Love Is Blind UK – Terms and Conditions
CPL Productions Limited is the producer of the Programme and we intend to produce the Programme for Netflix for global distribution by Netflix.
• References to the “Programme” in these terms and conditions refer to the programme “Love Is Blind UK” currently scheduled to be recorded in August 2026 although this date might change at our discretion without notice. The programme follows a social experiment where single men and women look for love and propose marriage, all before they get to see each other in person.
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You must not currently work or have worked for CPL Productions or any affiliate, or Netflix or be a live-in partner or immediate relative (e.g. mother, father, son, daughter, brother or sister) of an employee of CPL Productions or any affiliate or Netflix.
• CPL Productions is under no obligation at any time to choose you or to feature you in the Programme and/or any other commissioned series nor to give any reasons for such decisions. There will be no right of appeal against any such decisions.
• You agree that you will not at any time disclose or supply to any person any information or materials related to your application or the selection process or the Programme including to the press, friends and/or family and/or on any social media platforms.
• Your application will only be read by those persons who need to read it in order to consider your inclusion in the Programme.
• You hereby agree not to institute any legal proceedings against CPL Productions and/or Netflix or any of their directors, staff, contractors or affiliates for any breach of confidence, infringement of copyright or for any other reason concerning your application.
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You agree that nothing in your application shall infringe the copyright or any other right of any third party or breach of any contract or duty of confidence.
• If you are selected by CPL Productions to feature in the Programme, you will be notified in writing and you agree to enter into an agreement with CPL Productions on its standard terms which agreement will be sent to you following your selection. CPL Productions’ decision shall be final, and CPL Productions will not enter into any correspondence with any unsuccessful applicant.
• If you have not heard from CPL Productions before August 2026 that will mean you have not been selected for the Programme.
• Any breach of these Terms and Conditions by you may result in your not being considered by CPL Productions and your application being rejected and deleted or destroyed.
Your privacy and CPL’s use of the information you provide
• CPL will use the information provided by you throughout this casting process to decide whether to include you in potential future series of the Programme.
• As part of your application to the Programme you are asked to film a short video. We may wish to include a short section of this video in the finished programme to be transmitted on Netflix and used in any associated publicity. In such event we shall contact you and you agree to sign a Materials release form, granting CPL rights in the recording free of charge.
Materials Release template is attached below as Schedule 2 for reference.
• We will also use the information you give here to contact you in the event further information is needed for your application or to notify you that your application has been successful.
Thank you for taking part in our casting process. By completing your application, you are consenting to taking part in the casting process. If you continue with your application, your information will be shared within our group of companies and Netflix. It will not be shared with other third parties or sold to any party.
SCHEDULE ONE
Non-Disclosure Agreement
THIS AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO ON
BETWEEN:
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CPL PRODUCTIONS LIMITED of 8 Gate Street, London WC2A 3HP (the “Disclosing Party”);
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[NAME] of [ADDRESS] (the “Receiving Party”)
(Each a “Party” and collectively the “Parties”).
In consideration of the Disclosing Party’s agreement to disclose certain information to the Receiving Party in connection with the Purpose (as defined below), the Parties hereby agree as follows (the “Agreement”):
The following definitions shall apply to this Agreement:
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“Confidential Information”
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shall have the meaning given in clause 1 to this Agreement.
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“Disclosing Party”
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The Party defined at 1) above, which discloses its Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, to the Receiving Party.
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“Purpose”
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Casting for a blind dating UK television series to be produced by the Disclosing Party.
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“Receiving Party”
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The Party defined at 2) above, which receives Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, from the Disclosing Party, including where applicable its successors and permitted assigns.
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Confidential Information
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For the purposes of this Agreement “Confidential Information” means:
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all information (whether oral or written or in electronic form) which is by its nature confidential and/or which the Disclosing Party states is confidential and is acquired by the Receiving Party as a result of entering into any discussion and/or being provided with any documents or information in any form by or relating to the Disclosing Party or its agents, employees, directors or professional advisers which relates to the affairs or business of the Disclosing Party, or its creative concepts, products, operations, plans or know-how; and
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without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Confidential Information specifically includes without limitation any material which identifies or concerns the Disclosing Party’s business plans, sales plans, marketing plans, future development plans, promotional information, credit information, software, hardware, routines, report formats, data, designs and design concepts, creative concepts (including but not limited to programme formats and developments), copyrights, patents, memorandum, reports, rate cards and pricing, correspondence, drawings, photographs, specifications, know-how, operational methods, processes, strategies, trade secrets, technical information, commercial information, details of contracts, the identity of business partners and/or of past and present clients, and other information of a similar nature of or relating to the Disclosing Party, its business, clients, partners, owners, and suppliers or financial information.
