Broadcast Awards – Page 10
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FeaturesBest single drama: Elizabeth Is Missing
‘A clever and powerful study of the effects of dementia transcended by a brilliant performance from one of the country’s greatest actors’
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FeaturesBest comedy programme: Derry Girls
“An original take on the subject, with excellent cast and characterisation”
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FeaturesBest international programme sales: This Time Next Year
“The show has put the UK back on the front foot in the formats business”
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FeaturesNews & current affairs programme: Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks
As close as one wants to get to a terrorist attack”, was one judge’s verdict on Amos Pictures’ 60-minute film, which traced the events in Paris on 7 January 2015, when two brothers forced their way into the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
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FeaturesDocumentary series: Exodus: Our Journey Into Europe
”We all think we know the migration story – our news is saturated with it. But this was the real story, stripped back and bare.” So said one judge of the category’s clear winner.
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FeaturesBest music programme: Four to the Floor
“A show that speaks directly to the audience in a way we haven’t seen for a long time,” was one judge’s verdict on a format that shook up perceptions of what a music show could be.
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FeaturesBest soap: Emmerdale
“A soap on top form” was our judges’ verdict of Emmerdale, which exuded confidence and swagger throughout the judging period.
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FeaturesBest entertainment programme: Britain’s Got Talent
The Thames/Syco juggernaut continued to rumble on, steamrolling the competition to climax with a peak audience of 13.4 million viewers – and a whopping share of more than 50%.
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FeaturesBest Sports Programme: The Grand National 2014
The judges were united in their praise for Channel 4’s coverage of Pineau De Re’s triumph in the 167th Grand National in April last year.
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FeaturesBest Pre-School Programme: Lily’s Driftwood Bay
An incredible 50,000 photographs of more than 10,000 beachcombed items were taken to produce this 52-part series.
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NewsC4 tracks Gok Wan panto debut
Channel 4 has green-lit a behind-the-scenes pantomime special which will follow Gok Wan as he takes part in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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NewsBroadcast Awards: deadline tomorrow
The entry deadline for the 2011 Broadcast Awards is tomorrow (Thursday 16 September) – so now is the time to compile and submit your entries online.
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FeaturesBest entertainment programme: Last One Laughing
“The stand-out casting that elevated the format into something truly special”
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FeaturesBest comedy programme: Black Ops
“The two central performers have real funny bones. Black Ops was totally addictive to watch”
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FeaturesBest comedy programme: Derry Girls
‘The show is comedy genius on every level, with loveable, funny characters you grow to love as friends’
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FeaturesBest entertainment programme: RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
‘A modern, emotional, funny and entertaining show all wrapped up in one brilliantly executed package’