The British Film Commission and Film France CNC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the aim of recognising and enhancing the collaboration between the UK and French screen industries, as well as incentivising and promoting inward investment film and high-end TV production across the two territories. The agreement was signed today [July 9th] at […]

Will Macdonald and David Granger have launched a new production company, idle Industries. The company will develop unscripted formats for both UK and global audiences with support from BBC Studios in return for first look distribution rights on those formats.  Prior to starting idle, Macdonald and Granger headed up Monkey, one of Britain’s top production companies which they founded in 2000 and […]

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons is to hold an Evidence Session examining the Government’s new Creative Industries Sector Plan. DCMS Minister Sir Chris Bryant will be among the witnesses at the session on July 8th. Also giving evidence will be Sir Peter Bazalgette and Baroness Vadera, co-chairs of […]

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons is to explore the provision of children’s TV and video content in the UK and what can be done to ensure future generations continue to have access to high-quality British-made programming. Research from Ofcom shows a structural shift in the viewing habits of young people, […]

The economic impact of filming on location in Bristol and at The Bottle Yard Studios rose by 55 per cent in 2024-25 to an estimated £46.6 million (€54m), according to the latest annual figures from the Bristol Film Office. There were 29 major productions assisted by Bristol Film Office and The Bottle Yard Studios throughout […]

There are plenty of TV and film production centres in the Middle East, notably Cairo and today’s Dubai. Both have invested millions of dollars to ensure that their facilities are ‘state of the art’ and that local, regional and international programmers can find the talent and backstage skills needed. But there was a time when […]

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons has published the Government’s response to its report on British film and high-end TV. The report, which was published in April 2025, urged the Government to step up the assistance it provides for all elements of British film and high-end television. It also […]

Tim Carter, Managing Director, Unscripted, UK, ITV Studios, has confirmed a new creative leadership structure for unscripted label Twofour.  In the first announcement to come from Carter in his newly appointed role, the senior leadership team at Twofour, are promoted into their roles with immediate effect. David Brindley is named as the label’s new Chief […]

UKTV has announced the commission of new series, Dom Chinea’s Cornish Workshop (5 x60’), produced by Beagle Media, for factual channel U&Yesterday and free streaming service U. Dom Chinea and his wife Maria (plus their dog Wendy) are moving to Cornwall, having bought an old, stone farmhouse, a two-acre field, including a large agricultural barn […]

ITV Studios and SIRASA TV have expanded their partnership with the renewal of The Voice franchise and the first-ever Asian commission of the physical game show, Catchpoint, localised as SIRASA Catchpoint. As part of the renewed deal, SIRASA TV will continue its successful run with The Voice Sri Lanka and The Voice Teens, commissioning a […]