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Previous winners of the VLV Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting

This page gives details of the winners from previous years. The main VLV Awards page gives details of the most recent awards.

The Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV) Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting were established in 1990.

VLV 2003 Awards For Excellence in Broadcasting
VLV 2002 Awards For Excellence in Broadcasting
VLV 2001 Awards For Excellence in Broadcasting
VLV 2000 Awards For Excellence in Broadcasting


Voice of the Listener & Viewer 2003 Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting

The winners of the Voice of the Listener & Viewer 2003 Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting were announced on Thursday 29 April, 2004. VLV's Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting, now in their 13th year, are nominated and voted for exclusively by listeners and viewers.

At the Awards ceremony held in London, Andrew Marr, Political Editor of the BBC, presented the winners with an engraved crystal bowl kindly donated by Dartington Crystal. VLV's awards are sponsored by VLV’s sister charity, The Voice of the Listener Trust, and have this year been organised by VLV member John Clark.

TELEVISION

Best Television Programme 2003

Antiques Road Show (BBC 1)

Best Television Drama 2003

The Lost Prince (BBC 1)

Best New Television Programme 2003

Seven Wonders of the Industrial Age (BBC 2)

Best Individual Contribution to Television 2003

Robert Winston

RADIO

Best Radio Programme 2003

The Proms (BBC Radio 3)

Best New Radio Programme 2003

Kathleen Ferrier Night (BBC Radio 3)

Best Individual Contribution to Radio 2003

Melvyn Bragg

SPECIAL AWARDS

This year, two special awards are being presented, over and above the nominated awards:

Special Award for Excellence in Broadcasting in 2003

Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4 News, for her reporting from Iraq (Channel 4)

Critic’s Award from 2003 VLV

selected by Stephen Pile, television critic of The Daily Telegraph: State of Play (BBC 1)


VLV 2002 Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting

The 2002 Voice of the Listener & Viewer (VLV) Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting was presented during VLV's 20th annual Spring Conference in London on Wednesday, 30 April at 13.45pm.

The Awards, nominated and selected by listeners and viewers rather than professional peers, they were organised by VLV member Jill Gregory. Now in their 12th year, the Awards was sponsored by The Voice of the Listener Trust. Each of the winners were presented by VLV's Chairman Jocelyn Hay with an engraved candle holder kindly donated by Dartington Crystal.

The winners are:

Radio

Best News Radio Programme, 2002

From Our Own Correspondent, BBC Radio 4
Recipient: Tony Grant, Producer

Best Entertainment Radio Programme, 2002

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, BBC Radio 4
Recipient: John Naismith, Producer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor.

Best Radio Contributor, 2002

John Humphrys, Today Programme, BBC Radio 4
Recipient: John Humphrys

Special Award for Radio Broadcasting

Alistair Cooke, BBC Radio 4
Recipient: Tony Grant, Producer/Editor

Television

Best Current Affairs Television Programme, 2002

Channel 4 News
Recipient: Guy Ker, Managing Editor, Jon Snow, Samira Ahmed

Best Television Programme Series, 2002

The Life of Mammals, BBC 1
Recipient: Sir David Attenborough and Mike Salisbury

Best Individual Television Contributor, 2002

Michael Palin, BBC 1
Recipient: Roger Mills, Producer of 'Sahara'

Special Award for Excellence in Television Broadcasting, 2002

Nick Vaughan-Barratt & BBC Television Events Team for the Golden Jubilee Celebrations.
Recipient: David Tickthall, Executive Producer; Julie Heptonstall, Producer; Clare Popplewell, Producer.

Comments

VLV Chairman Jocelyn Hay said: 'We look forward to the opportunity of meeting and expressing our thanks to these broadcasters and the teams behind them for the hours of information, education and pleasure they have given to millions of listeners and viewers over the past year'.


VLV 2001 Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting

The 2001 Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV) Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting will be presented at VLV's Spring Conference on Thursday, 21st March 2002 at Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, Bloomsbury, London WC1 at 1345 hrs.

