| Open Space | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 24 |
| No. of episodes | 302 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 26-89 minutes |
| Production companies | |
| Budget | £25,000 |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC |
| Release | 5 July 1983 – 5 May 1995 |
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Open Space is a programme produced by the BBC's Community Programme Unit. It was an evolution of the earlier Open Door series of programmes allowing minority points of view to make a television programme about issues of concern to them. The programmes were transmitted on BBC2 in a mid-evening slot, usually 8 pm, and would attract audiences between 500,000 and 1,500,000.
In a typical year there would be two or three groups of up to eight Open Space programmes each usually half an hour long. A producer, an assistant, and in 1990 a budget of up to £25,000, would be allocated to each programme.[1]