Film and TV production was worth £20.1 million to Bristol economy last year – Bristol Film Office
Film and TV production was worth £20.1 million to the Bristol economy last year – that's according to new figures from Bristol Film Office, which celebrated its 20th anniversary last week.
The figures show:
- £20,134,750 inward investment was generated in 2022-23 by 220 recorded productions
- 838 filming days took place on location assisted by the Film Office or at The Bottle Yard Studios
- 502 licenses were issued by Bristol Film Office, permitting filming to take place on Council-owned streets, properties and green spaces
On Wednesday (October 4) key figures from Bristol’s film and TV production sector gathered to mark the 20th anniversary of Bristol Film Office, which was founded in 2003 by Bristol City Council to “attract, assist and provide business development opportunities for the moving image industry for the benefit of the city’s economy”.
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Guests heard that over the past 20 years, Bristol Film Office and its partners The Bottle Yard Studios have assisted TV & film production worth an estimated £322 million to Bristol’s economy.
Its operations have generated more than £2.1 million income for Bristol City Council through filming permits and charges.
Major titles filmed with assistance from Bristol Film Office in the year 2022-23 included:
- Upcoming Doctor Who 60th Anniversary special episodes (Bad Wolf/BBC Studios)starring David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Neil Patrick Harris and Ncuti Gatwa, due to premiere in November
- Upcoming series two of The Lazarus Project (Urban Myth Films/Sky Max) starring Paapa Essiedu, due to premiere in November
- Upcoming family drama Black Cake (Harpo Films/Kapital Entertainment/Hulu)based on Charmaine Wilkerson’s best-selling novel, starring Mia Isaac and Adrienne Warren, streaming in the US from 1 November with a UK release to be announced soon
- Upcoming Arthurian drama The Winter King (Bad Wolf/Sony Pictures Television) based on Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord Chronicles, streaming now in the US and due for UK release on ITVX later this year
- Upcoming drama Truelove (Clerkenwell Films/Channel 4) starring Lindsay Duncan and Clarke Peters
- Season four of Sex Education (Eleven/Netflix) starring Gillian Anderson and Asa Butterfield, which filmed at locations University of Bristol campus locations
- Season three of Bristol-set detective thriller Before We Die (Eagle Eye Drama/Channel 4) starring Lesley Sharp
- Acclaimed true crime drama The Sixth Commandment (Wild Mercury/True Vision/BBC One) starring Timothy Spall and Anne Reid
- Series three of apocalyptic drama War of the Worlds (Urban Myth Films/Disney+) starring Gabriel Byrne & Daisy Edgar Jones
Titles filmed at The Bottle Yard and on location with Bristol Film Office assistance included:
- Upcoming 80’s Jilly Cooper drama Rivals (Happy Prince/Disney+) starring David Tennant, Aidan Turner, Alexander Hassall and Danny Dyer
- Upcoming season three of teen spy thriller Alex Rider starring Otto Farrant and Vicky McClure (Eleventh Hour/Sony Pictures Releasing/Amazon FreeVee)
- Thriller The Killing Kind (Eleventh Hour/Paramount+) starring Colin Morgan and Emma Appleton
- Romcom The Flatshare (42/Paramount+) starring Jessica Brown Findlay and Anthony Welsh;
- Comedy drama Rain Dogs (BBC/HBO Max) starring Daisy May Cooper, Jack Farthing and Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo produced by Sid Wild, the new Bristol arm of Killing Eve production company Sid Gentle
- BAFTA-winning children’s drama Dodger (BBC Studios/NBC Universal Studios) with cast including Billy Jenkins, Christopher Eccleston and Ellie May Sheridan
Feature films made at The Bottle Yard Studios in 2022-23 included:
- Upcoming gothic gangster thriller The Undertaker (Susceptor Films) directed by Michael Wright and starring Paul McGann and Tara Fitzgerald, which will have a special preview followed by cast/crew Q&A on 17 October at Watershed ahead of its November cinema release
- Upcoming dark web thriller Darkgame (Happy Hour Films) directed by Howard J. Ford and starring Ed Westwick
- Upcoming psychological thriller The Wasp (XYZ Films) directed by Guillem Morales and starring Oscar-nominee Naomie Harris alongside Natalie Dormer
Children’s TV shows made at the Studios included Andy’s Global Adventures and series two of The Beaker Girls (CBBC), Dino Club (True to Nature/Sky Kids).
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Factual entertainment included ITV gameshow Tipping Point (RDF West/ITVX) hosted by Ben Shepherd and kid’s series HOW? (Terrific TV/CITV) fronted by Vick Hope, Sam Homewood and Frankie Vu.
