BBC Studios has announced a first look and development deal with talent and entertainment company Diving Bell Group, whose roster includes record-breaking international authors, award-winning and influential digital creators and broadcasters.

The deal gives BBC Studios a first look at content ideas from Diving Bell clients, who are some of the most future-facing, change-making creators currently emerging in the UK, for the purpose of collaborating to develop these ideas and pitch for commissions. To super-charge this process, BBC Studios teamed up with industry expert Kelly Webb-Lamb (formerly Channel 4’s Deputy Director of Programmes) who has worked with Diving Bell’s talent on a one-to-one basis to identify opportunities for further development by the talent and the BBC Studios Digital Originals team.