Common use of Attendance and Expenses Clause in Contracts

Attendance and Expenses. 25.1 It is agreed to be good practice for reasonable access to rehearsals and recordings of the Script to be afforded and the Writer shall be given notice for that purpose. The Writer acknowledges that the producer has responsibility for the conduct of rehearsals and recordings, and there may be exceptional occasions when in proper exercise of this responsibility the producer may exclude a writer from a rehearsal or recording. The BBC will notify any such exclusions and the reasons for them to the Radio Forum. For Long Running Series studio attendance shall be by prior approval of the producer. The Writer shall be paid an attendance fee and expenses for up to one such attendance (whether in respect of a single or multiple script commission). For the Archers and where appropriate for any other Long Running Series the Writer shall be entitled in addition to an Attendance Fee based on a half-day rate if the readthrough, rehearsals and recordings take place over one and a half days. 25.2 In addition to the above the BBC may request the Writer to attend rehearsals and recordings for which it will pay an attendance fee. 25.3 If the BBC requests the Writer to attend on other occasions for consultation other than under clause 19.3 above, the BBC will pay expenses only. 25.4 The current daily attendance fee is set out in Schedule One.