Mainstream It’s always been a dream of mine to have my own food travelogue so I’m gassed to finally be able to announce this new show! I’m also excited that this series is a co-pro with my own CONTENT production label Big Productions and TwoFour.” Big Zuu Since launching our Diversity of diverse-led production companies including Commissioning Fund, we have Distant Voices Group, Douglas Road Productions, Flicker Productions, Fuuse Films, Greenacre Films, commissioned more diverse Noho Film and Television, Tall Story Pictures, creators, companies and content. TriForce Productions, and Whisper. DIVERSITY COMMISSIONING FUND We use our £500k Development Fund to help In 2022, we launched ITV’s Diversity develop people and ideas that can qualify for the Commissioning Fund (DCF), ring-fencing £80 Diversity Commissioning Fund. We have spent million of ITV’s content commissioning budget £392k so far, and have funded the development over three years: 2022-24. We’re expanding whose of over 30 projects including the pilot of Big stories we tell and who gets opportunities in TV Zuu’s 12 Dishes in 12 Hours leading to it being production, to achieve racial and disability equity. commissioned for a series. Beyond these funds, we made strong improvements Big Zuu’s 12 Dishes in 12 Hours We increased our commissioning spend with in our shows. For example Maya Jama and AJ diverse-led production companies by more than Odudu now present two of our biggest hits, Love 50% in the first year of our fund compared to the Island and Big Brother respectively. ITV Studios year before (2021). continues to make great diverse content like I To date (2022-23), we have invested £54.2 million Kissed A Boy, the UK’s first dating show for gay men. of the DCF, including £41.1 million with diverse-led Our Diversity Commissioning Fund criteria production companies. This includes £31.4 million include requirements around company ownership in 2022 (£21.8 million with diverse-led production or leadership, creative leadership, stories and companies) and £22.8 million in 2023 (£19.3 million portrayal on-screen, or salary spend off-screen. with diverse-led production companies). For more information, visit our Diversity, Equity As well as creating new content, the fund helped us and Inclusion website. continue investing in shows like Sorry, I Didn’t Know The breakdown of spend with diverse-led production companies includes (made by Triforce Productions), which returned for some co-productions. The 2022 figures above include a correction to figures in ITV’s Social Purpose Impact Report 2022. a fourth series in 2023. We commissioned a range I Kissed A Boy ITV Social Purpose Impact Report 2023 38