The Best Regional TV Programmes and Skills
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:
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
DOCUMENTARY
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
ENTERTAINMENT AND DRAMA
sponsors RTP Portugal and TVG Galicia
Winner:
Motel Valkirias (Motel Valkirias), TVG Galicia, Spain
Commended:
110 (110), NRK Hordaland, Norway
INVESTIGATIVE 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
MINORITIES IN SOCIETY
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
MOST 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
MUSIC 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
NEWS 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
NEWS 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
VIDEO JOURNALISM
sponsor BBC UK
Winner:
Peter Keresztes, TVR Timisoara, Romania
Commended:
Simon Marks, BBC South (Southampton), UK
YOUNG 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).
