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Celebration of North East television

The North East’s favourite TV show from the past two decades is set to be unveiled at a prestigious awards ceremony later this month. The 20th anniversary Royal Television Society awards for the North East and Borders are taking place at The Sage Gateshead on 20 January and will reportedly be the biggest TV awards event ever held outside of London.

For the first time the RTS has introduced a Viewers’ Vote category, where the public have been able to choose their favourite show from the past 20 years from a selected shortlist. Hundreds of viewers have cast their votes, but the actual winner is being kept secret until the event. The list included North East-produced shows such as The Tube, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Supergran, The Dales Diary and Wire in the Blood.

Graeme Thompson, chair of the RTS, said: “We’ve had long waiting lists to attend these awards for several years now, so it’s great that this year we’ve been able to show off the region’s creativity to the larger audience it deserves.”

The event is being supported by many of the region’s major companies and organisations including regional screen agency, Northern Film and Media, with overall sponsorship from regional development agency One NorthEast. The ceremony is to be hosted by ITV news presenter Nicholas Owen who is due to move to BBC News 24 next month.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .