Screen Production Delivers Over £11 Million for Tay Region and Fife

Screen production across Perth and Kinross, Dundee, Fife and generated an estimated economic impact of more than £11 million over the past two years, according to the latest annual report from FifeScreen+TayScreen, the screen office supported by all three council areas. Productions spent £5.7 million in the region across 2024/25 and 2025/26, recording 826 filming days, an overall increase of 20% compared with 2023/24.

Perth and Kinross's contribution to that total draws on a genuine screen heritage. Scone Palace's Murray Star Maze (pictured above) featured in Apple TV+'s period drama The Buccaneers, while nearby Drummond Castle has doubled as the Palace of Versailles for Outlander and hosted a Christian Dior fashion event and film shoot during the period covered by the report. But the region's screen credentials extend well beyond its palaces and castles. Perth Railway Station provided a filming location for The Railway Man, starring Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth, while Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire appeared in HBO's Succession, one of the most talked-about dramas of recent years.

Julie Craik of FifeScreen+TayScreen said the results showed the sustained value of screen production to the region, with each project creating opportunities for local businesses and crew while placing the area's cities, towns and landscapes in front of audiences worldwide.

The report also points to the wider tourism value of that exposure, with VisitBritain research showing film and television increasingly influence where people choose to travel. For Perth and Kinross, already home to production-ready venues such as Perth Racecourse, which offers a practical unit base alongside direct access to Scone Palace's grounds and interiors, that combination of screen credits and visitor appeal continues to strengthen the case for the region as a destination for both productions and the tourists who follow them.

Over the past decade, filming across the wider Fife and Tay region has delivered an estimated £47.7 million in economic impact.