ABC's PAN AM Among Winners of 2012 Rose d'Or Festival

The Rose d'Or Festival presents Golden Rose Awards in 12 categories for the best and most creative TV formats from around the world. More than 400 programmes from 40 different countries were submitted this year to participate in this prestigious competition. Today the winners were announced at the Awards Ceremony in the Hotel Schweizerhof Lucerne. The nominated programmes were announced in Asia for the first time in February this year. The nominees Night was held on 28 February in Kuala Lumpur, with many representatives of the TV and media industries in attendance.

The 50-member jury selected a shortlist of the 3 best programmes in each of the 12 categories (Comedy, Sitcom, Game Show, Multiplatform, Children and Youth, Live Event Show, Arts Documentary and Performing Arts, TV Movie, Factual Entertainment, and Lifestyle Series) to compete for a Golden Rose.

The 10 Heads of Jury, who form the Final Jury determined this week in Lucerne the best in each category. The winners are:

Comedy

Black Mirror: The National Anthem Produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4, UK

Sitcom

Friday Night Dinner Produced by Big Talk Productions for Popper Pictures for Channel 4, UK

Gameshow

The Million Pound Drop Live Produced by Remarkable Television for Channel 4, UK

Multiplatform

Plan B Produced by 7 y acción for Antena 3, Spain

Children

Horrible Histories Produced by Lion Television in association with Citrus Television for BBC, UK

Youth

Dream High Produced by Korean Broadcasting System, South Korea

Live Event Show Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Produced by ARD/Brainpool TV GmbH for ARD, Germany

Arts Documentary and Performing Arts

The Sound of Ole Bull Produced by NRK Hordaland for NRK, Norway

TV Movie

Homevideo Produced by Teamworx Television & Film GmbH for NDR, Germany

Factual Entertainment Go Back to where You Came From Produced by Cordell Jigsaw Productions Pty Ltd. / Screen NSW for SBS Television Australia, Australia

Lifestyle

The Great British Bake Off Produced by Love Productions for BBC, UK

Series

Pan Am Produced by Sony Pictures / Jack Orman Productions / Out of the Blue Entertainment / Shoe Money Productions for ABC, USA

Awards Night with Barbara Schöneberger

Tonight the celebrations continue at the glamorous Awards Gala at the KKL Lucerne. Barbara Schöneberg will host he show and will welcome many guest stars including Larry Hagman, Jeremy Clarkson, Isabel Lucas and Stefan Raab. The highlight of the Awards Night will be the presentation of the special Rose Awards in the following categories: Best of 2012, Honourary Rose, Innovation Rose, Music Rose and Lifetime Achievement. An additional release will follow at 9pm cet tonight. Photographs will be available at www.rosedore.ch Rose d'Or – Festival and Television Awards The Rose d'Or Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland, is one of the world's most important international entertainment television festivals founded in 1961 in Montreux.

Today television professionals, producers, managers of private and public television stations and Production Company heads from about 40 countries participate annually. Since its inception, the Rose d’Or Festival has been an important networking platform and a marketplace for ideas. The highlight of the Rose d'Or Festival is the glittering Awards Night, in which the Golden Roses for best television entertainment programmes and formats are presented. With these coveted Awards the Rose d'Or Festival recognises originality, quality and creativity, and sets the standard for entertainment television.

Photo credit: Patrick Harbron/ABC

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