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Iran & The West wins Banff Award
15th June 2010
Iran & The West has won best Political Documentary at the Rockie Non-Fiction Awards in Banff. It also picked up a Peabody from the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication on May 17 and a bronze medal at the 3 May New York Festival Awards.
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Norma Percy Wins Orwell Prize
21st May 2010
Norma has been awarded the 2010 Orwell lifetime achievement prize for "her unflagging commitment, energy and resourcefulness over some three decades of important work that reframed key events in contemporary history by showing the human face of history: that mortals were involved." Click on picture to read about Norma at The Oldie.
Sunday 2 May, 7.30pm Channel 4: What They Won't Tell Us
29th April 2010
Do the political parties' pre-election promises add up? Are they even possible? Can the health service budget truly be ring-fenced? Can the deficit really be paid off without major tax rises? Will our jobs and pensions be protected after the election? Presented by Jon Snow, this programme examines the reality behind the pledges, assembling its own 'think tank' of the kind of people who have made these decisions, and who know what we're not being told.
Hunting the Edge of Space – NOVA/PBS, April 6 and 13, 8pm EST USA
8th March 2010
On the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, this two-hour special for NOVA/PBS examines how a simple instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed our understanding of our place in the universe. What began as a curiosity—two spectacle lenses held a foot apart—ultimately revolutionised human thought across science, philosophy and religion.
Cameron Uncovered : Monday 8th March, 8pm - Channel 4
23rd February 2010
Andrew Rawnsley, award-winning columnist and writer, has caused a furore while lifting the lid on Gordon Brown’s premiership. In Cameron Uncovered he brings viewers an inside portrait of David Cameron and the government that might be.
Norma Percy wins RTS Judges' Award
16th February 2010
The Royal Television Society, Britain’s leading forum for television and related media, held its Programme Awards presentation ceremony on 16 March at the Grosvenor House Hotel. Norma received the Judges' Award for her outstanding contribution to television programming. The citation read: “…a documentary film-maker with a formidable track record of investigating the political past, tracking down the truth and through the medium of television, challenging and rewriting “The Official Version” - the one the authorities want us to believe! (more ...)
Skippy - Australia's First Superstar, BBC4 16 February
15th February 2010
The story of Australia’s most cherished TV star, Skippy the bush kangaroo: the crime-busting marsupial who conquered the world in the late 60s and early 70s. Fast, fun, entertaining, and nostalgic, Skippy is everything you always wanted to know about crime- fighting kangaroos.
Iran & The West wins award at History Makers New York
27th January 2010
Brian and Norma presented a Master Class at the History Makers International Summit of History and Current Affairs Producers in New York on Friday 29 January where Iran & The West won History Makers' award for the Best Current Affairs Production. The trophy was presented by Ann Julienne of France Télévisions.
Norma Percy and Iran & The West win Grierson Awards
23rd December 2009
Norma Percy has won the Grierson Trust’s highest accolade - The Trustee’s Award - in recognition of her outstanding achievement and contribution to the art of documentary filmmaking during a career spanning more than 30 years. She then went on to win the 2009 Envy Best Documentary Series prize - along with her Brook Lapping colleagues Brian Lapping, Dai Richards, Delphine Jaudeau and Paul Mitchell. The judges described the series saying: “With its extraordinary access, Iran and the West told a gripping story with a consistent and clear narrative, often revealing new material and throwing a timely light on events today. An important historical record, which never faltered.”
THE GREAT ESCAPE: THE RECKONING
9pm Channel Four – Monday 2 November
The Great Escape is one of the most celebrated stories of World War II, immortalised in the iconic film.
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