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TALENT WINS ROSE D'OR FOR "TEST THE NATION" May 2005 |
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London, May 2005 - Talent Television has won a prestigious Rose D'Or award for its prime time BBC1 production "Test The Nation - The Great British Test".
British broadcasters cleaned up at the 45th Rose D'Or festival held at Lucern, Switzerland. picking up all the awards in the comedy and sitcom categories. Great Britain as a whole took 11 of the 18 awards.
The ceremony was hosted by UK comic Tim Vine, and attended by celebs including Sir Bob Geldof, Zoe Wanamaker, Thomas Gottschalk, Harry Belafonte, Blacky Fuchsberger, Lorenzo Lamas, Pippa Haywood, Pat Nolan and Lesley-Ann Down.
The BBC took seven of the 11 UK-awards home. Test the Nation: The Great British Test, a Talent Television Production for BBC One with Eyeworks, won the top award in the Game Show category.
For further information:
Janet Balmforth/Aimee Norman
Blueprint PR
+44 (0) 208 868 0511
janet@blueprintpr.co.uk
Notes to editors:
Talent Television (part of Talent Group plc) is a leading independent UK format creator and producer of innovative television, video and interactive programming. The Company's reputation for prime-time entertainment programming is unrivalled. The "Test the Nation" series for BBC1 is now well established as a scheduling event which combines the excitement of live network television with state-of-the-art interactive television and web technology. Subjects covered so far include "The Nation's IQ", "Relationships", "General Knowledge" and "The End of Year Test". Talent was also a pioneer in reality television with "The Villa", which was first produced in 1999 for Sky One. |
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