RTS West of England Awards 2009

The West of England Awards 2009 were presented at our annual awards evening. The venue was the Watershed in Bristol. Host for the evening was the chair of the judging panel Charles Wace

Winners

Daytime/Factual Entertainment

Title: Living With The Wolf Man
Production Company: Tigress Productions
Broadcaster: Animal Planet US
Nominees:

“Great night vision footage - with great access to an extraordinary lifestyle of the participants”

Documentary

Title: The Angels of Edgware Road
Production Company: Testimony Films
Broadcaster: Channel Four
Nominees:

“Masterful story telling - the judges felt that it was the ultimate redemptive programme - they all felt better about humanity after watching it and it’s fair to say bearing in mind its subject matter - the terrorist atrocity on the Edgeware Road Tube - that that was an emotion they did not expect to feel at the beginning”

Specialist Factual - Natural History

Title: Life in Cold Blood – Armoured Giants
Production Company: BBC Natural History Unity
Broadcaster: BBC One
Nominees:

“A programme produced in the best traditions of natural history programme making with masterful simple story telling”

Specialist Factual Other than History

Title: Thames Shipwrecks - A Race Against Time
Production Company: Touch Productions
Broadcaster: BBC Two
Nominees:

“This was a programme - told in a traditional style that had the judges gripped from start to finish”

Graphics / Title Sequence

Title: Building Wonders
Production Company: Available Light
Broadcaster: ITV West / Teachers TV
Nominees:

Documentary

Title: Breechings Tracks with Simon Calder
Production Company: Grace Productions
Broadcaster: BBC One West
Nominees:

“A traditional programme that was well made, well researched, and well presented highlighting a subject that was felt to be of strong regional interest”

Current Affairs

Title: West Eye View: Home Truths Part one
Production Company: ITV West
Broadcaster: ITV West
Nominees:

“A programme with excellent personalisation of as major national story illustrating its regional impact”

Craft Award for Editing: Nick Maddocks

Nominees:

“The Angels of Edgware Road a beautifully constructed Sensitive piece of work - a difficult subject crafted with great care”