The Best Regional TV Programmes and Skills

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April 27th 2023 - CIRCOM Regional is delighted to announce the category winners in the Prix CIRCOM Regional 2023.

The jury met in Porto as guests of RTP. Fourteen judges, representatives of regional public service television stations in Europe, took the time to share their observations on everything they saw. They watched more than 170 submitted entries. They rewarded the very best productions in 11 categories, ranging from Documentaries, News Report to Music and Arts, and Digital Multimedia.

Entries came from 22 regional public service television stations in Europe. Some countries have increased the number of entries. Overall, there has been an increase in the number of entries compared to last year.

We are pleased to note that some of the award-winning entrants from previous years have also participated this year.

The Grand Prix winner - Stand Up With Tourettes (Stand up med Tourettes), TV2 Nord, Denmark, was announced at the gala awards cermony in Spain on 1st June 2023.

The list of category winners and commended is:

pof orf DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA
sponsor ORF Austria 

Winner:
Climate change in Sweden (Sverigeklimat), SVT regional co-operation, Sweden

Commended:
Worlds Apart (Én app - to verdener), NRK Østfold, Norway

 

pof rteDOCUMENTARY
sponsor RTÉ Ireland 

Winner:
We Were Not Allowed to Cry (Nam nie wolno było płakać), TVP3 Kraków, Poland

Commended:
Witches: the Great Lie (Bruixes, la gran mentida), CCMA Catalonia, Spain

 

pof asturias galiciaENTERTAINMENT AND DRAMA
sponsors RTP Portugal and TVG Galicia

Winner:
Motel Valkirias (Motel Valkirias), TVG Galicia, Spain

Commended:
110 (110), NRK Hordaland, Norway

 

pof coe1INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
sponsor Council of Europe

Winner:
TG4 Investigates - A Hundred Thousand Welcomes (Iniúchadh TG4 - Céad Míle Fáilte?), TG4, Ireland

Commended:
The Forgotten Boys, BBC North-West (Manchester), UK

 

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sponsor France Télévisions

Winner of the category and the Grand Prix winner:
Stand Up With Tourettes (Stand up med Tourettes), TV2 Nord, Denmark

Commended:
Inside Offside - The Test (Inside Offside - The Test), HRT Zagreb, Croatia

 

pof nrkMOST ORIGINAL AND INNOVATIVE
sponsor NRK Norway

Winner:
InfoK Special Tutankhamun (InfoK Especial Tutankhamon), CCMA Catalonia, Spain

Commended:
Former Teen's Nostalgia Show (Enska Live), Yle, Finland

 

pof tg4 v2MUSIC AND ARTS
sponsor TG4 Ireland

Winner:
Sing Junior (Sjong Junior), Omrop Fryslân, Netherlands

Commended:
The Solstices of Petr Nikl (Slunovraty Petra Nikla), ČT - Studio Brno, Czech Republic

 

RPO newNEWS PROGRAMME
sponsor RPO The Netherlands

Winner:
The Regional Newscast (Telejurnalul Regional), TVR Cluj, Romania

Commended:
BBC North West Tonight - Manchester Arena Special, BBC North-West (Manchester), UK

circom logoNEWS REPORT
sponsor CIRCOM Regional

Winner:
Perinatal Bereavement (Le Deuil Périnatal), France 3 Grand Est, France

Commended:
Mould, BBC North West Tonight, BBC North-West (Manchester), UK

bbc_logoVIDEO JOURNALISM
sponsor BBC UK

Winner:
Peter Keresztes, TVR Timisoara, Romania

Commended:
Simon Marks, BBC South (Southampton), UK

 

pof_tvrYOUNG ONSCREEN TALENT
sponsor TVR Romania

Winner:
Daniel Strömbäck, SVT Halland, Sweden

There is no Commended in this category

The winning stations receive a trophy, 1000 euros as well as travel to and accommodation for 2 representatives at the awards ceremony. The commended stations receive a certificate, travel to and accommodation for 1 representative at the awards ceremony. The Grand Prix winner receives a further 2000 euros in cash and another trophy.

The presentation of the awards was at a Gala show as a part of the CIRCOM Regional Annual Conference in Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, hosted by EITB – Basque Radio and Television, on 1st June 2023.

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 Judges were:
Charlotte Ervik (NRK Møre og Romsdal, Norway), Adriano Nazareth (RTP CPN, Portugal), Olivier Brumelot (FTV, France 3 Pays de la Loire, France), Susanna Johansson (SVT  Nyheter Dalarna, Sweden), Klaus Unterberger (ORF, Austria), Gordana Škaljac Narančić (HRT Zagreb, Croatia), Ben Moore (BBC South, United Kingdom), Dite Dinesz (TVR Timisoara, Romania), Halbe-Piter Claus (Omrop Fryslân, The Netherlands), Róisín Ní Thuairisg (TG4 Galway, Ireland), Raquel Fernandez (TVG Galicia, Spain), Piotr Socha (TVP, Rzeszow Poland), Mojca Recek (RTVSLO Maribor, Slovenia) and David Lowen (CIRCOM Regional).

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