BBC successes at the Celtic Media Awards
Jen Macro
Digital Content Producer, About the BBC
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The Celtic Media Festival is an annual celebration of broadcasting and film from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man, Cornwall and Brittany. As part of the festival, the Celtic Media Awards ceremony was held at Villa Marina in Douglas on the Isle Of Mann from the 3-5 May. The BBC picked up accolades in 15 of the 23 catagories:
Arts
The Greatest Poem of World War One: David Jones's In Parenthesis - BBC Wales & BBC Four

Factual Entertainment
Wil, Aeron a'r Inca/Wil, Aeron and The Inca - S4C

Comedy
Still Game - BBC Scotland

Factual Series
Scotland’s Game - BBC Scotland

Kieran Hegarty Award for Innovation
Voices 16 - BBC Northern Ireland

Drama series
Line of Duty - BBC

Radio Documentary
Aberfan - BBC Radio Cymru

Radio Magazine Show
Rhaglen Aled Hughes/Aled Hughes Programme - BBC Radio Cymru

Radio Music Programme (Live)
Blas Ceoil - BBC Radio Ulster

Lynette Fay presenter of Blas Ceoil with her award
Radio Sports
Spòrs na Seachdain/Weekly Sport - BBC Radio nan Gaidheal

Radio Station of the Year

Single Documentary
Dunblane – Our Story - BBC One

Sports Documentary
Crash and Burn - BBC NI and RTE

Spirit of the Festival & History
Eoin Mac Néill: Fear Dearmadta 1916/Eoin MacNeill: The Forgotten Man of 1916 - BBC Two NI and TG4
For the full list of winners visit the Celtic Media Festival website.

