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Scotland’s The Island (An t-Eilean) Wins Prix CIRCOM's Grand Prix 2025
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May 22nd 2025, Barcelona
The Island (An t-Eilean), produced by MG ALBA Scotland, has been awarded the Grand Prix 2025.
The announcement was made at the gala awards ceremony at the CIRCOM Annual Conference, hosted by Catalonia’s public broadcaster 3Cat. The Gala took place in the beautiful setting of Les Drassanes – the historic Barcelona Shipyards.
The Grand Prix was chosen as the standout entry among all genre category winners, making it the overall “Best of the Best” in this year’s competition.
The judges recognized high quaility of the awarded drama - there is a beautiful scenery, imposing castles and wonderful views of natural beauty. The production values are high and this is an ambitious production made by MG Alba with partners. It is very fascinating and impressive that the drama is produced in the Gaelic language. This will help spread knowledge of the language when making such quality entertainment for a wider audience. Good dramas are made all over the world – but this is special.
Mojca Recek, president of Prix CIRCOM said:
The Entertainment and drama shows may not be everyday output in many regions. But it is often in such programmes that you find the real heartbeat of a region and its culture.
The award, is sponsored by TVP, and the presentation was made by the President of CIRCOM Regional, Eivind Undrum Jacobsen, from NRK Norway. The trophy was collected by Arabella Page Croft, Margaret Cameron and Sorcha Groundsell from MG ALBA, Scotland, the Gaelic language channel associated with BBC Scotland.
Prix CIRCOM 2025 Teletheque
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During our 41st Annual Conference on 22nd and 23rd May 2025, conference participants have an opportunity to watch all programmes entered into the Prix CIRCOM 2025 in online teletheque.
Comments from the judges on all of the entries and the President's Report on the competition are available in the Jury Report.
Programmes are available for watching online - to acces click on the title of the respective category in the list below and enter the password which was sent on May 21st to the email address you provided when registering for the conference.
Prix CIRCOM 2025 categories:
DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA
sponsor ORF Austria
Winner:
Raisa (Raisa), Yle, Finland
Commended:
I explain you (Te lo explico), Canal Extremadura, Spain
DIVERSITY IN SOCIETY
sponsor France Télévisions
Winner:
Sirens of Dieppe (Les Sirènes de Dieppe), France 3 Normandie, France
Commended:
Inside the Protests, RTÉ, Ireland
DOCUMENTARY
sponsor RTÉ Ireland
Winner:
Lucky lobster (Lucky lobster), Omroep Zeeland, The Netherlands
Commended:
Agony (Bol), RTS, Serbia
ENTERTAINMENT AND DRAMA
sponsors RTP Portugal and TVG Galicia
Winner:
The Island (An t-Eilean), MG ALBA, Scotland
Commended:
Far From the City, Close to a Dream (Der ingen skulle tru at nokon kunne bu - ep1 Kroken – part 1 and ep2 Kroken – part 2), NRK Vestland, Norway
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
sponsor Council of Europe
Winner:
Call Sign 'Batman': Secret of Vasylivka Checkpoint (Позивний Бетмен: таємниця Василівського блокпоста), Suspilne Kyiv, Ukraine
Commended:
What next for mining's legacy, BBC Yorkshire, UK
MOST ORIGINAL AND INNOVATIVE
sponsor NRK Norway
Winner:
Rob Burrow Seven Meets, BBC Yorkshire, UK
Commended:
AI Adrian to the Rescue (Teuvo Tekoäly pelastaa Pyhännän), Yle, Finland
MUSIC AND ARTS
sponsor TG4 Ireland
Winner:
Pompei, The new discoveries – Speciale Meraviglie with Alberto Angela (Pompei, Le Nuove Scoperte - con Alberto Angela), RAI - Sede Regionale Campania, Italy
Commended:
Anatolich’s Orchestra (Грає оркестр Анатоліча), Suspilne Chernihiv, Ukraine
NEWS PROGRAMME
sponsor RPO The Netherlands
Winner:
News (Aktualności), TVP3 Rzeszów, Poland
Commended:
South Today GenZ, BBC South (Southampton), UK
NEWS REPORT
sponsor EITB Basque Country, Spain
Winner:
Dads vs Knives, BBC South-East (Tunbridge Wells), UK
Commended:
Gina Tricot Forest (Ginaskogen), SVT Väst, Sweden
VIDEO JOURNALISM
sponsor BBC UK
Winner:
James Vincent, BBC Yorkshire, UK
Commended:
Eirik Haukenes, NRK Møre og Romsdal, Norway
YOUNG ONSCREEN TALENT
sponsor TVR Romania
Winner:
Nest Jenkins, S4C, Wales
There is no Commended in this category
Prix CIRCOM 2025
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The Best Regional TV Programmes and Skills
CIRCOM Regional is delighted to announce the category winners in the Prix CIRCOM Regional 2025.
The Prix CIRCOM has seen a renaissance in 2025. Entries rose to 220, 40 more than last year, and it is encouraging that new countries and new regional broadcasters have joined the competition. This may be due to a new rule we have introduced. In 2025, for the first time, entries were accepted even if no rights can be made available for broadcast or other transmission by CIRCOM members. This change reflects the increasingly global nature of video creation and production even for regional stations, the increasing complexity of authors and owners of that product, and the increasingly varied means of dividing and exploiting rights in content and distribution. For any entry to be awarded Commended, the rule is unchanged: all rights must be cleared.
