The state of the British film industry in 2007

"Boomtime for the British film industry thanks to Austen, Mr Bean - and Gordon Brown."

This is an article from last year but its information including facts and figures are useful for assessing the recent state of the British film industry .

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/jan/15/film.politics

But . . . here is a different take on the same topic:

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2689591.ece