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Jed Mercurio returns to Northern Ireland for BBC drama Bloodlands
Produced with funding from Northern Ireland Screen, filming for Bloodlands took place in and around Belfast and Strangford Lough in early 2020. The series is the first drama from newly formed production company HTM Television, co-owned by Hat Trick and Jed Mercurio (Bodyguard, Line of Duty).
Candour Productions leads 5G Testing Project in Extreme Filming Locations
The "Live & Wild" project is filming in extreme remote locations, terrains and weather conditions to test the capacity of 5G to support film and television productions.
Applications for PGGB and Netflix Assistant Production Accountants Scheme are Open
The Production Guild of Great Britain and Netflix are looking for applicants for the Assistant Production Accountant Training Scheme (NAPATS). Eight recruits with good accounting experience and a passion for film and TV will be provided with four weeks of intensive training in assistant production accounting from industry professionals, followed by 12 months of full-time training on Netflix productions. Applications are open until Monday 22 February 2021.
Screen Yorkshire’s regional Crew Service Secures over 3000 Days of Work in First Six Months
The crew service has secured 3,127 days’ work for skilled freelancers working in the region’s growing film & TV sector. Fable Pictures was one of the production companies to utilise the service for a high-end TV drama, hiring twelve local crew members on period drama Anne Boleyn (pictured below), which filmed entirely in Yorkshire in late 2020.
40 TVC’S benefitted from Serbia’s Cash Rebate in 2020
Serbia remains one of the few European destinations to provide an incentive to TV commercials and advertising projects. The 20% TVC cash rebate has provided support to 150 projects in the previous five years.
Film and HETV Production Spend in the UK Tops GBP2.84 billion in 2020
The British Film Institute's Official 2020 statistics provide a positive outlook for the industry. Despite a nearly six month pause in physical production, the total UK spend on High end TV and film is down just 21% on 2019. Nearly GBP1.19 out of the total GBP2.34 spend was recorded in the final quarter, signalling significant recovery and a resilience of the UK industry.
Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios Expansion Greenlit
The GBP11.8 million expansion will increase the number of sound stages at the Bristol Studio to eleven. The West of England Combined Authority has greenlit the project and provided significant investment to help maintain and grow TV and film production in Bristol and the West of England.