RTS Southern Centre Awards 2015
Over two hundred people attended the RTS Southern Centre Awards Dinner at Winchester Guildhall on March 6th hosted by the South’s star presenters, ITV’s Fred Dinenage and the BBC’s Sally Taylor.
The TV industry in the south often suffers from a talent drain to nearby London. So it was good to celebrate the quality work of ten indie companies and four broadcast centres who maintain significant production in the region.
RTS Southern Centre Professional and Student Awards
Winchester Guildhall Friday March 4th 2016
Two hundred people joined presenters Sally Taylor and Fred Dinenage for the Southern Centre Annual Professional and Student Awards held at Winchester Guildhall on March 4.th They were there to celebrate the professional work of BBC South East, ITV Meridian, BBC South, eight indies and student productions from four southern universities.
Bright spark James Goodhand was chosen to receive the award by a panel of judges chaired by Terry Marsh, Digital Media Consultant.
Goodhand graduated from UCL with a degree in Physics before joining the BBC’s trainee scheme. He then completed placements with BBC Distribution, Newsgathering Location Facilities and International Bureaux Support. Most recently he has been working on a project to develop an in-house Return Vision System for BBC News.
The RTS has announced the winners of the 2016 Craft & Design Awards in partnership with Blackmagic Design.
Comedian Sandi Toksvig hosted the Awards, which were held at the London Hilton on Park Lane on Monday 28 November.
The nominations for the 2016 ceremony have been announced, covering a range of crafts and genres in the industry.
The ceremony was hosted by Catriona Shearer and Sanjeev Kohli at the Oran Mor, Glasgow. A special mention went to Jim McColl for the 1000th episode of his gardening show Beechgrove Garden, for which he picked up The RTS Scotland Award.
Introducing the evening, the Chairman of the North East & The Border Centre, Graeme Thompson, said:
I don’t know what you were doing 29 years ago — I was obviously still in short trousers — but we were watching shows such as Highway and The Tube from Tyne Tees, Look Who’s Talking with Derek Batey on Border and Look North and Eastenders on BBC1. How times have changed.
The RTS Wales Centre Jury panel consisted of the following members:
Hywel Wiliam, Jury Chairman, Administrator, RTS Wales Centre
Emma Meese, Lecturer, Centre for Journalism, Cardiff University
Elen Rhys, Content Commissioner, Entertainment and Comedy, S4C
Zoe Rushton, Producer, BBC Cymru Wales
Huw Rossiter, Manager, Regional Affairs, ITV Cymru Wales
Dylan Huws, Managing Director, Cwmni Da
