{"id":87608,"date":"2017-12-23T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=2216175a76bd574df5f44e31f2998d01"},"modified":"2017-12-23T07:00:01","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T07:00:01","slug":"news-story-tinsel-trees-and-tax-2017-in-british-film-and-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=87608","title":{"rendered":"News story: Tinsel, trees and tax \u2013 2017 in British film and TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Most people will be watching the Queen in some capacity this Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>The traditional amongst us will tune in dutifully at 3pm to Her Majesty\u2019s Christmas message, full of turkey and fit to burst.<\/p>\n<p>But thanks to tax reliefs in the creative sector, we can also enjoy Claire Foy\u2019s seminal performance as a young Elizabeth Windsor in the award-winning Netflix series, The Crown.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/70530\/Artboard_1_copy_3.png\" alt='Graphic of a crown with the caption \"The Crown\"'><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Tax probably isn\u2019t the first thing that springs to mind over the festive period. But when you\u2019re settling down after lunch to binge on this:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/70531\/Artboard_1_copy_4.png\" alt='Graphic of a doorway with \"221B\" on it with the caption \"Sherlock\"'><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Or this:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/70536\/Artboard_1_copy.png\" alt=\"Graphic of the final image of the Game of Thrones opening titles sequence \"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Or even this:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/70537\/Artboard_1.png\" alt=\"Graphic of sword and shield below the Wonder Woman logo\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s all been made possible thanks to a government scheme, which makes it cheaper to make a TV show or film that is culturally British (or European).<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re addicted to Shelby shenanigans or doctors and daleks, productions such as Peaky Blinders and Dr Who all benefit from government tax relief because they\u2019re culturally British in some way \u2013 either through their content (hello 1920s, gangster-infested Birmingham), or because of how much of it is shot in this country.<\/p>\n<p>It also includes the proportion of stars and crew who are from Britain.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re looking at you, McGregor:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/70546\/Artboard_1_copy_5.png\" alt='Graphic with toilet with the caption \"T2 Trainspotting\"'><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>And you to, Styles:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/70547\/Artboard_1_copy_6.png\" alt='Graphic of a helmet with the caption \"Dunkirk\"'><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Tax and TV shows aside, pleasing everyone can be impossible, especially during the festive season, and especially after a few sherries.<\/p>\n<p>But a firm favourite for the whole family has to be this year\u2019s Paddington 2 \u2013 a perfect production for adults and children alike\u2026 and presumably with royal endorsement, after the famous bear danced a merry jig with the Duchess of Cambridge earlier this year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/70538\/paddington_family_GOV.UK.jpg\" alt=\"Still from Paddington 2 showing Paddington bear surrounded by the rest of the cast\"><\/div><figcaption>\u00a9 P&amp;CO Ltd.\/SC2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So gather round the tree, don a paper hat, and raise a glass to the best of British cinema.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A look at some of the best British film and TV of this year, and the scheme that helps put them on our screens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}