Film, High-End TV Production in the U.K. Rises 16% to Hit Record $4.7 Billion

Spend on film and high-end television production in the U.K. was the highest ever recorded in 2019, hitting £3.62 billion ($4.7 billion), an increase of 16%, according to British Film Institute fig…

Spend on film and high-end television production in the U.K. was the highest ever recorded in 2019, hitting £3.62 billion , an increase of 16%, according to British Film Institute figures.

£1.8 billion was spent by 71 major inward investment films on production in the U.K., up 17% on the previous year’s spend, and accounting for 89% of the total spend on film production in the U.K. over the year. In total, film production hit £1.96 billion , a 7% increase on 2018, while high-end TV production topped £1.66 billion , the highest level since the introduction of the tax relief in 2013.Of the 188 films which went into production in 2019, 94 were domestic UK films with a total interim spend of £174.7 million , a 46% decrease in the number of films and 45% decrease in spend from £318.7 million last year.

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