Having come to a screeching halt in mid-March as the novel coronavirus pandemic took hold, U.K. film and high-end TV production — an industry of huge importance both to the local economy and Hollywood, with 2019 reaching a record spend of $4.7 million — has been given a major greenlight to start moving again.
Monday saw the British Film Commission (BCF), working with the British Film Institute, unveil its finalized government-backed post-lockdown guidance — titled The Working Safely During COVID-19 in Film and High-End TV Drama Production — providing producers with a highly detailed framework for workplace practices on and off set.