I am really happy to share that the research I have been working on with Prof Andrew Spicer has finally been published! Released at the Bristol Screen Summit earlier this week it was a real pleasure to share the findings with top media industry practitioners and hear their reflections.

Go West! 2.5 Bristol’s Film and Television Industries is a report that explores and documents the changes that have happened in the regions screen industry. The changes reflects the UK-wide changes in the screen sector – the boom and bust that we have seen since the COVID 19 pandemic – and it reflects on how the national slump in production has affected companies and practices in the wider Bristol region.

The report itself highlights the difficulties that the screen sector has been in since the 2022 report – Go West! 2 – particularly highlighting the high rate of company closures and the shrinking of its iconic Natural History sector. Though hopefully, the findings will provide a useful resource for the sector in its recovery and adaptation to today’s changing media landscape.

To read the report and see a summary of the findings please visit the link below: https://www.uwe.ac.uk/research/centres-and-groups/screen-research/go-west

Thank you everyone who took part and supported the research project. It was a big undertaking and I hope it will be useful for many freelancers and companies in the Bristol screen industries.