Channel 4 leads the way with 25 Broadcast Awards nominations

27 November 2014

 

Well, this is embarrassing! Nobody likes someone blowing their own trumpet, but really, where do we start? Channel 4 has been nominated for 25 Broadcast Awards, including Channel of the Year. Frankly, a trumpet isn’t big enough, so we’ve hired the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ in Atlantic City, the world’s largest musical instrument, and we’re blowing that instead.

So why, exactly, are we blowing a giant organ? Because Channel 4’s 25 nominations place it firmly ahead of its rivals, with BBC One garnering 17, BBC Two getting ten and, well, frankly, we didn’t bother looking any lower.

The News & Current Affairs team are particularly insufferable today, having snagged all but one of the six nominations in their category. Documentaries, too, are parading around like strutting peacocks, being responsible for three of the six programmes shortlisted in both Best Documentary Series and Best Documentary Programme.

E4 has also enjoyed a great night, with five nominations, including the prestigious Channel of the Year. “Yeehaw, E4.” (Say it out loud, it’s quite satisfying).

But enough from us. You probably want to hear a bit about the other nominations, or about the awards in general. So here’s a sample sentence picked randomly from the Broadcast article accompanying the nominations.

“This [the 25 nominations] is more than any other channel and follows a record awards haul at the Grierson’s earlier this month and strong showings at RTS and Bafta.” Oops.

Anyway, Channel 4’s Chief Creative Officer Jay Hunt commented: “I'm thrilled we have had so many nominations for such a range of shows. It's a tribute to the producers and commissioners who have worked so hard to craft channel defining programmes.”

See the full awards shortlist here.

 

Notes to Editors

About Channel 4: It really is very good.

About the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ: It is one of only two organs in the world to have an open 64' rank, and the only organ to have stops voiced on 100" of wind pressure. Its console features seven keyboards, called manuals.

Construction of the organ took place between May, 1929 and December, 1932. The organ was designed by state senator Emerson L. Richards, and was built by the Midmer-Losh Organ Company of Merrick, New York. Most of the pipes were built by Midmer-Losh. Anton Gottfried made some of the reed pipes including the Brass Trumpet, Egyptian Horn, Euphone and Musette Mirabilis. The German firm Welte-Mignon provided the Bassoon with papier-mâché resonators and wooden Tuba d'Amour for the Echo division.