coronavirus pandemic.Culture secretary Oliver Dowden announced yesterday (July 28) that through a new scheme the UK government will take on the role of a commercial insurer, offering support to productions that have incurred losses due to COVID-19.Film and TV production took a hit earlier this year because of the lockdown, meaning that a number of movies and popular shows, such as Peaky Blinders, The Witcher and Line Of Duty, were put on hold.Restrictions are beginning to ease off, but that hasn’t meant that production has been able to just pick straight back up.
A number of films and shows have struggled to restart because insurers won’t provide COVID-19 cover.“Production insurance is a fundamental part of how you make TV programmes and.