How much it cost the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body to produce and show the film of Sir Sean Connery's visit to the new Scottish Par…

Sir Sean Connery’s visit to theHolyrood Parliament building on Thursday, 28 August was filmed by the Parliament’sBroadcasting Unit under the authority of the Parliament’s Head of Broadcasting inconsultation with the Parliament’s Head of Media. The pictures generated were madeavailable to the broadcast media and these pictures were subsequently used in newsfeatures on the BBC Reporting Scotland Scotland, BBC Breakfast News (UK Network),and, STV’s Scotland Today. Whilst extensive use of the footage was made by thesebroadcast outlets, time restraints meant not all of the footage provided was used.
In order to allow parliamentarystaff and MSPs the opportunity to see Sir Sean Connery’s visit in full, and withit see progress on the site to date, a short film was made by the Parliament’s BroadcastingOffice, using almost all of the footage provided to the media.
This film was made in less thanthree hours by a single member of the Broadcasting Office’s staff, within the patternof a normal working week, and using existing in-house parliamentary equipment. Thefilm was made on the authority of the Parliament’s Head of Broadcasting, and nocosts were incurred, over and above the normal running costs of the BroadcastingOffice.
The broadcast of the film onthe Parliament’s new Information Channel on Thursday 4 September was authorisedby the Information Channel’s Pilot Project Group.