Managing Media Projects - Managing the People : Industry Agreements (Musicians, In-House BBC, 11)

or recording: either for 10 hours’ work over 12 on a single day, or, where the performance takes place before 1.00 pm, to start at 9.00 am that day, and to include up to 4 hours aggregate work the previous day. It allows for additional days for the same programme, of 6 hours over 8. It also provides for overtime.

The fee payable for an engagement of this kind covers broadcast or recording and rehearsal during the hours defined by the engagement, and rehearsal and performance may alternate. It also covers voluntary rehearsal before the event.

The agreement allows for reduced fees for programmes transmitted in one region only.

The agreement also allows payment of lower fees (network or regional) for a shorter day of 5 hours over 6, for Education, Religious, Documentary, Instructional, Critical and Magazine programmes, and for out-of-vision recording for Drama programmes (defined as "music which the drama requires to be performed as opposed to incidental background music"). In the case of Documentary and Religious programmes, the transmitted items may not exceed 25% of the transmitted time of the whole programme.