Q&A: UK Film Council

The government has announced the abolition of film-funding body the UK Film Council. Here, the BBC's Media Correspondent Torin Douglas looks at what it does.

What is the Film Council?

What does the Council do?

How much money has it put into films?

How does it decide what to fund?

What does the culture secretary want to do?

What will happen to the lottery money for film?

What does the former Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw say?