Film Office announces investment for new BBC drama This City Is Ours

This City Is Ours, a new BBC crime drama from the award-winning creators of The Crown, is the latest project to receive investment from the Liverpool City Region Production Fund via Liverpool City Council’s Film Office.

Liverpool homecoming premiere for Time series 2

Fans are in with a chance to attend the Liverpool premiere of the eagerly anticipated second series of hit BBC drama Time, which received investment from Liverpool Film Office through the Liverpool City Region (LCR) Production Fund.

Film Office announces funding boost for second series of BBC hit Time

The second series of Jimmy McGovern’s multi-award-winning hit drama Time has received investment from Liverpool Film Office through the Liverpool City Region (LCR) Production Fund.

THE FAMILY PILE | ITV | MADE IN LIVERPOOL

Fund Advisor Chris Moll chatted to BBC Radio Merseyside’s Tony Snell about upcoming ITV sitcom The Family Pile.

BAFTA NOMINATIONS ARE BOSS NEWS FOR LIVERPOOL

Liverpool dramas Time and Help both secure a sensational six BAFTA TV nominations each.

Television is quickly becoming one of Liverpool’s most acclaimed cultural exports, with both productions made in Liverpool City Region and secured investment from Liverpool Film Office through its LCR Production Fund, using funds from Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Strategic Investment Fund.

Liverpool treble on the big and small screen

• Liverpool is standing in for London, Berlin, Birmingham and Gotham City across three major productions
• Peaky Blinders VI is now airing on BBC, The Ipcress File is now airing on ITV, The Batman is now in cinemas – all topping the box office and TV ratings
• The new ITV spy thriller and box-set BBC1 gangster drama tie, reeling in audiences of 3.5m (22%) each
• The Batman dominates UK-Ireland box office with £13.5m opening weekend
• The Ipcress File is Liverpool Film Office’s sixth investment through its LCR Production Fund

The Responder Q&A

Join us on Liverpool Film Office’s Facebook page for an exclusive live streamed Q&A for original new BBC One drama The Responder that’s been filmed in Liverpool City Region.

BBC’s The Responder | Exclusive Images

“In some way I feel that I am The Responder to a degree and that this is my story” reflects ex-police officer, Tony Schumacher, the Liverpool screenwriter and creator of BBC’s upcoming police drama from the makers of The Salisbury Poisonings, Dancing Ledge Productions.

The Responder | BBC | Made in Liverpool

The Responder is a distinctive new take on crime drama from the makers of The Salisbury Poisonings, Dancing Ledge Productions. Written by ex-police officer Tony Schumacher, his first original series for television, The Responder holds a mirror up to the emotional extremes of life on the front line of British policing – sometimes darkly funny, sometimes painfully tragic, always challenging.

The Ipcress File | ITV | Made in Liverpool

Time and Help drives LCR Production Fund Recapitalisation

• Additional £1m over 12 months for Liverpool Film Office’s LCR Production Fund to attract more high-end productions to the city region.
• Targets feature films, TV drama, animation and comedy series with investments of between £100K and £500k.
• Several BBC, C4 and ITV-commissioned projects already supported by the Fund.

Time | BBC | Made in Liverpool

It’s Time.

Liverpool’s own prolific screenwriter, Jimmy McGovern returns to prime-time TV series drama with a three-part prison drama; Time, starring two of Britain’s biggest on screen talents; Sean Bean and Stephen Graham.