Liverpool's film and television industry continues to boomNew figures show 2005 was busiest year on record 38 percent increase in production enquiries compared to 2004

Scotland's screen agency has come out in support of a proposal that will see it become part of a much larger creative arts agency, Creative Scotland, while its unique screen archive, including of some of the earliest films made in Britain, will transfer to Scotland's National Library.

US investment in British films in the last year is down. Both lower-budget and big-budget pictures have been affected.