SANDFORD ST MARTIN AWARDS 2020 SHORTLISTS
Ask any of our shortlisters and they’ll tell you that the process of compiling the Sandford St Martin shortlists is never easy. A bit like comparing apples with pears with oranges with elephants – challenging and sometimes controversial. Add to that febrile atmosphere the fact that in the midst of this year’s shortlisting process, suddenly and dramatically, the world changed and our lives with it.
Against the backdrop of Covid-19, it’s been heartening and inspirational to have had the opportunity to watch and listen to your entries this year. These are strange and uncertain days and, while it’s always a privilege to review the shortlists, the broadcast content represented here has served as a reminder of what ultimately brings and holds us together, and then inspires us to keep looking forward. Thank you for that.
Particular congratulations to those entries shortlisted for an award; you can find out more about all of them by clicking on the programme names below. Congratulations to you all.
Winners will be announced in a special digitally streamed ceremony Sandford St Martin Awards 2020 on June 11th.
Anna McNamee, Executive Director, Sandford St Martin Trust
2 April 2020
Broadcast Journalism Shortlist
Heart & Soul: Jewish and Returning to Germany
BBC Radio Production North for BBC World Service
How a conference call sparked America’s abortion obsession
The Guardian for theguardian.com
101 East, Al Jazeera English for Al Jazeera English
Field of Vision, The Guardian, Pulitzer Center, Cave Pictures for Guardian documentaries, Field of Vision
BBC Religion and Ethics for BBC Radio 4
Witness – The Feeling of Being Watched: Surveillance in a US-Arab Community
Al Jazeera English – Witness for Al Jazeera English
Television/Video Shortlist
1944: Should We Bomb Auschwitz?
Oxford Films for BBC Two
Channel 4 News and ITN Productions for Channel 4 and Frontline PBS
Gmarsh TV Productions for RTÉ
Minnow Films for BBC Two
The Satanic Verses: 30 Years On
VICE Studios UK Ltd for BBC Two
Witness – Survivors: Inside Sierra Leone’s Ebola Epidemic
Al Jazeera English – Witness for Al Jazeera English
Radio/Audio Shortlist
BBC Religion and Ethics for BBC Radio 4
Geoff Bird for BBC World Service
Heart and Soul: The Wind Phone
Falling Tree Productions for BBC World Service
Riot Days: The Pussy Riot story, Part 1
BBC Radio Drama London for BBC Radio 4
Tell It: No Sex Before Marriage? (Series)
BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra and Asian Network Production for BBC Radio 1 / Radio 1Xtra
This Is My Story Podcast Episode 1: Allen Langham
United Christian Broadcasters for UCB Player App / Podcast Platforms
Children’s Broadcasting Shortlist
Finding My Family: Holocaust – A Newsround Special
BBC Children’s In-House Productions for CBBC / iPlayer
CTVC Ltd for TrueTube.co.uk
How the Other Kids Live – Episode 1 Birmingham
Firecracker Films for Channel 4
CTVC Ltd for TrueTube.co.uk
The Dengineers / Black History Den
BBC Children’s In-House Productions for CBBC / iPlayer
Treasure Champs (Series)
Three Arrows Media for CBeebies