British programmes including Skins, The IT Crowd and Kombat Opera Presents ... dominated the annual Rose D'Or entertainment awards in Switzerland last night, winning five of the eight coveted Golden Roses.
E4's teen drama Skins, made by Company Pictures and Stormdog Films, won the Golden Rose for best drama, with BBC1's second series of The Street, made by Granada Productions, given a special mention. The BBC's Kombat Opera Presents ..., made by Avalon Television, won the Golden Rose for comedy as well as being named best programme of 2008. Channel 4's Strictly Bolshoi, made by Ballet Boyz Productions, scooped the Golden Rose for arts documentary; while The IT Crowd, made by Talkback Thames, won the sitcom Golden Rose.
The entertainment Golden Rose went to BBC2's Hider in the House, made by Dutch production company Eyeworks. There was also British involvement in the gameshow Golden Rose, with the UK-based distributor Sony Pictures Television International's American format Power of 10 taking the gong.
The other two Golden Rose awards for performing arts and reality went to Swiss and Dutch broadcasters respectively. Comedian Peter Serafinowicz was also named best entertainer for his self-titled BBC1 show. The honorary Rose went to NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios co-chairman Ben Silverman. Last night's awards, which were announced at the 48th Rose D'Or festival in Lucerne, were chosen from 402 programmes entered from 34 countries.
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Wednesday, 7 May 2008
Friday, 11 April 2008
New skin for the old ceremony
The executive producer of Skins has confirmed its entire cast will change for the next series. Bryan Elsley said: "There are risks associated with dumping a cast, but we just did it. There was some disquiet at the channel, but then they told us just to go with it. It's exciting - we never stand still and we can tell our stories in a new way."
Speaking at Broadcast's television drama conference, he also confirmed the show would stick to its pattern of introducing college-age characters, moving them on in the next series, then letting them go. "The first year is about getting to know the kids, and the second gives us the advantage of being able to explore their psyches a little more," said Elsley. The show will also continue to use a team of up to 20 writers, including newcomers.
A pair of twins will be among the characters featured in the next series of Skins. Jamie Brittain, the show's co-creator, told Digital Spy that other new characters will include an Eastern European and a new male character who is "a real nasty piece of work". The new group will be centred around Tony's younger sister Effy, who has appeared in the first two series. In addition, the current cast members are unlikely to return in the future, even for guest appearances. Brittain added: "I just can't quite see what the benefit of that would be, other than for them to say 'hi'. We haven't ruled it out, but I think it's unlikely."
Further reading: Skins creator talks finale and new series
Speaking at Broadcast's television drama conference, he also confirmed the show would stick to its pattern of introducing college-age characters, moving them on in the next series, then letting them go. "The first year is about getting to know the kids, and the second gives us the advantage of being able to explore their psyches a little more," said Elsley. The show will also continue to use a team of up to 20 writers, including newcomers.
A pair of twins will be among the characters featured in the next series of Skins. Jamie Brittain, the show's co-creator, told Digital Spy that other new characters will include an Eastern European and a new male character who is "a real nasty piece of work". The new group will be centred around Tony's younger sister Effy, who has appeared in the first two series. In addition, the current cast members are unlikely to return in the future, even for guest appearances. Brittain added: "I just can't quite see what the benefit of that would be, other than for them to say 'hi'. We haven't ruled it out, but I think it's unlikely."
Further reading: Skins creator talks finale and new series
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