Ö÷²¥´óÐã's quality shines at the RTS Awards
One of the most memorable images of the week for me was the moment when to pick up the award for best entertainment programme.
Ö÷²¥´óÐã Four's Newswipe with was recognised above two estimable giants of the entertainment world: and .
The humorous and uncompromising voice of Charlie Brooker on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã has gained this acclaim by having originality, an attitude and genuinely, something to say about our media today. The fact is that Ö÷²¥´óÐã Four, a relatively new channel (in British terms anyway), can punch above its weight at these important industry events.
The night saw , , if we include the distinguished 's judges' award for her unparalleled work for the Ö÷²¥´óÐã. It also illustrated what we mean by quality when we talk about the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's ambitions in the future.
The range of Ö÷²¥´óÐã One's awards was remarkable. From Peter Bower's drama, Occupation to popular factual series like Famous, Rich And Ö÷²¥´óÐãless; from EastEnders in its 25th year and Jimmy McGovern's The Street; from the searing feature-length documentary, Wounded, following the slow painful rehabilitation of two veterans of the conflict in Afghanistan to the best history winner, Garrow's Law and double winner Small Island - these were all quality but all very different.
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That key ingredient, quality also stood out for the judges, across a wide variety of programme winners, from both children's channels, CBeebies and CÖ÷²¥´óÐã as well as our Ö÷²¥´óÐã Four international programme, Mad Men.
Ö÷²¥´óÐã Comedy also did well. , who I sat next to, was fine until the ceremony's wonderful host suddenly announced halfway through, that there would now be speeches for the remaining awards.
What was a reasonably stress-free evening for nominees suddenly tensed up around the comedy table.
But win Miranda did, for best comedy performance, after her breakthrough sitcom Miranda on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two. While the winner of scripted comedy on my other side was , and his Thick Of It team.
Last week's launch of the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's strategy review was headlined 'Putting quality first'. No doubt what this means will continue to be debated - but its significance really hits when you look at all these very different winners and the huge array of talent behind them.
Jana Bennett is the director of Ö÷²¥´óÐã Vision
Comment number 1.
At 18th Mar 2010, TV Licence fee payer against Ö÷²¥´óÐã censorship wrote:"Ö÷²¥´óÐã Four's Newswipe with Charlie Brooker was recognised above two estimable giants of the entertainment world: X Factor and Britain's Got Talent."
Sorry but, considering that a wet paper bag would win if competing against the latter two contenders...
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Comment number 2.
At 24th Mar 2010, scoobie wrote:Jana - Did you win any awards for HD picture quality?
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