Great Point Ventures EIS Fund adds Yorkshire-based production company Factual Fiction to its portfolio
A year after the worldwide success of the Channel 5 film ‘Agatha and the Truth of Murder’, the North Yorkshire-based husband and wife team behind it – Emily and Tom Dalton – have received backing from Great Point to start a regional production company. FACTUAL FICTION will produce drama, documentary and specialist factual content.…
Read moreBritain’s Creative Industries can be the beating heart of recovery – City AM
City AM recently published the following opinion piece on the creative industries written by Dan Perkins, Managing Director of Great Point Investments. The original article can be found via https://www.cityam.com/britain-must-get-creative-to-shake-off-pandemic-blues/ On Sunday 10th May, Boris Johnson announced the first tentative steps to reopen the British economy after weeks of being in the deep freeze. The…
Read moreThe First Team airs on BBC 2
The First Team is a new BBC TV series by the creators of The Inbetweeners. The sitcom follows the mostly off-the-pitch misadventures of three young football players at a fictional Premier League club. The stories focus on their friendship, and these boys from around the world are far less proficient with women, money and social…
Read moreLaunch of Camden Productions, the most recent investment through Great Point Ventures EIS, covered by the Sunday Times
A well-balanced piece on the current state of the creative industries and the opportunities that lie ahead once production restrictions have been lifted by Peter Evans: “Demand across many industries has evaporated, but there is an almost insatiable appetite for TV and film content from consumers confined to their homes. When the economy starts to…
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