[2][3] The Bryanston consortium was composed of 12 to 15 members who bought their way in by putting up £5,000; the equity of the group guaranteed distribution through British Lion and financing from the National Film Finance Corporation, banks, and American producers.

In addition to Balcon and Setton, members included Kenneth Shipman, John Bryan, Tony Richardson, Julian Wintle and Ronald Neame.

Ronald Neame said that: The old complaint of producers has always been that the distributors tend to ask us for old formula films.

If I submit a script to Bryanston, I know it will be vetted by fellow producers whose opinions I respect.

[7] In November 1961 the company announced it would go into co-production with Seven Arts Productions, to make Sammy Going South and Tom Jones.