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Confidentiality
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Without time limit, the Receiving Party will treat all Confidential Information as strictly private and confidential and:
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will store the Confidential Information separately and distinctly from its own and third party property and take all proper steps to maintain confidentiality and compliance with applicable data protection legislation and to prevent the Confidential Information’s use, theft or disclosure in a manner no less secure than the Receiving Party safeguards its own Confidential Information of the same or similar nature and will inform the Disclosing Party in detail of all steps which will be taken on request;
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will not itself make use of nor permit others to make use of any Confidential Information for a purpose other than the Purpose;
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will not itself, nor permit others to, copy, exploit, reproduce or store the Confidential Information other than as approved or requested so to do by the Disclosing Party; and
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will not disclose nor permit others to disclose Confidential Information to any person (other than in accordance with clauses 2.3 and 2.4), whether to procure a commercial advantage over the Disclosing Party or for any reason.
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The Receiving Party will not make any statement or announcement to any authors, content creators, publishers, customers, representatives of the press or media (in the widest possible understanding of those terms including but not limited to newspapers, television or online broadcasters, production companies, news websites, social media or video platforms), competitors or any third parties about this Agreement, the arrangement between the Parties that is the subject of this Agreement, the Purpose and any other arrangements which may be confidential between the Parties now or in the future without the Disclosing Party’s prior written consent which may be withheld in its complete discretion. For the avoidance of doubt and without limitation to the generality of the above, the Receiving Party will not disseminate Confidential Information by way of social media channels such as, without limitation, X (formerly known as Twitter), TikTok or Facebook.
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The Receiving Party may, having first informed the Disclosing Party in writing of its intention to do so, and thereafter, unless otherwise required by law, only after a further 10 working days have elapsed in which the Disclosing Party may object or take other action, disclose Confidential Information where such disclosure would otherwise be prohibited by this clause if and to the extent:
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such disclosure is required by law; or
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it can be evidenced by the Receiving Party to the Disclosing Party’s satisfaction that the Confidential Information was known by the Receiving Party before disclosure to it by the Disclosing Party; or
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it can be evidenced by the Receiving Party to the Disclosing Party’s satisfaction that the Confidential Information has been subsequently lawfully disclosed to the Receiving Party by a third party who did not impose any restrictions on its disclosure and did not obtain the Confidential Information (whether directly or indirectly) from the Disclosing Party; or
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the Confidential Information was or has subsequently fallen into the public domain other than by reason of a breach of this Agreement by the Receiving Party; or
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it can be evidenced by the Receiving Party that the Confidential Information was independently developed by the Receiving Party without reference to the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information; or
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the Parties agree in writing that specific information is not confidential.
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Upon written request from the Disclosing Party the Receiving Party will promptly:
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return to the Disclosing Party all Confidential Information, any materials containing or referring to any of the Confidential Information, and records kept in relation to the Confidential Information and the discussions between the Parties that are the subject of this Agreement; or, if requested by the Disclosing Party
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destroy all the materials referred to in clause 2.5.1 and provide the Disclosing Party with written confirmation of destruction or deletion.
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Warranties and Indemnity
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Confidential Information is disclosed hereunder on an ‘as is’ basis and the Disclosing Party makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the Confidential Information disclosed to the Receiving Party hereunder and any implied warranties or representations are hereby expressly excluded. Accordingly, the Receiving Party accepts full responsibility for its use of the Confidential Information.
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Each Party warrants that it has the legal capacity and it has the power and authority to enter into the Agreement and is able to grant the rights granted herein.
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The Receiving Party hereby indemnifies and agrees to keep the Disclosing Party at all times fully indemnified from and against any direct loss or disclosure of Confidential Information and from and against all actions, proceedings, claims, demands, costs, awards and damages (excluding indirect, consequential or special losses) however arising as a result of any breach or non-performance of any of the warranties undertakings or obligations of the Receiving Party under this agreement.
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General
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The disclosure of the Confidential Information does not create an obligation on each Party to enter into further possible relationships or contractual agreements with the other Party.
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The Confidential Information is and shall at all times remain the sole and exclusive property of the Disclosing Party. No right or licence is granted to the Receiving Party in relation to any Confidential Information except as expressly set out in this Agreement.
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This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the termination of the arrangement that is the reason for the sharing of Confidential Information between the Parties and that is the subject of this Agreement.
