THE AWARDS
Rising Star Award
WINNER: Hannah Cheriton
Production Coordinator - Science, Factual
This award recognises a member of staff in Production Management who is making an outstanding contribution to the team. This person is likely to be in the junior stages of their career at the BBC, and through creativity, enthusiasm and an impressive list of achievements is already making a name for themselves.
Production Innovation Award
WINNER: The One Show Team
This award recognises a new and innovative contribution to a production from an individual or whole Production Management team. This could be entirely rethinking a production due to the COVID pandemic; use of new technology or any other innovative contribution.
Diversity & Inclusion Award
WINNER: Saharla Ismail
Production Management Assistant, Natural History Unit
To recognise a genuine contribution to progress the BBC's commitment to diversity, which has also created an inclusive environment and supportive workplace culture. The winning individual will be someone who has gone beyond their remit to recruit, nurture and champion under represented team members. This person has made a real positive difference in ensuring colleagues are able to feel comfortable at work and reach their potential. This award will be focussing on the progression and commitment to one or all of the following BBC diversity commitments - disability, ethnic diversity, gender, LGBTQ+ and socio economic diversity.
Collaboration Award
WINNER: Mandy Osborne
Production Manager, BBC Radio Wales
This award recognises a new and highly successful collaboration initiated by an individual or whole Production Management team. The collaboration will have resulted in one or more of the following : a positive audience impact, an increase in editorial ambition, increased value for money, new relationships with other BBC departments or new external partnerships.
Sustainability Champion
WINNER: Suzanne Dolan
Production Coordinator, EastEnders
This award recognises an individual who has pushed the boundaries of sustainable production and contributed significantly to the carbon footprint reduction of their production. Examples include persuading the entire crew to go vegan, substantially cutting numbers of those travelling to a location through the use of remote working technology, sourcing renewable energy, cutting food waste to zero.
Outstanding Contribution to Production Management
WINNER: Tim Woodman-Evans
Junior Production Manager, Mammals
This award recognises an individual with an outstanding career in Production Management within the BBC or pan industry. The winner will be someone who has a reputation for brilliant leadership, creating inclusive and diverse teams, pushing the boundaries of editorial ambition whilst delivering value for money, first class diplomacy, excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, clear thinking, resilience, calm and patience. They will have managed many large and/or complex productions, break through moments, mitigated and averted serious risk and discovered and nurtured talented teams. They are likely to be someone whose track record incorporates examples of most or all of the other award categories across their career to date.