However, total spend on film and high-end TV production in the UK fell by 21% year-on-year to £2.84bn, the worst level since 2016, according to the British Film Institute, which publishes the figures annually.
The amount spent in the UK on making Hollywood films, such as Batman, and prestige dramas including Netflix’s The Witcher slumped by more than £700m to £2.8bn last year as the pandemic took its toll on the film and TV production industry.
“Production recovery in the UK is well underway and demand for content is not only still there but in fact greater than ever before,” said Adrian Wootton, chief executive of the British Film Commission, the industry body supporting UK film and TV production.
The figures also underlined the rise in high-end TV shows costing at least £1m an episode, with the amount spent overtaking that invested in film-making in the UK for the first time.