TORCH Pitching Competition | 2022
In Trinity Term 2022, TORCH presents a TV and radio pitching event taking researchers and students ‘Inside Creative Industries.’
In collaboration with Lucy Vernall at The Academic Ideas Lab, TORCH is inviting humanities researchers to propose ideas for research-based radio and TV programmes.
To apply for this competition, you will need to write a proposal describing how your research could provide original material for a television or radio programme, and how it might attract the ordinary listener or viewer. Ideas need to be accessible to a wide audience. Your proposal should show how your idea is linked to your research and how the programme or series would use your unique research, access, contacts or expertise.
Your proposal should be anywhere from 200 to 500 words and should explain:
- What’s new? - what are we seeing or hearing that we haven’t seen or heard before
- Why now? - why should this be broadcast in 2023/2024 and what is the reason behind why this will only work now
- What, where and who? - what could we do, where could we go, and/or who could we meet in the programme
We welcome applications from University of Oxford researchers working in all areas of the arts and humanities. The deadline for proposals is 10 June 2022 - please email your proposals to the Creative Industries Officer, Tasha Patel (tasha.patel@humanities.ox.ac.uk).
Successful applicants will be contacted by 8 July 2022 and invited to a 1:1 meeting with Lucy Vernall before being introduced to a radio or TV producer for a development meeting.
For any queries about the competition, please contact Tasha Patel (tasha.patel@humanities.ox.ac.uk).
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