The BBC won twelve of the twenty-two awards presented at last night’s Broadcast Awards (Wednesday Feb 4). Hosted by Broadcast Magazine, a trade publication for the television industry, the event celebrated two decades since the awards began with a special prize for ‘Best Programme of the Last Twenty Years’, which went to BBC Two’s pioneering mock-documentary The Office.
The BBC’s success was shared across the channels from BBC Four’s documentary about Pussy Riot, to BBC Three’s Glasgow Girls (Best Original Programme) and Uncle, Harry and Paul’s Story of the Two’s (BBC Two) which won Best Comedy Programme to CBBC’s Operation Ouch! Goes Back In Time (Best Childrens’ Programme).
Match of the Day received the Special Recognition Award
BBC One was recognised as Channel of the Year, with accolades for Happy Valley, The Great British Bake-Off,Common and Match of the Day. Eastenders followed on from their success at last month’s National Television Awards to take the Best Soap crown, which had been worn by ITV’s Coronation Street for the previous three years.
BBC Director of Television, Danny Cohen said of the ceremony: “We’re thrilled to have won so many Broadcast Awards last night. What excites me most about this success is the quality, range and breadth of our winning shows. Across all channels and all genres, from Channel of the Year for BBC One to Storyville on BBC Four, it reflects our passion to bring the very best telly to our audiences.”
Jen Macro is content producer for the About the BBC website and blog.
