[Commlist] Research-led intervention to support TV freelancers: Report published

A recent publication from Bournemouth University reports on The British 
Academy supported research-led intervention designed to improve how the 
television industry supports its freelancers as their contracts come to 
an end.  Supportive Offboarding is a collaboration with the 
‘super-indie’, Fremantle.

Full report is available here:  https://doi.org/10.18746/shkc-1383.

Abstract

The period leading up to the end of a TV freelancer’s contract is a 
crucial moment when better support could positively impact their 
experience and future career decision-making. Many freelancers have 
reported feeling a profound sense of lacking support – a problem we know 
to be directly correlated to high numbers of people leaving the industry 
by mid-career. Supportive Offboarding addresses the lack of meaningful 
feedback, welfare support, and professional development opportunities 
for the industry’s largely freelance workforce. It introduces an 
intervention centred on a short, structured meeting between the 
freelancer and a representative of the employing production company, 
timed to take place as the freelancer’s contract approaches its end. The 
project was funded by The British Academy’s Innovation Fellowship scheme 
2023-24 and undertaken between March 2024 and February 2025.

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