Internet Awards
THE SONY RADIO ACADEMY AWARDS - "RECOGNISING THE VERY BEST IN UK"
My podcast "The Prisoner and the Budgerigar" won a Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Internet Programme 2009.
The Budgerigar and the Prisoner
Producer: Mary Colwell
Contributors: Les Cooper & Robert King
Music: Gareth Davies-Jones
Judges Comments:
A beautifully and subtly crafted programme which used the simplest materials to tell a compelling story and deliver profound emotional impact. It was perfectly adapted to the medium, breaking genre boundaries to deliver its message to the target audience with perfect pitch.
Click here to listen to the programme.
"London-based Jerusalem Productions has a track record of almost 20 years in radio and television in the UK and more recently on the Internet. Wherever they come from, whatever the style, our expert judges give every entry the same amount of care and the same amount of attention. "
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Jerusalem Awards 2007
Clifton Cathedral Podcast
Jerusalem Awards 2008
Bereavement
Jerusalem Awards 2009
The Prisoner and the Budgerigar
Jerusalem Awards 2010
Just Around the Corner
The judges described the programme as "intelligent, sensitive and made with love."
"Promoting Excellence in religious broadcasting"
The Sandford St. Martin Trust promotes excellence in religious programme-making, primarily through its annual awards for outstanding radio and television broadcasts in the United Kingdom.
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Merit Award for Best radio programme 2009
Bereavement - Click Here To Listen
Sandford St Martin Award 2009 with Peter Hobbs and Bishop Nick Baines
I won the 2009 and 2010 Christian Broadcasting Council Media Awards for best internet programme - Gold and Silver prize:
2010
GOLD: Prisoner and Budgerigar Judges Comments:
I loved the way this feature took someone who is usually
marginalised by society (a prison inmate), and humanised him by simply letting him speak for himself. Simple but effective, and very moving.
SILVER: A Christmas Robin Judges Comments:
A pleasant, easy listen, with great use of sound effects and outdoor recording that made you feel as if you were out in a field bird-watching. The way in which it combined a natural history lesson with the Christmas message and spiritual reflection is also commendable. Nice music too.
2009
Gold: Bereavement Podcast
Excellent piece - personal, moving and useful to others. Very honest and compelling. Fittingly simple, well written and nicely produced.
Silver: Journey - Sound of Many Waters
Another good piece from the Clifton Diocese - presented and packaged well with good quality audio. Excellent wide range of interesting voices - lay people and clergy. Good to hear the Catholic Church challenged on something like the environment and for the criticism to be positively received.
christianbroadcastingcouncil.co.uk
"For 53 years the New York Festivals Radio Programming and Promotions Awards has recognized The World's Best Work in radio broadcasting. Each year we receive entries from radio stations, networks and independent producers from over 30 countries. International radio experts from stations and companies donate their time to the judging process. The GrandJury is comprised of top level industry professionals from 5 continents and over 25 countries."
Prisoner and the Budgerigar
New York Radio Festival 2009 World Gold Medal
Just Around the Corner
Bronze in 2010
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TV Awards
Prix Italia and Jackson Hole Best Newcomer 1993
Wildscreen Gold Award for Graphics British Isles - A Natural History Programme
Grierson Awards - Runner Up - Best Factual Documentary - British Isles - A Natural History Programme 3
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Radio Awards
Garden Writers Guild Award 2007,
Best Radio Programme for Gardens of Faith
5 x 15 min programmes for Radio 4.
An exploration of a faith's attitude to nature through their gardens. Garden Writers Guild is now Garden Media Guild (www.gardenmediaguild.co.uk)
Judges comments:
The standard of entries this year was very high. Gardens of Faith were tremendous programmes -
stimulating and thoughtful, elegantly presented, technically accomplished, and utterly compelling listening.
The top prize went to Gardens of Faith because we felt that its subject matter
was ambitious - addressing issues both topical and important. Gardens of Faith is just what radio ought
to be: demanding, challenging, thought-provoking, instructive. It richly rewarded our attention.
In these times of fear and distrust, there is a great need for programmes like this.
Click on the programmes below to listen
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