Having come to a screeching halt in mid-March as the novel coronavirus pandemic took hold, U.K. film and high-end TV production – an industry of huge importance both to the local economy and Hollywood, with 2019 reaching a record spend of $4.7 million – has been given a major green light to start moving again.
Monday saw the British Film Commission (BCF), working with the British Film Institute, unveil its finalized government-backed post-lockdown guidance – entitled The Working Safely During COVID-19 in Film and High-end TV Drama Production – providing producers with a highly-detailed framework for workplace practices on and off set.