Contracting Off-Screen Talent & Crew

This agreement outlines the terms of the Directors UK Blanket Agreement 2025 between DUK, BBC, ITV, Pact, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky, BBC Studios, Sky Studios, ITV Studios and Teledwyr Annibynnol Cymru CYF.

This document outlines the rates for lighting technicians working on feature films or a single piece of theatrical type content that transmits on a global SVOD platform that have a budget of £30+ million. These rates apply from the 1st April 2025.

This agreement between Pact and Bectu is for major motion feature films and single piece of theatric-type content intended for a global SVOD platform with a production budget equal to or in excess of £30 million.

This Rate Card is to be used alongside the Pact Bectu Construction Crew Agreement and is effective from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026 inclusive.

A set of guidelines laying out how production companies work with directors across all genres of production, agreed between Pact, Directors UK, BBC Studios and ITV Studios.

This resource contains a table of Lighting Technicians rates and guidance for 2025 and 2026 under the Pact Bectu TV Agreement, as approved by a ballot of lighting technicians in December 2024.

This is for the direct engagement of a director of a production commissioned by a UK broadcaster. This document is an example of a director contract for you to adapt and use. It is not intended to inhibit or replace individual negotiations between your company and the director or their agent.

This is for the engagement of a director contracting via a personal service company (PSC) on a production commissioned by a UK broadcaster. This document is an example of a director contract for you to adapt and use. It is not intended to inhibit or replace individual negotiations between your company and the director or their agent.

This guidance document, issued on Friday 8th December 2023, offers joint Pact/Bectu guidance on the Pact-Bectu Scripted TV Drama Agreement.

This document provides a summary of Lighting Technicians' Scripted TV pay rates for 2023 and 2024.

Directors UK Commercial Fee table of charges for 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025.

Pact Bectu Construction Crew Agreement for Studio Films Year 10 - 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024 (inclusive). The terms and rates only apply to the roles listed on this rate card.

Pact Bectu Daily Crew Scripted TV (PSC). Latest version applies from 1st April 2024.

For engaging freelance staff and crew via a personal service company on scripted productions subject to the terms of the 2023 Pact Bectu Agreement. Latest version applies from 1st April 2024. This resource was last updated 11th November 2025.

The notice works to bring to an end the existing contract and introduces the new contractual terms which are governed by the 2023 Pact/Bectu TV Drama Agreement.

The Pact Bectu TV Drama Agreement, effective from 1st January 2023.

Pact Bectu Master Crew Deal Memo 2023.