BBC Radio Cumbria award success BBC Radio Cumbria has just been named BBC Local Radio Station of 2005 in the Frank Gillard Awards.  | | Reporter Gordon Swindlehurst |
The prestigious title was given in recognition of the work done by the radio station during the floods at the beginning of the year. BBC Radio Cumbria's Gordon Swindlehurst also won a bronze in the 'Reporter' category. This is the second year that the radio station has won in the 'Station of the Year' category. The work of the Cumbrian team was also recognised after the Foot and Mouth crisis of 2001. The Frank Gillard Awards are named in honour of the founder of BBC Local Radio.
The Awards are exclusively for BBC Local Radio in England. Their purpose is to recognise excellence in the industry. We've assembled some of the material which helped to win BBC Radio Cumbria this prestigious title, including the compelling documentary 'Dark Water Rising' by Gordon Swindlehurst. Check out the links on the top right of this page to find out how BBC Radio Cumbria's coverage of those terrible events has now resulted in national recognition for the team. The floods It's a week that Cumbria will never forget. Nine inches of rain and 90-mile-an-hour storms were to bring down more than half a million trees and flood towns like Appleby and Keswick, and the city of Carlisle. They left tens of thousands of people without electricity for night after night. They saw some streets become a wasteland of sodden furniture and ruined carpets. They left families to grieve for loved ones and the loss of prized possessions - and, in some cases, a way of life. As the county slowly started to come to terms with the worst floods in recent history, BBC Radio Cumbria looked back on a week it will never forget in a special programme - "Dark Water Rising"... Listen & watch Not only can you now listen to Dark Water Rising online, you can also watch the programme as a video presentation too. We've taken many of the photographs sent in to us at BBC Cumbria and added them to the programme's sound-track.  | | Gillard Awards |
Just choose how you want to view 'Dark Water Rising' by clicking one of the links at the top-right-hand side of this page. The coverage continues BBC Radio Cumbria continues to follow life in the county after the floods. Keep listening to the radio station or check out the short films on the Video Nation links on this website. | 
