Jersey’s film industry has called for a dedicated screen commission to attract productions and simplify filming permissions, following the island’s inaugural Screen Summit on 9 November 2026. The proposal was reported by BBC News on 11 November.
Summit organiser and director Rebecca Coley proposed a central office to coordinate filming permissions, government departments and the island’s parish authorities.
Assistant Economic Development Minister Senator Serena Kersten acknowledged the potential of the screen sector but said further discussions were needed, particularly around financial incentives.
“I would hate to introduce a new sector into the island and not get it right from an incentive perspective,” she said.
The proposal follows the success of the revived *Bergerac* series. A Jersey government report published on 30 March 2026 recorded £1.568 million in on-island production spending across the first two revival series.
The report also estimated that 42,000 holiday visitors in 2025 said *Bergerac* had influenced their decision to visit. Of those visitors, 70% were visiting Jersey for the first time. These are survey-based estimates, not a count of visitors travelling solely because of the programme.
A third series filmed on the island in September 2026.
Jersey’s wider screen activity includes *À Bétôt? Goodbye?*, a feature-length documentary exploring the island’s native Jèrriais language. Co-directed by local filmmakers Annigna and Tom Kennedy of Little River Pictures, the film premiered at the 13th Parish Film Festival on 23 May 2026.