Newcomer, Suspilne Ukraine, participated with12 entries. New regional broadcasters include S4C from Wales and MG ALBA from Scotland. Each of them also won respective categories. We are also pleased to see an increase in the number of entries in the Young Onscreen Talent category. This is very encouraging for the future of journalism in regional television stations.
The judging took place from 6th to 10th April in Glasgow, Scotland, hosted by MG ALBA, the Gaelic language channel associated with BBC Scotland.The programmes were watched and judged by a jury of 15 judges from 15 European countries, regional broadcasters that are members of the CIRCOM Regional family.
Comments from the judges on all of the entries and the President's Report on the competition are available in the Jury Report.
The Island (An t-Eilean), produced by MG ALBA Scotland, has been awarded the Grand Prix 2025. Read more>>>
The announcement was made at the gala awards ceremony at the CIRCOM Annual Conference, hosted by Catalonia’s public broadcaster 3Cat. The Gala took place in the beautiful setting of Les Drassanes – the historic Barcelona Shipyards.
The winner of the Grand Prix were announced at a gala award ceremony at the CIRCOM Annual Conference in Barcelona, 22 May 2025, an event hosted by 3Cat, Catalonia, Spain. It was selected by the judges from the winning entries in the programme genre categories. It is, in effect, The Best of The Best.
The list of category winners and commended is:
DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA
sponsor ORF Austria
Winner:
Raisa (Raisa), Yle, Finland
Commended:
I explain you (Te lo explico), Canal Extremadura, Spain
DIVERSITY IN SOCIETY
sponsor France Télévisions
Winner:
Sirens of Dieppe (Les Sirènes de Dieppe), France 3 Normandie, France
Commended:
Inside the Protests, RTÉ, Ireland
DOCUMENTARY
sponsor RTÉ Ireland
Winner:
Lucky lobster (Lucky lobster), Omroep Zeeland, The Netherlands
Commended:
Agony (Bol), RTS, Serbia
ENTERTAINMENT AND DRAMA
sponsors RTP Portugal and TVG Galicia
Winner:
The Island (An t-Eilean), MG ALBA, Scotland
Commended:
Far From the City, Close to a Dream (Der ingen skulle tru at nokon kunne bu - ep1 Kroken – part 1 and ep2 Kroken – part 2), NRK Vestland, Norway
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
sponsor Council of Europe
Winner:
Call Sign 'Batman': Secret of Vasylivka Checkpoint (Позивний Бетмен: таємниця Василівського блокпоста), Suspilne Kyiv, Ukraine
Commended:
What next for mining's legacy, BBC Yorkshire, UK
MOST ORIGINAL AND INNOVATIVE
sponsor NRK Norway
Winner:
Rob Burrow Seven Meets, BBC Yorkshire, UK
Commended:
AI Adrian to the Rescue (Teuvo Tekoäly pelastaa Pyhännän), Yle, Finland
MUSIC AND ARTS
sponsor TG4 Ireland
Winner:
Pompei, The new discoveries – Speciale Meraviglie with Alberto Angela (Pompei, Le Nuove Scoperte - con Alberto Angela), RAI - Sede Regionale Campania, Italy
Commended:
Anatolich’s Orchestra (Грає оркестр Анатоліча), Suspilne Chernihiv, Ukraine
NEWS PROGRAMME
sponsor RPO The Netherlands
Winner:
News (Aktualności), TVP3 Rzeszów, Poland
Commended:
South Today GenZ, BBC South (Southampton), UK
NEWS REPORT
sponsor EITB Basque Country, Spain
Winner:
Dads vs Knives, BBC South-East (Tunbridge Wells), UK
Commended:
Gina Tricot Forest (Ginaskogen), SVT Väst, Sweden
VIDEO JOURNALISM
sponsor BBC UK
Winner:
James Vincent, BBC Yorkshire, UK
Commended:
Eirik Haukenes, NRK Møre og Romsdal, Norway
YOUNG ONSCREEN TALENT
sponsor TVR Romania
Winner:
Nest Jenkins, S4C, Wales
There is no Commended in this category
The Judges were:
Mariangela Borneo (RAI, Italy), Paulina Ibek (TVP Kraków, Poland), Ben Moore (BBC South East, UK), Claudia Schubert (ORF, Landestudio Niederösterreich, Austria), Bill MacLeod (MG Alba, Scotland), Marina Ramos (RTP, Portugal), Péter Keresztes (TVR Timisoara, Romania), Anne-Catherine Nanopoulos (France 3 Alsace, France), Gorka Garcia (EITB, Basque Country, Spain), Monica Falao Pettersen (NRK Sápmi, Norway), Valery Marinov (BNT, Bulgaria), Máire Uí Coisdealbha (TG4, Ireland), Aki Karjalainen (Yle, Finland), Annet Huisman (Omrop Fryslân, The Netherlands) and Darko Flajpan (HRT Zagreb, Croatia).
