{
  "id": "M2",
  "title": "The UK feature-film production picture",
  "subtitle": "UK feature-film starts, spending and what they tell screenwriters about the market",
  "area": "Market Intelligence",
  "type": "Source-based briefing",
  "edition": "1.0.1",
  "status": "published",
  "publishedAt": "2026-11-10",
  "path": "/research/uk-feature-film-production",
  "editionPath": "/research/uk-feature-film-production/versions/1-0-1",
  "editionUrl": "https://www.theprelist.io/research/uk-feature-film-production/versions/1-0-1",
  "filesPath": "/research/uk-feature-film-production/versions/1-0-1/files",
  "citation": "The PreList (2026). The UK feature-film production picture. Edition 1.0.1, 10 November 2026.",
  "primary_period": "2025-10-01/2026-09-30",
  "evidence_cutoff": "2026-11-10",
  "source_snapshot_id": "M2-2026-11-10-v1",
  "research_method": "Primary-source synthesis and descriptive calculations",
  "method_version": "M2 protocol 1.1",
  "analysis_version": "M2-1.0",
  "source_manifest": "sources.json",
  "last_review": "2026-11-10",
  "next_review": "2027-02-10",
  "review_trigger": "Review sooner upon a new BFI production release, a material revision or a correction.",
  "reviewer": "The PreList editorial review, 10 November 2026",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 for The PreList commentary and chart design. Third-party material retains its own terms.",
  "sources_and_fields": {
    "BFI": "Production category, reference period, first/revised basis, recorded starts and UK spend in GBP millions. Excludes single-episode HETV from the film totals.",
    "HMRC": "Film relief and claims by scheme for accounting periods ending in 2024–25.",
    "Bectu": "Dated screen-worker survey responses.",
    "Film London": "October 2026 attendance and attributed sales-company testimony.",
    "University of York": "Qualitative interviews concerning screenwriters’ experiences before the 2024 agreement."
  },
  "denominators": {
    "latest_film_starts": 188,
    "latest_uk_spend_gbp_millions": 1843.4,
    "bectu_screen_respondents": 3453,
    "york_interview_participants": 23
  },
  "change_note": "The production company applies to the BFI for certification. Broadcasters and streamers may finance the project. The WGGB’s 2022 poll gives no fieldwork dates. Its 2025 invitation asks about the preceding 12 months and reports no results. All production figures and findings stand.",
  "previousEdition": "https://www.theprelist.io/research/uk-feature-film-production/versions/1-0"
}