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b'To get a programme on television, you first have to master the commissioning process and pitch to someone who\\u2019s in a position to give you the go-ahead.\\n\\n\\u201cWhen it works it is absolutely the best feeling in the world,\\u201d says Lisa Hazlehurst, head of Lion Television, Scotland. \\u201cWhen it doesn\\u2019t work you really do have to pick yourself up.\\u201d\\n\\n"The key to success is serendipity and something that punches your show above the noise \\u2013 and that\\u2019s often the talent.\\u201d\\u2013 Alan Tyler\\n\\nIn this podcast presenter Sally Magnusson speaks to TV commissioners about:\\n\\n- what they\\u2019re looking for \\n- the best way to approach them \\n- what goes into a taster tape\\n\\nProducers who win a commission should enjoy the moment, warns executive editor at BBC entertainment commissioner Alan Tyler. As one producer explained to him, it\\u2019s \\u201c30 seconds of ecstasy when you get the commission, followed by the horrible realisation that you now have to make the bloody thing".\\n\\nThe guests on this panel include Alan, Lisa, the BBC commissioning editor for daytime and early peak Jo Street, BBC commissioning editor for science and factual Craig Hunter and BBC Scotland commissioning editor Ewan Angus.'