Sunday Morning Live: Production Focus

How do you produce a live topical Sunday morning discussion show out of Northern Ireland, with a studio in London and support from teams across the UK?

The BBC recently awarded the tender to produce Sunday Morning Live, its flagship BBC One religious and current affairs discussion programme, to Tern TV and Green Inc, two companies working together to make this important commission from Northern Ireland.  

This Production Focus session brings together key members of the production team to explore the challenges and opportunities of producing this successful live strand. With production happening across three nations - their joint production base in Northern Ireland, the studio in London, and crew and support teams in Glasgow, Manchester, and Sheffield – the panel will talk about how they coordinate the various elements and locations involved and the balance between planning ahead yet responding to breaking events by the hour.  This session promises to be an informative and entertaining insight into bringing such a complex live show to air every week.

This session is a co-production between RTS London and RTS Yorkshire. 

Chair:
Dr. Fiona Thompson, TV Exec and Academic

Panel:
Brendan Hughes, Exec Producer and Head of Tern TV, Belfast
Stephen Stewart, Exec Producer and Founder of Green Inc
Neil Dimmock, Executive Editor
Rosina Davis, Production Manager

Producer: Phil Barnes