{
  "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",
  "status": "published",
  "publishedAt": "2026-11-10",
  "path": "/research/uk-feature-film-production",
  "editionPath": "/research/uk-feature-film-production/versions/1-0",
  "editionUrl": "https://www.theprelist.io/research/uk-feature-film-production/versions/1-0",
  "filesPath": "/research/uk-feature-film-production/versions/1-0/files",
  "citation": "The PreList (2026). The UK feature-film production picture. Edition 1.0, 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": "First public edition. Incorporates the BFI November 2026 release, matched September revisions, and the audit of the June periods."
}