Production Sector On The Up In Northern Ireland

Sharon Boyd looks at the growing TV and film production sector in Northern Ireland:

Production Sector On The Up In Northern Ireland
Game of Thrones on location in NI. (Copyright Making of Game of Thrones)

Northern Ireland, being the smallest part of the UK, tends to go fairly unnoticed and it’s associated more with The Troubles than anything else. However, over the past few years the media industry has been developing rapidly in this fairly unknown place and suddenly an awareness of Northern Ireland as a filming location has transpired. So instead of talking about the political and religious tensions in the country, people are now fascinated by the likes of Game of Thrones and The City of Ember being filmed in this beautiful part of the world.

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