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Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that the Disclosing Party may have, the Receiving Party acknowledges and agrees that monetary damages alone would not be an adequate remedy for any breach by it of this Agreement. Accordingly, the Disclosing Party shall be entitled without proof of special damage to the remedies of injunction or equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach by the Receiving Party of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
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If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction:
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the legality, validity and enforceability in that jurisdiction of the remaining provisions of the Agreement shall be unaffected; and
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the legality, validity and enforceability in any other jurisdiction of that or any other provisions of this Agreement shall be unaffected.
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A failure to exercise or a delay in exercising any right, remedy or power provided under this Agreement or by law does not constitute a waiver of the right, remedy or power or a waiver of any other right, remedy or power. No single or partial exercise of any right, remedy or power prevents any further exercise of it or the exercise of any other right, remedy or power.
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This Agreement is entered into without prejudice to any rights the Disclosing Party may have in relation to the Confidential Information at law.
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Nothing contained in this Agreement shall authorise either Party as the legal representative of the other Party for any purpose whatsoever and neither Party is granted hereunder any right or authority to assume or create any obligation or responsibility express or implied on behalf of or in the name of the other Party nor to bind the other Party in any manner or way whatsoever.
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This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Parties and supersedes all prior discussions and negotiations in respect of the use of the Confidential Information.
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In this Agreement, unless otherwise specified, references to any statute or statutory provision are to that statute or statutory provision as from time to time amended extended or re-enacted whether before or after the date of this Agreement and any subordinate legislation made under it whether before or after the date of this Agreement.
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The headings in this Agreement are for guidance only and shall not affect its interpretation.
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This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any suit, action, proceedings or dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.
The Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date written above.
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For and on behalf of
CPL PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
Name:..........................................
Date:..........................................
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For and on behalf of
[INSERT NAME]
Name:..........................................
Date:..........................................
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SCHEDULE TWO
LICENCE – ALL MEDIA RIGHTS
THIS AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO ON [Insert Date]
BETWEEN:
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CPL PRODUCTIONS LIMITED (“the Company”), of 8 Gate Street, London, WC2A 3HP;
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[Name of company/individual] of [Insert Address] (“the Licensor”)
The Company wishes to obtain the right to use the Content for a potential future series of a programme/project entitled Love Is Blind UK (“the Programme”)
(“the Content”) means all materials provided by you during the Programme casting process including, without limitation, a short video provided by you to the Company on [Date TBC] further to the Licensor’s application to take part in the Programme.
(“in all Media”) means the right to use all or any part of the Content in the Programme in all languages for filming, promoting, exhibiting, transmitting, distributing, broadcasting and exploiting online, television, film and in any and all media, in perpetuity now known or herein invented or developed.
(“the Rights”) means the right in and to the Content, including any trademarks, copyright protection, third party rights and any form of protection granted to the Content or to be granted.
1. In consideration of one pound, receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Licensor grants to the Company a worldwide, in perpetuity, royalty free, irrevocable, exclusive licence for the use of the Content in the Programme in all Media without any further payment being due or any further obligation arising by the Company.
2. The Licensor permits the Company to record, copy, cut, edit, dub and subtitle the Content in connection with the production, exploitation, promotion and/or advertising of the Programme by all means and in all Media.
3. The Licensor confirms it owns and controls all the Rights in and to the Content and has the legal capacity and the power and authority to enter into this licence and is able to grant the rights provided for herein. The Licensor warrants that the exercise of such rights will not infringe the copyright or any other personal rights, consents, or property rights of any person or be in breach of any statute or regulation; or entitle any person to claim any payment from the Company or from any of the Company’s licensees.
4. The Licensor understands and acknowledges the Company is not obliged to use the Content in the Programme.
5. The Company shall be entitled to sub-licence and assign the benefit and rights granted herein to any other third party, subsidiary or associated company or affiliated party as required to exploit the Programme, notwithstanding the Company shall remain liable to the Licensor for its obligations under this licence.
6. To the extent that the Content depicts any identifiable individual(s), the Licensor warrants that it has complied with its obligations to those individuals under the General Data Protection Regulation.
7. This licence constitutes the entire agreement between the Licensor and the Company, with respect to the Content and supersedes all prior discussions and negotiations.
This licence shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Please signify your acceptance by signing below.
