Rivals, The Outlaws and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder are among the high-profile shows to have been filmed in and around Bristol
Bristol Film Office has released figures showing that filming on location in Bristol and at The Bottle Yard Studios contributed £30m to the local economy in the 2023-2024 financial year.
High-profile shows including Rivals and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (both just greenlit for second series) The Outlaws, and upcoming releases The Road Trip, The Crow Girl and The Forsyte Saga were among the titles contributing to the regional production boom.
Bristol Film Office and/or The Bottle Yard Studios assisted 32 major productions throughout the reporting period, of which nine were feature films and 23 were high-end TV productions.
Altogether, 730 filming days were supported in the studio and on location. The economic impact of this production activity was worth £30,038,739 to the Bristol economy. 582 licences were issued by Bristol Film Office.
This latest figure of more than £30m is almost 50% higher than the £20.1m recorded in 2022-23. This is because this is the first time Bristol’s figures have been calculated using the new Average Local Production Spend Rate Card recently launched by Creative England’s Filming in England team.
Head of film Laura Aviles (Bristol City Council) said: “We are pleased to announce these impressive figures, our first to be calculated using Creative England’s improved methodology. Having access to the most up-to-date estimation of the annual economic impact of the productions we support is central to our ability to leverage investment and stimulate further growth for Bristol’s film industry.
“These new figures show that not only is the city’s film sector continuing to perform well, it is also worth more to Bristol’s economy than previously thought.
“The fact that filming supported by the Studio and Film Office generated an estimated £30 million for Bristol’s economy in 2023-24, a strike year, is an incredible achievement.”
Hayley Armstrong, Head of Production Services at Creative England says: “We’re thrilled to see Bristol making the most of the Local Economic Impact Toolkit – a first of its kind resource supporting the accurate measuring and reporting of local economic impacts to demonstrate the true value of the Film and TV sector in local communities across England…
“…We encourage all local authorities to embrace the Toolkit, enabling them to effectively measure and communicate the sector’s benefits, and unlock the full potential of what Film and TV can bring to their communities.”
Projects that were active in pre-production or filming during the reporting period at The Bottle Yard Studios and on location with Film Office assistance included: romantic comedy The Road Trip; feature film Bad Apples starring Saoirse Ronan; period drama adaptation The Forsyte Saga; the Agatha Christie adaptation The Seven Dials Mystery; Jilly Cooper’s Rivals; Alex Rider S3; McDonald & Dodds S4; The Outlaws S3; thriller TrueLove; Boarders and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, recently greenlit for a second run.
Daisy May Cooper and Selin Hizli’s BBC One comedy thriller Am I Being Unreasonable and series 5 of CBBC’s Enid Blyton drama Malory Towers were also filmed at the Studios (and locations outside Bristol). Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (BBC One/Masterpiece PBS) based production at the studios whilst filming on location in England and Wales.
Additional titles filmed during the reporting period on location in Bristol with Film Office assistance included: The Crow Girl; feature films The Salt Path and Surviving Earth; Pollywood blockbuster Jatt & Juliet 3; Series Three of Industry and action thriller Paris Has Fallen.
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