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98 broadcasters. One tool.

Create broadcast-ready exposés in minutes, formatted to the exact editorial expectations of international broadcasters. From BBC to PBS to Netflix. The pitch your commissioning editor actually wants to read.

Ten founding slots · €790 / 12 months · no credit card

Exposé · BBC Storyville

The Last Signal

In a cabin above the Arctic Circle, radio operator Eirik Halvorsen listens for a transmission that has been repeating for forty years — and no one knows who is sending it.

A 90-minute observational documentary for BBC Storyville, built around one protagonist, two verified scientific sources, and a landscape that does the dramaturgy for you.

Critic 9.1·Broadcaster fit matched·12m generation
10-stage pipeline
~12 min
2-5days

saved per pitch

What used to take a week of research, story development, and formatting now takes minutes.

98profiles

broadcaster formats

ARTE, ZDF, BBC, Netflix, HBO, PBS, and 92 more. Each with exact editorial expectations.

10stages

specialized pipeline

Planner, research, facts, story, protagonist, plausibility, experts, dramaturg, composition, critique. Each with hard editorial rules.

How it works

Three beats between a topic and a broadcast-ready exposé.

01

Pick your target

Choose from 98 broadcaster format profiles — BBC Storyville, PBS Independent Lens, Channel 4 Cutting Edge, ZDF 37 Grad, NHK, the rest. Or go format-free and get slot recommendations at the end.

02

Describe your topic

Your film idea, angle, and any existing access. One paragraph is enough. If the topic is too thin, the coach tells you before you spend twelve minutes on it.

03

Read the exposé

Ten specialized stages research, develop, verify, and write a format-compliant exposé in about twelve minutes. Researched and fact-checked with source citations. Export PDF or DOCX. Send it.

Not a writing tool. A production workflow.

17 years of commissioning editorial experience, encoded into 98 broadcaster format profiles and enforced by ten specialized pipeline stages.

FORMAT KNOWLEDGE BASE

98 broadcaster profiles with exact editorial expectations. tone, structure, length, what fits, what doesn't. Real commissioning editor knowledge, not generic AI training data.

ANTI-HALLUCINATION

Every claim tagged as verified, probable, or needs-checking. 2-source rule enforced. No invented people, dates, or quotes. The pipeline refuses to guess.

BROADCASTER FIT

In format-bound mode, every agent works within the broadcaster's editorial guidelines. Your exposé matches what the commissioning desk expects. not what a generic template produces.

THE TOOL, NOT THE AUTHOR

The Pitch Doctor delivers research, structure, and a first draft. You bring the creative vision. The exposé is yours. We just gave you 3 days back.

98 broadcaster profiles

Each with exact format expectations. Your exposé is formatted how the commissioning desk wants to read it.

Germany

14
ARD StoryARD PanoramaARD MonitorARD KontrasteARD FaktARD Report MainzARD Report MünchenARD WeltspiegelZDF 37 GradZDF 37 Grad LebenZDF Terra XZDF ZEITNDR 45 MinWDR Menschen hautnah

ARTE

15
Großer DokumentarfilmThema am DienstagDonnerstagsdokuGeschichteHistory LightWissenschaftGeopolitikAbenteuer der MenschheitPopkulturDocumaniaEntdeckungenWunderweltenZu TischRe:Reportage

France

3
France 2 Envoyé spécialFrance 2 InfrarougeFrance 5 Le monde en face

UK

6
BBC StoryvilleBBC HorizonBBC PanoramaBBC Louis TherouxChannel 4 DispatchesChannel 4 Unreported World

DACH

4
SRF DOKSRF ReporterORF Am SchauplatzORF DOK 1

Scandinavia

5
NRK BrennpunktNRK FolkeopplysningenSVT Uppdrag granskningSVT Vetenskapens världDR Dokumentar

Benelux

2
NPO 2DocNPO VPRO Tegenlicht

Southern Europe

4
RAI Presa DirettaRAI ReportRTP Grande ReportagemRTÉ Prime Time

USA

11
PBS FrontlinePBS NOVAPBS POVPBS Independent LensPBS American ExperienceHBO Documentary FilmsNetflix DocumentaryCNN FilmsESPN 30 for 30NatGeo ExplorerDiscovery Documentary

International

1
Vice Docs

Cinema

2
Kino DokumentarfilmKino Kurzdoku

“85% of your pitching work is unpaid. The Pitch Doctor gives that time back to the work that matters — making films.”

Built for the 2-person firm competing against the 50-person house.

Open beta

Your next pitch starts here.

Open beta opens 27 April 2026 and closes 22 June. Five free exposés for beta testers. No credit card. We review every invite request by hand.

Takes about 60 seconds.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is The Pitch Doctor?

The Pitch Doctor is an AI-powered exposé generator for documentary producers. It takes a topic idea and runs it through a 10-stage pipeline (Planner, Researcher, Fact-Checker, Story-Finder, Protagonist-Finder, Plausibility-Checker, Expert-Scout, Dramaturg, Composer, Critic) to produce a broadcast-ready pitch document in approximately 12 minutes.

How many broadcaster formats does The Pitch Doctor support?

The Pitch Doctor includes 98 international broadcaster format profiles covering ARTE, BBC, PBS, Netflix, ZDF, HBO, NatGeo, Discovery, CNN, ESPN, and 88 more. Each profile contains the broadcaster's exact editorial expectations: tone, structure, length, target audience, and what they explicitly do not want.

How does the anti-hallucination system work?

Every claim in the generated exposé is tagged as [CONFIRMED] (cross-referenced against at least two independent sources) or [TO VERIFY] (couldn't be grounded strongly enough. do your own check). The Fact-Checker agent runs before the Story-Finder to prevent narratives built on unverified research. The 2-source rule is strict: a single source is never enough to reach [CONFIRMED].

What is the difference between Free and Format-Bound mode?

In Free mode, The Pitch Doctor generates an open exposé and recommends suitable broadcasters at the end. In Format-Bound mode, you select a specific broadcaster (e.g., BBC Storyville, ZDF 37 Grad, PBS Frontline) and the Format Knowledge Base profile is injected into every agent, ensuring the output matches that broadcaster's exact editorial expectations.

How much does The Pitch Doctor cost?

Free: €0/month for 2 exposés. Producer: €990/month for 10 exposés. Studio: €1,490/month for unlimited exposés. For comparison, a freelance researcher costs approximately €960 for 3 days on a single pitch — The Pitch Doctor generates 10 format-compliant exposés for roughly the same price.

What language does The Pitch Doctor output in?

The Pitch Doctor runs a full native pipeline in both German and English — not a translation. All 98 broadcaster profiles exist in both languages, and every pipeline stage has native prompts in each. DACH visitors default to German, everyone else to English. Beta members default to English regardless of region. Override in Account → Preferences at any time. French is on the roadmap for a later release.