The Awards will be presented by Michael Buerk, BBC News Broadcaster and radio presenter. Each of the winners will receive an engraved crystal bowl kindly donated by Dartington Crystal.

The Awards, nominated and selected by listeners and viewers rather than professional peers, are sponsored by the Voice of the Listener Trust, VLV's charitable arm, and organised by VLV member Gillian Harvey. The categories, winners and those who will receive the Awards on the day are:

Radio Programme or Series

Winner: Desert Island Discs = BBC Radio 4
Recipient: Miranda Birch, Producer

Short list:
Analysis
Composer of the Week
Desert Island Discs
The Food Programme
Front Row
Private Passions

New Radio Programme or Series

Winner: Dead Ringers = BBC Radio 4
Recipients: Bill Dare, Producer; Jan Ravens; John Cottrill & Mark Perry

Short list:
Crossing Continents
Dead Ringers
Go 4 It

Radio Individual Contributor

Winner: James Naughtie, Today & Book Club
BBC Radio 4
Recipient: James Naughtie

Short list:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Jenni Murray
James Naughtie
Libby Purves
Mark Tully
Jimmy Young

Television Programme or Series

Winner: The Blue Planet = BBC1
Recipients: Alistair Fothergill, Producer; Doug Allen, Key Cameraman & Sue Flood, Asst Producer

Short list:
Blood of the Vikings The Blue Planet
Talking Landscapes
Walk on By Water Colour Challenge
The Way We Live Now

New Television Programme or Series

Winner: The Kumars at No 42' = BBC2
Recipient: Laura Djanogly, Head of Production at Hat Trick & Cheryl Taylor, Head of Comedy

Short list:
Band of Brothers
The Day the World Took Off
The Kumars at No 42

Television Individual Contributor

Winner: Andrew Marr, BBC1 & BBC2 News Programmes
Recipient: Andrew Marr

Short list:
Adam Hart Davies
Mark Lawson
Andrew Marr
Jeremy Paxman
David Starkey
Victoria Wood

The BBC1 programme: Panorama - will be awarded a Special Award for Outstanding Public Service in Broadcasting. Recipient: Kalwant Sidha.

Mark Tully will be awarded a Special Award for Something Understood and The Gathering At the Ganges = BBC Radio 4. Recipient: Laura Parfitt, Editor of Something Understood & Kulwant Sidhu, Producer of The Gathering At the Ganges'.

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VLV 2000 Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting

The Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV) Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting was established in 1990. The 10th Annual Awards were presented at VLV's Spring Conference on Thursday, 5 April 2001 in London WC1. They were presented by Sue MacGregor of BBC Radio 4 herself a past winner. Each of the winners received an engraved crystal candle holder kindly donated by Dartington Crystal.

The Awards which are nominated and selected by listeners and viewers rather than professional peers, are sponsored by the Voice of the Listener Trust, VLV's charitable arm, and organised by VLV member Gillian Harvey. The categories, winners and those who received the Awards on the day are:

Radio Programme or Series

Winner: 'File on 4' BBC Radio 4
Recipient: David Ross, Editor, File on 4

New Radio Programme or Series

Winner: 'Routes of English' BBC Radio 4
Recipient: Simon Elmes, Producer

Radio Individual Contributor

Winner: 'Melvyn Bragg' BBC Radio 4
Recipient: Melvyn Bragg

Television Programme or Series

Winner: 'History of Britain' BBC2
Recipient: Martin Davidson, Executive Producer

New Television Programme or Series

Winner: 'What the Romans did for us' BBC2
Recipients: Caroline Van den Brul, Martin Mortimore, Inge Samules, Series Producers

Television Individual Contributor

Winner: 'Simon Schama' BBC2
Recipients:

The Channel 4 drama 'Longitude' received a Special Award for outstanding quality. Recipients: Selwyn Roberts, Producer, Shackleton Firstsight Films Ltd.

Michael Berkeley received a Special Award for his contribution to radio broadcasting.

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