The five-year pact covers eight scripted series and two features, with production split between Bristol and Glasgow.

Planners signed off on the long-delayed project, which the studio says will create 1,800 permanent jobs.

Maren Holt’s first feature is a patient, atmospheric study of grief that earns every one of its silences.

The six-part series finds big laughs in the small indignities of the morning rush hour.

The sci-fi sequel delivered the biggest debut of the autumn, comfortably ahead of industry projections.

A team of 60 sculptors, painters and puppeteers spent two years on the fantasy epic’s practical effects.

The coastal thriller drew an estimated 4.1 million viewers in its first 28 days on StreamBox UK.

Production on the six new episodes will begin in Northern Ireland in the spring.