 the uk film industry the uk film industry barsha lun 20092021 1741 the united kingdom has produced many of the world s most popular and influential movies and television shows it has a worldclass reputation for cinema animation and special effects television production the united kingdom has produced many of the world s most popular and influential movies and television shows it has a worldclass reputation for cinema animation and special effects television production uk film production although filmmaking has been halted owing to covid19 2020 s official data indicate that there was an investment of 284 billion in the uk on film and highend tv production considering the disruptions in the production plan lasting five to six months this value is only down 21 from 2019 the year began with a bang but production was halted by the end of march although some postproduction and visual effects work were permitted to proceed actual production did not resume until mid of july inward films like no time to die and 1917 that was filmed in the uk but were financed and managed from the outside contributed to about 90 of britain s 195 billion investment in 2019 this demonstrates the desirability of the uk as a filming site for international projects in the last quarter of 2020 the industry however made a strong comeback with a robust 19 billion spent on cinema and highend television which was the third biggest three months spend recorded  