Celebrating Scotland and Banffshire and Buchan Coast as Premier Locations for Film and TV Production

That the Parliament celebrates what it sees as the ongoing success of Scotland, and Banffshire and Buchan Coast, as premiere locations for film and TV production; recognises what it sees as the positive economic and community benefits that this industry brings to Scotland at both local and national levels; notes that recent film and TV productions in Banffshire and Buchan Coast include the Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks production, Masters of the Air, based on the non-fiction book by Donald L Miller; understands that Masters of the Air tells the true story of an American bomber squadron during the Second World War and features the Banffshire and Buchan Coast town of Fraserburgh in the second episode of the Apple TV production; notes that the beautiful Banffshire and Buchan Coast village of Portnockie, with its much-photographed Bow Fiddle Rock, starred in the finale of BBC's Traitors series, and that it is set to feature in the American series of the same name; understands that this has led to a marked increase in tourists to the Portnockie and Cullen area; believes that this filming adds to the recent starring role of Portsoy in the finale of Peaky Blinders, of Peterhead Prison as the prime location of the TV series, Screw, and of Macduff starring in the Netflix production of The Crown; further believes that there is a considerable potential for increased sustainable tourism and future film production in the Banffshire and Buchan Coast area, as well as across Scotland as a whole, and encourages people to visit the area and see for themselves why this corner of Scotland has become so popular for film production.