Category: Factual
& Arts TV
Date: 15.10.2004
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The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Natural
History Unit is today celebrating a hugely successful year after picking
up seven Panda Awards at the 2004 Wildscreen Festival held in Bristol.
Wildscreen – an annual gathering of international wildlife filmmakers
- is the world's biggest festival of moving images from the natural
world.
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This year, the event attracted a record 406 entries
from 41 countries.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ picked up seven of the 20 Panda Awards, including the Children's
Choice Award, the Granada Award for Animal Behaviour and the ARKive
Interactive Award.
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TWO and OSF Productions also collected the prestigious
WWF Golden Panda Award for Elephant, Emperor and Butterfly Tree, part
of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Natural World strand.
Natural World showcases some of the leading wildlife film-makers from
around the world.
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The strand has picked up countless awards since it was
first broadcast in 1983 and is starting a new run on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TWO at 8.00pm
on Thursday nights.
Head of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Natural History Unit, Neil Nightingale, says: "These
awards are a wonderful recognition from our peers.
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"Wildlife television is an internationally popular
and competitive genre, where the high standard of film-making is continually
raising the bar.
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"The two awards for Elephant, Emperor and Butterfly
Tree really demonstrate just how well the independent sector can work
alongside the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ to produce compelling, top-notch television.
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"Here in Bristol since 1957,
the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Natural History Unit has been setting new benchmarks in creativity
and quality, documenting both the diversity and fragility of our natural
world for audiences worldwide.
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"These latest accolades are testimony to the dedication
and skill of our team, who push the boundaries to get spectacular footage
for some memorable programmes."
The Awards collected were:
Children's Choice Award
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China Bears - Really Wild Show (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE)
ARKive Interactive Award
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Life of Mammals (bbc.co.uk)
Granada Award for Animal Behaviour
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Cats Under Serengeti Stars - Natural World (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TWO)
Editing Award
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Missing, Presumed Eaten - Natural World (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TWO)
Soundtrack Award
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Elephant, Emperor and Butterfly Tree - Natural World
(ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TWO)
Kodak Award for Cinematography
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My Halcyon River - Natural World (ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TWO)
WWF Golden Panda Award
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Elephant, Emperor and Butterfly Tree - Natural World
(ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TWO)
