“52 Per Cent Of UK Screen Industry Still Out Of Work” Following Last Year’s Strikes
deadline.comFive months after Hollywood’s actors went back to work, the UK film industry continues to suffer with a reported 52% out of work.
The Times newspaper recalls the effect of the actors’ strike when dozens of film and TV production projects were halted in the UK, with sets closed and tens of thousands of professionals put out of work.
It puts the number of UK staff in the film and TV production sector at 66,000. And it reports that, months after actors agreed a new pay deal with Hollywood studios and went back to work (following the resolution of the separate screenwriters’ strike), 52% of industry professionals remain out of work, according to a new survey by broadcasting union Bectu.
It quotes the survey of 2,375 members and reports that only 6% have seen their workloads return to pre-strike levels. The Times reports that budgets of both streamers and linear broadcasters have fallen over the past year, and some postponed work has yet to be rescheduled.
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