Film On Four

Conclusions

By 1996 Film on Four had been involved in the production of over 300 films and continues to increase investment to date, £100million was pledged to produce 80 films between 1996-9. The future for British film had not looked so promising for many years. Undeniably, a significant percentage of British films of the 80’s and 90’s would not have been made if it wasn’t for Film on Four. The major criticism seems to be with the effect the type of films they produced has had on the industry. Channel Four themselves give their opinion thus; ‘Film on Four’s role in British cinema is simple. It plugged a crucial low-budget gap in the UK after the catastrophic production slump of the mid-seventies’. The British cinema has taken fifty years to assimilate the presence of television. Its present and future symbiotic relationship with what it had for so long regarded as an anathema has, if not been made possible, been accelerated by Film on Fours philanthropy to the cash starved industry.