Crews filming in Scotland told to hire locals as industry booms

world - 2026-09-30 16:53:33+00:00
While the country’s screen sector is growing, only a fraction of production staff are Scottish themselvesScotland’s striking Ardross Castle, the oldest star of The Celebrity Traitors, which kicks off on Thursday night, is just one of the stops on the Scottish tourist board’s “screen tourism” trail. From Outlander and The Odyssey filming in the Highlands and islands, to Glasgow city centre standing in for New York and Gotham City in the latest instalments of Indiana Jones and Batman respectively, film and TV is increasingly big business in Scotland.The country’s screen sector, growing year on year, is projected to be worth

Source: guardian-world