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Authorised Signatory for the Company
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[Name of Licensor]
SCHEDULE THREE
CONTRIBUTOR CONTRACT
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Programme (working title) (“Programme”)
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Love Is Blind UK
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Producer (“we”/”us”)
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CPL Productions Limited of 8 Gate Street, London, WC2A 3HP
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Contributor (“you”/“your”)
Name, address, telephone & email
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I, the named person to which this application is attached.
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Production Contact
Name, title, email & production address
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Cat Spooner, Casting Executive, cat@cplproductions.co.uk
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Contribution
Description of Contribution
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Applicant for Love is Blind UK.
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Thank you for contributing to the Programme. By signing this form, you agree to the following terms.
In consideration of our mutual exchange of obligations (which you acknowledge to be good and valuable consideration):
You acknowledge the nature and purpose of Your Contribution has been explained to you.
We may edit, copy, adapt or translate your Contribution at our discretion and you waive any “moral rights” that may exist in your Contribution.
To the best of your knowledge and belief, your Contribution will not infringe the copyright or any other rights of any third party or be defamatory.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage to you or your property unless caused directly by our negligence.
Although we hope to use your Contribution, we cannot guarantee to do so.
We will collect and process personal data you provide us with for the purpose of (i) the performance of this contract, or (ii) fulfilling our contractual obligations to the broadcaster, where we have balanced those obligations against your rights, freedoms or interests. Any Special Category personal data you provide will be processed for the purposes of producing journalistic or artistic content for publication by the broadcaster in the public interest. For further information, visit our privacy policy at CPL-GROUP-PRIVACY-STATEMENT-1.pdf
Confidential Information
You agree to keep Confidential Information (as defined herein) confidential and will not directly or indirectly disclose or make accessible to any other person or entity any Confidential Information. You will only use or transmit Confidential Information to your professional representatives who need to know such Confidential Information (and provided such parties are made aware and agree to be bound by the confidentiality terms herein) to further the purposes of this Agreement. “Confidential Information” means information from, or regarding, the Company and/or Love Is Blind (“Disclosing Party”) that the receiving party (including its attorneys, agents and designees) (“Receiving Party”) has had access to in connection with this Agreement that is designated as confidential, or that is understood in reasonable judgment by the Receiving Party to be proprietary or confidential, including, but not limited to, the terms of this Agreement, the Programme, the broadcaster thereof, the Services hereunder and the terms on which the Services are to be rendered, Programme content, Programme “spoilers”, marketing and scheduling plans (until publicly disclosed by the Company), negotiations, budgets, and information related to the business affairs of the Disclosing Party, except where such information: (i) was in the public domain prior to the time of receipt by the Receiving Party; (ii) was in the possession of, or known by, the Receiving Party prior to its receipt from the Disclosing Party, with documentary evidence of prior approval and the source of such information; (iii) becomes known to the Receiving Party from a source who, to the best of the Receiving Party’s knowledge, is not under an obligation of confidentiality to the Disclosing Party; (iv) is independently developed by the Receiving Party with documentary evidence of such development; or (v) the Disclosing Party has authorised the Receiving Party in writing to disclose. All Confidential Information (including copies thereof) shall remain the property of the Disclosing Party and, promptly upon request, shall be returned to the Disclosing Party.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Receiving Party’s disclosure of Confidential Information to third parties shall not be precluded if such disclosure: (i) is required by law in the reasonable judgment of counsel; (ii) is in response to a valid order of a court, governmental agency, or similar authority, provided, the party obtaining such order promptly notifies the other party in writing of such order; or (v) is otherwise necessary to establish rights or enforce obligations under this Agreement.
Health and Safety:
You shall comply with our health and safety rules, guidance and protocols and health and safety policies and procedures and any specific production protocols (including, without limitation, any protocols issued in relation to COVID-19), as such rules, guidance and protocols are updated and notified to you by us from time to time.
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UK broadcasters and Creative Diversity Network (CDN) are monitoring diversity on UK television through Diamond. We have a legitimate interest to collect diversity information about our industry and if you provide us with your name and email address, we will enter this into a system called Silvermouse and you will be invited to provide your diversity characteristics. The broadcasters and CDN, as data controllers, are responsible for this data and will retain your name and email address for this purpose in Silvermouse for as long as diversity is monitored by them. We also collect information about how viewers might perceive diversity on screen. Further information about Diamond can be found here: http://creativediversitynetwork.com/diamond/contributors/
This Agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales and the jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts applies.
If you agree with these terms please sign below and return it to the Production Contact specified. If you are unsure of the meaning of any of the terms set out above, the production team can explain them to you.
Thank you for your help making the Programme.
Signed for the Producer
I agree to these terms:
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