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I t’s almost ridiculous to think that the news of Disney’s and Netflix’s wholesale takeover of Pinewood and Shepperton might be overshadowing the even bigger UK production story. This is the regeneration of industrial spaces to production ones that is going on right now on our shores. It’s already happened in Canada, where a similar trend has been continuing for a few years, but now up and down the UK old industrial areas are being earmarked as new high- end TV and film production locations. Just a few of the new developments are Pentland Studios in Scotland, with an investment of £140 million, Belfast Harbour Studios in Northern Ireland, with a £20 million investment and Church Fenton Studios near Leeds, with a £12 million investment – ITV’s Victoria is already made at Church Fenton. Recently Comcast, the new owners of Sky, announced that a huge new film and TV complex is to be built on a 32-acre site just a stone’s throw from Elstree, making the area a major draw for American streaming production. And according to the BFI, last year production spend in the UK hit a new high of £7.9 billion. Whisper it if you dare: it’s boom time!
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