29-03-2023, 11:15 PM
(29-03-2023, 10:43 PM)interestednovice Wrote: I’d like to see how the per-hour cost of The Context compares to Dateline London.It's difficult to know without knowing the appearance fee rates for The Context, but I would imagine that, per hour produced, they probably are relatively similar. Talk is cheap - I can't imagine that it has much (or even any) in the way of a dedicated production team and the gallery and studio team would be there anyway.
If we assume an appearance fee rate of about £500 per guest for The Context and include Fraser's salary (i.e., assuming he wouldn't be employed otherwise), it works out at about £2,000 per hour produced. A higher appearance rate of £1,000 would drive costs up to about £3,000 per hour, but if the fee is lower, e.g., £200, it's only about £1,500 an hour. Dateline London would be around £3,000 per hour produced, but it is repeated - so, per hour of television, is lower.