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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Jane Millichip

OPINION - Our screen industry is a hotbed of talent, but too many young people in Britain see it as unattainable

When it comes to making film and TV, the UK is a hotbed of talent, unrivalled craft and creative innovation.

We have one of the largest high-end TV and film production industries in Europe, and much of this is concentrated in and around London. It was worth £6.27 billion in 2022, and a whopping 86 per cent of it was investment from overseas. In the past decade, the UK creative industries as a whole have grown at 1.5 times that of the wider economy, contributing £108 billion (GVA) annually.

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