We're serious about taking over
@BBCFour during the day, to give community a chance to document, connect & inspire one another.
We pledge to take over
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[Set the scene: A pursuit across the country, with cameras rolling, from documenting the next wave of artists, right up to supporting startups who are innovating in their spaces.
As an independent support group, being piloted via
@TXTWRK and founder
@ImSunnyClaire, we're leapfrogging big tech right now, that's why it's important to join us on this journey, enabling us to help people get access to better tools, to giving them a voice, right up to playing a role in shaping your local places, in the most organised fashion.
Apply to our checklist via
@UnitedKingdom:Checklists!
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We're going to pitch to BBC over the week...
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Dear BBC Four,
We’re stepping forward with a vision that belongs to the whole nation.
Imagine your channel becoming the living heartbeat of Britain’s communities — not through staged studio sets, but through real streets, real people, and real change happening in real time. TXTWRK has built the architecture that lets communities open up their areas, map their spaces, and build their own local networks. What we’re asking for is simple: let’s bring this to the national stage together.
We bring the movement.
You bring the platform.
The British public brings the story.
Picture this: a BBC Four team following the journey as we travel across the UK, capturing how communities unlock their neighbourhoods on TXTWRK for the first time. At the same time, your regional crews are on the ground — from Derby to Dundee — filming the spark as people take ownership of their streets, their culture, and their future.
This isn’t a show.
It’s a national activation.
A partnership that proves leadership doesn’t have to be about money or status — it can be about service, support, and giving people the tools to build something lasting. TXTWRK empowers communities to create their own hubs, their own projects, their own local identity. BBC Four can amplify that into a cultural moment.
Together, we can turn this into a movement the whole country can get behind.
TXTWRK × BBC Four
The Nation in Motion.
COMMUNITY
People