The UK’s vibrant film and TV production sector recorded a stellar start to 2020, before the coronavirus pandemic shuttered all shoots across the country.
Largely driven by inward investment, spend was tracking to hit a new record before the closure of sets in March. Still, numbers for January – March totaled $806M ($651M), which is the second-highest Q1 ever behind only the same period in 2017 ($986.6M / £796.4M).