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BAFTA Cymru success for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales
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³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales has enjoyed another year of success at the BAFTA Cymru awards – winning more awards than any other Welsh broadcaster.
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³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales went home with 16 BAFTA Cymru awards from last night's ceremony at Wales Millennium Centre with hit drama Doctor Who scooping a total of six awards.
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The series won accolades for Best Drama Series, Best Director of Photography: Drama, Best Sound, Best Make-Up, Best Director: Drama, with Steven Moffat being awarded the BAFTA for Best Screenwriter.
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More success for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales's Drama department came with Torchwood winning in the Best Costume category, and Young Dracula being named the Best Children's Programme.
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The accolade for Best Current Affairs went to Week In Week Out for its special on transplant tourism; Best Factual went to Coast; Best Camera: Not Drama was awarded to Tribe; Best Lighting Director: Not Camera went to ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Cardiff Singer Of The World 2007; Best On-Screen Presenter was given to Bruce Parry for Tribe.
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And the Best Live Coverage/OBTeam and Best Documentary accolades were awarded to the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales-produced S4C programmes Angladd Ray Gravell and Grav Ray o'r Mynydd respectively. Ìý
The Gwyn Alf Williams Award – in recognition of productions which have contributed most to the understanding and appreciation of the history of Wales – was given to the Indus Films-produced programme Coal House.
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Menna Richards, Controller, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales, said: "Congratulations to all our winners. It's wonderful to see the talent, creativity and hard work of so many people being recognised in this way.
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"³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales is very proud that so many of its in-house and independent productions have won awards this year. Their commitment shown in producing such first class output is much appreciated by our audiences." Ìý
³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Wales Press Office
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