In order to offer value to every licence fee payer, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ has a duty to make sure the views and voices of diverse communities across the UK are reflected and represented across its output. We also have a responsibility to ensure that the economic impact of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ is distributed across the nations and regions of the UK, supporting a vibrant creative sector in multiple locations.
We are continuing to deliver our Across the UK programme, moving the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½’s people, programming and decision making across the UK’s nations and regions to better reflect and represent our audiences. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ now spends more than 60% of its network TV budget in the nations and regions, and we continue to have major production centres in Glasgow, Cardiff, Belfast, Salford, Bristol, Birmingham and London, alongside a range of other local bases from Lerwick to Truro and Londonderry/Derry to Bangor.
The Across the UK programme moves have continued to support the growth of network news journalism being produced from a range of bases around the country, and network audio is now produced from bases including Bristol, Salford, Edinburgh and Belfast. The Across the UK programme and teams within the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Nations division have supported more in-depth coverage of local issues and results coverage for the 2024 General Election, as well as dramas co- commissioned with both local and UK-wide audiences in mind, the work of three ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ non-London-based orchestras and a portfolio of local and national radio services, in English, Welsh and Gaelic. The work of both the Nations teams and the Across the UK programme show the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s strategic objectives in action, continuing to strive to bring value to all licence fee payers.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Across The UK
Over the past year, we have delivered significant relocations of programmes, which bring the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Across the UK ambitions to life and demonstrate that the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ is more deeply rooted in every part of the UK with measurable economic impact on the UK’s creative industries, ensuring that this shift beyond the M25 is really about whose stories we hear - and who the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ really belongs to.
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Set in Cardiff, Lost Boys And Fairies is a love story, told against the backdrop of gay adoption -
Filmed and set in Glasgow, Dinosaur is a BAFTA award-winning comedy series -
Hope Street is a crime drama series filmed in Donaghadee, Northern Ireland -
Staz Nair stars in Virdee, which premiered in Bradford during its year as City of Culture
More from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Annual Report 2024/25
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The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s relationship with audiences: how we’re used and perceived by the people of the UK; how we have performed against our targets for the year; and how we engage directly with audiences -
This section looks in detail at how the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ operates: our finances; how we recruit, develop and retain the best people; and how we prioritise environmental sustainability -
This section sets out key milestones for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s commercial operations during the financial year, its performance against the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s strategic goals, key content highlights in the UK and around the world, and the outlook for the year ahead. -
This section looks in detail at the role of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Board and includes reports from the Board’s delegated sub-committees. The section also includes detail on our overall approach to corporate governance, our regulatory position and affirmation of the Board’s duties in relation to the Annual Report. -
This report sets out the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s financial statements for the year ending 31 March 2025 -
