As with the other pages in this section, what this one says is about freelances hired in for your production, not about the staff of the ITV company for which you are making it.

These are not areas that are governed by industry agreements except to the very limited extent mentioned in this brief guide. Each ITV company or group of companies has its own policies and practices, and you should seek the advice of the appropriate in-house manager in the ITV company for which you are producing.

Nevertheless, the following general advice may be helpful. Always remember that your business relationship with contributors of all kinds, however minimal their contribution may

be, needs to be recorded in writing, and in a form that is legally enforceable.

You must also remember that presenters, reporters, voice-over artists and other such contributors to your programme including, even, people you interview for the programme, may generate copyright in any words of their own that they say, and performers' rights in their rendition of any scripted material (voice-over commentary, for example). For more detail about these rights, see the Managing the Idea section of these pages.