The psychological well being disaster within the UK’s movie and tv examine has deepened.
That’s the headline discovering of the Movie and TV Charity‘s newest Trying Glass Survey, one of many {industry}’s most complete research on working situations for British freelancers.
Some 35% of 4,300 respondents described their psychological well being as “poor” or “very poor,” representing a marked enhance from 24% over the past examine in 2022.
Suicidal ideas had been a characteristic amongst these questioned. Some 30% of respondents (or practically 1,300 individuals) stated they’d thought of taking their very own life, an rise from 29% within the earlier survey.
The Movie and TV Charity’s outcomes are all of the extra alarming when you think about that its survey pattern has greater than doubled from 2,000 respondents in 2022.
Equally, the outcomes are usually not stunning. Leaders within the freelance group have been sounding the alarm on psychological well being points for years, with a slowdown in manufacturing solely exacerbating issues.
The {industry} has additionally confronted the tragedy of John Balson, the TV producer who died by suicide earlier this 12 months after engaged on Channel 4’s true-crime collection Within the Footsteps of Killers.
The Movie and TV Charity has solely launched partial findings from the Trying Glass Survey and stated it expects to publish a full report subsequent 12 months.
Different outcomes printed on Wednesday confirmed that solely 12% of these surveyed felt that the {industry} is a mentally wholesome place to work. Some 63% stated their job harmed their psychological well being.
Practically an equal variety of staff (64%) admitted that they’ve thought of leaving the {industry}, which was up from 60% in 2022.
Marcus Ryder, CEO of the Movie and TV Charity, stated: “Throughout earlier iterations of the Trying Glass Survey, we now have constantly recognized how prevalent poor psychological well being is true throughout the {industry}.
“The early headlines from our 2024 survey are remarkably constant – considerably constructive given the varied crises which have hit the sector in recent times, however much more a explanation for nice concern that issues are usually not bettering shortly sufficient.”
The Movie and TV charity is trying to develop pan-industry requirements for psychological well being and has convened key gamers, together with Apple TV+, the BBC and Disney, to work on the venture.
Engagement with the Movie and TV Charity’s Entire Image Toolkit, an info pack that helps producers design mentally wholesome TV and movie productions, has risen. Greater than 100 firms are utilizing the toolkit, whereas an additional 200 particular person productions have adopted the requirements.
