Changing UK content investment: what could this mean for the health of the TV production sector?

In this report for Pact, the UK screen sector trade body for independent production and distribution companies, we examine recent trends in UK TV commissioning, set out a forecast scenario if these trends continued, and consider the impact on sustainable growth in the UK production sector and the diversity of off-screen production talent and crew. 

The UK is home to a globally successful TV production sector with a mix of production companies in terms of size, genre focus and location across the country. 

However, the audiovisual (AV) sector is a finely balanced ecosystem, and recent events have revealed stresses. While the pandemic was followed by a period of exuberance in commissioning, we have since seen a prolonged slowdown affecting producers and off-screen talent and crew, with knock-on effects along the value chain. The AV sector is facing both structural challenges and cyclical pressures in the UK and globally.   

As such, our report is intended to start a conversation about what the UK wants for its production sector and those who work in it.

Click here to read the report.