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TV Awards - women making waves |
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Siobhan Fenton's stunning animation Emily and the Baba Yaga won a trophy at the annual Royal Television Society Awards at Gateshead.
Working with Clive Tonge, their Lynchpin Production won the Best Drama/ Entertainment Production (up to £50K) Trophy - one of many won after the premiere at Animex 2005. They've even beaten Wallace and Grommit into second place on one occasion!
Other women collecting trophies included:
* Sandra Jobling - her Coastal Productions won the Best Drama/ Entertainment Production (over £50K) category for Wire in the Blood. Earlier in the week she heard that the series had won the prestigious Gold Medal for Drama at the New York Television Festival. Coastal had no fewer than three entries in the RTS Awards - the company, which she runs with Robson Green, bases as much production as possible in the North East
* Danielle Jones of the University of Teesside won the Best Factual category of the Student Awards for Working the Zone. The programme was described as "a compelling theme with journalistic maturity".
* Helen Spencer with Mark Murray carried off the Best Factual Production (over £50K) for The 100 Greatest War Films. They're part of Granada Factual North, based in ITV Tyne Tees in Gateshead.
* A Commendation went to Emily Barber for her work with Amy Cullen, Amber Storey and Sarah Hogg of Monkwearmouth School. Beat the Bully was entered into Best Production for a Target Audience.
* And there was praise for Sharon Barbour of BBC Look North whose Journalism entry was praised: "as always, showed how well she can relate to her interviewees, getting terrific access by filming them herself. Her interview with the truant family was a genuine exclusive."
For full details of the winning programmes and people: www.rts.org.uk/netb |
