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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Mark Sweney

Tiny financial buffers leave small UK TV firms at risk of going bust, analysis finds

An actor, watched by others, leaps into action in a train carriage in the drama Nightsleeper
Euston Films, the maker of the train drama Nightsleeper for the BBC, is one of a number of TV production companies to have been wound down. Photograph: Mark Mainz/BBC/Euston Films

Hundreds of small UK TV companies have such little funding in reserve that a filming overrun or a delay to a series could send them bust, an industry body has warned, as programme budget cuts by broadcasters threaten their future.

Analysis of the Companies House accounts filings of more than 200 of the estimated 800 independent TV production companies in the UK by the industry body Indielab has found that 40% could go out of business within the next two years.

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