Best Documentary or Feature Programme

AWARD OBJECTIVE
• To recognise excellence in programming that is predominantly talk based.
• To recognise excellence in feature, documentary and current affairs programming which explores issues of special interest.
• To recognise excellence in the production and presentation of radio drama.

AWARD DESCRIPTION
• A documentary programme is defined as being wholly based on documentary evidence, contemporary interviews, written records, attributable sources and is produced with total regard for honest and balanced reporting.
• A feature programme need not be wholly factual; it might also include music, poetry and fictional drama to help illustrate its theme. Emphasis might be on indefinable human qualities, atmosphere or mood.

REQUIREMENTS
• All entries must include full presentation details showing how the programme was introduced and back announced.
 

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Entry Requirements
A
10 Points

Clarity and Validity.

B
10 Points

Structure and Logical Development and/or Analysis.

C
10 Points

Technical Production, and Programme Quality.

D
10 Points

Listener Education, Information and Entertainment.

E
10 Points

The Writer, Producer or Adapter’s Skill and Creative Use of the Medium.

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