BRADFORD’S role as a destination for film-makers was cited as one of the factors helping to secure millions for the Yorkshire economy.

New Screen Yorkshire figures reveal that the county’s economy has been boosted by an estimated £20 million through film and television production.

The sum was publicised as the latest film backed the Yorkshire Content Fund, Testament of Youth, hit the cinemas. This adaptation of Vera Brittain’s First World War memoirs was partly filmed on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, (K&WVR) and stars Alicia Vickander, Kit Harington and Emily Watson.

It is the latest big investment from the agency, with its £15 million content fund, backed by the European Regional Development Fund. Since the fund’s inception, it has supported television series, such as Peaky Blinders.