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Join Format Forward

A regular briefing for people who build unscripted formats.

Get new commissions, launches and market signals decoded for developers, with practical lessons on what works, what is changing and how stronger format ideas get built.

What you’ll get

Market Wall
New commissions, launches and format deals read as development signals, not just industry news.

Format Lab
Teardowns of unscripted formats, mechanics, casting, repeatability and travelability.

Workshop
Prompts, checklists and development tools for turning raw ideas into stronger formats.

Factory Notes
Practical lessons from real development rooms, including the BBC Format Factory and international production experience.

Why join?

Because every commission is a clue.

Format Forward looks at what buyers are backing, what ideas are being protected by talent or IP, what mechanics are travelling, and what developers can learn from the shows entering the market.

This is not format news for its own sake.

It is development thinking for people who have to make ideas work.

Format Forward is created by Jonathan Glazier, former Head of Format Entertainment at the BBC and creator of the BBC Format Factory.