Investigates, Discovers, Questions This week: Film Biz
Why are there so few truly British films these days? Why is it that the French, the Swedes, the Germans and the Australians all have thriving indigenous film industries while British film-makers are reduced to turning out movies for the moguls of Hollywood?
In the 1960s, British films were box-office hits around the world, and American investment flooded the studios. Then the economic tide flowed in the other direction and for most of the 70s the British film industry was high and dry. Now it's picking itself up again and going for the big time.
But what will the industry of the 80s produce? Gavin Scott has been talking to the producers, the money men and the studio chiefs who decide what happens when the cameras start to turn.
Producer ROBYN WALLIS Editor TIM SLESSOR