The Best Regional TV Programmes and Skills
CIRCOM Regional is delighted to announce the category winners in the Prix CIRCOM Regional 2024.
It has been a very successful year for the BBC and Omrop Fryslân. BBC Yorkshire won three categories, BBC South-East won one, while Omrop Fryslân won one category and was commended in two.
This year, 23 countries are represented. We are pleased that some countries have significantly increased the number of entries. The Netherlands stands out with 19 entries (4 last year) and Finland with 13 (only 4 in 2023).
The judges were pleased to see an increase in the number of entries in the Young Onscreen Talent category. As usual, the highest number of entries was in the Documentary category. There was a change in the News Programme Category in 2024 – CIRCOM member stations were asked to enter their News Programme only of 1 February 2024. This new rule has proved very successful and the judges appreciated the opportunity of a view around Europe which perhaps only CIRCOM could provide.
The judging of Prix CIRCOM 2024 was hosted by BBC Midlands in Birmingham, from 8th to 11th April. 14 production and broadcast professionals with substantial experience of making or commissioning programmes watched 180 entries submitted in 11 categories.
The full Jury Report detailing comments from the judges on all of the entries and the President's Report on the competition can be found HERE.
The Grand Prix 2024 winner, announced at the Gala awards ceremony in Poznań, Poland on 23th May 2024, at the 40th CIRCOM Annual Conference, is Wind Music (Blaasmuzyk) from Omrop Fryslân in The Netherlands!. Read more...
The list of category winners and commended is:
DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA
sponsor ORF Austria
Winner:
My day in the ER (Päiväni päivystyksessä), Yle, Finland
Commended:
Stuck (Itsatsita), EITB Basque Country, Spain
DOCUMENTARY
sponsor RTÉ Ireland
Winner:
Where it hurts most (Allà on fa més mal), CCMA Catalonia, Spain
Commended:
The Roma, the great silence (Tsiganes, le grand silence), France 3 Occitanie, France
ENTERTAINMENT AND DRAMA
sponsors RTP Portugal and TVG Galicia
Winner:
The Conqueror of the End of the World (El Conquistador del Fin del Mundo), EITB Basque Country, Spain
Commended:
Bartele Bûse - Miss Lize's Comb (Bartele Bûse - De kaam fan Juffer Lize), Omrop Fryslân, The Netherlands
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
sponsor Council of Europe
Winner:
Milking It: Dairy's Dirty Secret, RTÉ, Ireand
Commended:
The taxi rapes (Taxivåldtäkterna), SVT Stockholm/Lokal, Sweden
MINORITIES IN SOCIETY
sponsor France Télévisions
Winner:
A cero.5 (A cero.5), TVG Galicia, Spain
Commended:
Telenotícies (TV News) special edition: persons with intellectual disability as guest editors and anchors (Edició especial 'Telenotícies': persones amb discapacitat intel·lectual com a redactors i presentadors convidats), CCMA Catalonia, Spain
MOST ORIGINAL AND INNOVATIVE
sponsor NRK Norway
Winner:
Tricked (Lurt), NRK Trøndelag, Norway
Commended:
PRESENT ('Here Now!') (PRESENT ('Hier Nu!')), Omrop Fryslân, The Netherlands
MUSIC AND ARTS
sponsor TG4 Ireland
Winner:
Wind Music (Blaasmuzyk / Blaasmuziek), Omrop Fryslân, The Netherlands
Commended:
Kolibri,until 2023 and Still Going (Kolibri, do 2023 i dalje), RTS, Serbia
NEWS PROGRAMME
sponsor RPO The Netherlands
Winner:
BBC Look North, BBC Yorkshire, UK
Commended:
News Finland (Uutis-Suomi), Yle, Finland
NEWS REPORT
sponsor EITB Basque Country, Spain
Winner:
Car Meets: Car, Crowds and Cops, BBC South-East (Tunbridge Wells), UK
Commended:
When disabilities become abilities (Dizabilitati transformate in abilitati), TVR Cluj, Romania
VIDEO JOURNALISM
sponsor BBC UK
Winner:
James Vincent, BBC Yorkshire, UK
Commended:
Jøte Toftaker, NRK Trøndelag, Norway
YOUNG ONSCREEN TALENT
sponsor TVR Romania
Winner:
Jacob Tomlinson, BBC Yorkshire, UK
There is no Commended in this category
The winning stations receive a trophy, 1000 euros as well as travel to and accommodation at the awards ceremony. The Grand Prix winner receives a further 2000 euros in cash and another trophy.
The Judges were:
Paulina Ibek (TVP Kraków, Poland), Claudia Schubert (ORF, Landestudio Niederösterreich, Austria), Pilar Rodriguez Losada (CRTVG, Galicia, Spain), Marina Ramos (RTP, Portugal), Olivier Brumelot (FTV, FR3 Pays de la Loire, France), Charlotte Ervik (NRK Møre og Romsdol, Norway), Theodora Fairley (BBC Yorkshire, UK), Brighid Breathnach (TG4, Ireland), Allard Berends(RPO Omroep Flevoland, The Netherlands), Péter Keresztes (TVR Timisoara, Romania), Gorka Garcia (EITB, Basque Country, Spain), Aki Karjalainen (Yle, Finland), Susanna Johansson (SVT Nyheter Dalarna, Sweden), Margaret Cameron (MG Alba, Scotland, UK) and David Lowen (CIRCOM Regional).