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Film & Television - Reviewed & Cleared
Our work spans scripted and non-scripted content of all budgets, from Oscar-winning films to cutting edge comedy, internationally distributed dramas, documentaries and investigative journalism including filming undercover and filming in hostile countries. We also provide advice for live broadcasts, such as news and current affairs shows. Whatever the film, our approach is the same: we work responsively and collaboratively with content creators to help them tell their stories, either free of legal risks or with legal risks properly managed.
Please contact us at lawyers@reviewedandcleared.com to discuss your individual requirements and for a quote or rate card.
Sports programming
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‘Blue light’ programmes
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True crime
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Panel & chat shows
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Quiz shows
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Live & ‘as live’ records
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Stand-up comedy
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Consumer programmes
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Mockumentaries
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Reality television
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News reporting
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Undercover investigations
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Investigative journalism
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Drama
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Factual drama
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Clip shows
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Factual entertainment
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Documentaries
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Educational
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Children’s TV
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Sports programming • ‘Blue light’ programmes • True crime • Panel & chat shows • Quiz shows • Live & ‘as live’ records • Stand-up comedy • Consumer programmes • Mockumentaries • Reality television • News reporting • Undercover investigations • Investigative journalism • Drama • Factual drama • Clip shows • Factual entertainment • Documentaries • Educational • Children’s TV •
Our Film & TV services include:
Pre-commission legal consultations and opinions
From commission to broadcast – your own in-house lawyer
Errors and Omissions reports
Drama package including script checks and viewing
True crime package including script/treatment check and viewing
Emergency services series
Factual entertainment
Studio attendance
Fair dealing advice
Cover for in-house compliance teams
For dramas and fictional productions, our negative checking service – see dropdown
Title reports and opinions – see dropdown
Commercial compliance – see dropdown
Business affairs, film finance support – more information here
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• Advice on all legal issues affecting content including privacy, defamation, contempt of court, copyright and Ofcom compliance
• Pre-commission legal consultations and opinions
• Editorial protocols
• Legal check of the scripts
• Studio attendance
• Direct access to a lawyer during production
• Rough cut, fine cut and picture lock reviews
• Guidance on clearance of intellectual property (locations, music, footage, images, art work, designs etc)
• Fair dealing advice
• Guidance on clearance of music and sound
• Guidance on contributors
• Advice on requests for journalistic material
• Advice on reporting restrictions
• Advice on access to materials
• Bespoke training
• Staff cover for in-house compliance teams (production companies or broadcasters)
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We provide ‘neg check’ reports on film and TV scripts and can also combine legal advice and neg checking to get you through to distribution or broadcast.
We identify potential conflicts including character names, business names, product names, organisation names, trademarked and copyrighted material and can work with you to provide cleared fictional names, brands and locations.
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Our title report and opinion service is provided by an experienced UK qualified IP lawyer who will tell you whether the title you have selected for your project is likely to be safe to use. It includes:
A comprehensive entertainment search to identify any potentially problematic prior uses of the title you have selected for your project, in television, film, literature, plays, podcasts, music, etc., which may raise concerns of unregistered trade mark infringement.
A search for any existing registered trademarks (or applications for the same) in the territories you have flagged, which may raise registered trade mark infringement concerns.
A legal opinion, from a UK qualified IP lawyer, on the results of the title search, identifying any potential unregistered or registered trade mark infringement concerns, and advising on the risk level that each presents.
We can provide searches for the UK only, Europe or Global.
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Our commercial compliance services include:
• Product placement
• Programme sponsorship
• Competitions/voting
