Royal appointment sees BBC Studios win first ITV commission
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| 26 April 2019

In what is a landmark deal, marking the first time the UK’s leading commercial broadcaster has ordered work from the business arm of its FTA rival, ITV has commissioned Inside The Duchy (working title) from BBC Studios.

The 2x60’ series features exclusive interviews with The Prince of Wales, to mark his 50th working year as The Duke of Cornwall. It aims to offer an insight into The Duchy of Cornwall, which covers more than 130,000 acres across 23 counties. The 700 year old institution has provided the personal income for every Duke of Cornwall since 1337 and generates an income of over £20 million per year.

The film crew were embedded with the Duchy of Cornwall for a year, filming with the staff and tenants to capture every aspect of the day-to-day running of an Estate whose properties include farms, housing estates, industrial estates and even Dartmoor prison and spans territory from the London borough of Kennington to the Isles of Scilly.

Inside The Duchy (w/t) (2 x 60’) is produced by BBC Studios’ unscripted productions and commissioned by ITV controller of factual Jo Clinton-Davis and Sue Murphy, ITV head of factual entertainment. Bill Lyons is the executive producer and Charlie Clay is the series producer and director. The series is being distributed by Fremantle.