RTÉ has long covered rural Irish life, and the issues that surround it, in the heart of its television schedules, particularly on long-running magazine-formatted RTÉ One strands like ‘Ear To The Ground’ and ‘Nationwide’.
RTÉ is now seeking proposals for multi-part, half-hour series to play in the pre-watershed, weekday schedules on RTÉ One from Autumn, 2019 next, and that deal with the many varied aspects of lifestyle, agriculture, natural history, heritage, folklore and the outdoors that exist beyond Dublin and the M50.
RTÉ is looking for strong, well-observed story-telling with broad appeal and sharp editorial focus. Proposals can be presenter-led or otherwise, themed, self-contained or in magazine format in clusters of eight or sixteen parts.
- Duration: Series of 26 minutes. Eight or sixteen parts.
- Budget Range: €36,000 per 26 minute programme
- Broadcast: 7:00pm and 8.30 pm, weekdays, RTÉ One. Autumn/Spring 2019-20
- Closing date: Friday, 21st June 2019 at 12 noon
- Submissions: please submit your ideas into the eCommissioning system under the programme category "Factual Specialist – Rural/Community Affairs Series".