (per ½ minute) £34.83 (from £34.15)
Core Service Radio
Plays/Prose (per min) £16.86 (from £16.53)
Poetry (per ½ min) £16.86 (from £16.53)
Prose for Dramatisation (per min) £13.15 (from £12.89)
Prose Translation (per min) £11.24 (from £11.02)
World Service Radio (English)/BBC Digital Radio originations
Plays/Prose (per min) £8.43 (from £8.26)
Poetry (per 1/2 min) £8.42 (from £8.26)
Prose for Dramatisation (per min) £6.57 (from £6.44)
Prose translation (per min) £5.62 (from £5.51)
Local Radio
Plays/Prose (per min) £4.21 (from £4.13)
Poetry (per 1/2 min) £4.21 (from £4.13)
Prose for Dramatisation (per min) £3.28 (from £3.22)
Prose translation (per min) £2.82 (from £2.76)
Features
From 1st August 2008 – 1st August 2009 features are commissioned at a minimum rate of £40.65 per minute with a baseline threshold of £284.55.
Some producers offer authors a lower non-edit rate of £31.87 per minute with the reasoning that authors are required to submit a fully edited programme. This has not been negotiated with the Society/Guild/NUJ representatives.
Talks
From 1st August 2008 – 1st August 2009 talks are commissioned at a minimum rate of:
- Script and Read: £21.22 per minute with a minimum fee of £42.42.
- Script only £16.44 a minute with a minimum fee of £32.88.
- Daily Rate reporting £117 per day. Minimum fee of £58.50 per half day.