Broadcast Awards 2007

Success for Life on Mars at The Broadcast Awards 2007

Manchester based cop drama Life on Mars (Kudos Film and Television for BBC Wales/BBC1) has won the Best New Programme Award at The Broadcast Awards 2007.

The highly acclaimed TV series which is preparing to broadcast a second series this year, was also highly commended as the Best Drama Series (awarded to Serial Bleak House A BBC /WGBH Boston Co-Production in association with Deep Indigo for BBC1).

Filmed around the Greater Manchester area with assistance from North West Vision's film office, Life on Mars tells the story of Sam Tyler, a detective mysteriously transported back in time from present day to 1973.

The full list of Broadcast Award Winners is as follows:

Broadcast awards 2007 - the winners
24 January
Best Entertainment Programme sponsored by Fountain Studios
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? BBC for BBC1
Best Popular Factual Programme sponsored by ioko
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Optomen Television for Channel 4

Best Documentary Programme sponsored by Envy Post
True Stories - Sisters In Law Vixen Films for More4

International Programme Sales sponsored by OTV
Dancing with the Stars BBC Worldwide

Best Daytime Programme sponsored by MTV Studios
Deal or No Deal Cheetah Television (a part of Endemol UK ) for Channel 4

Best Children's Programme sponsored by Arqiva
Charlie & Lola Tiger Aspect Productions for CBeebies

Best Multichannel Programme sponsored by Medialease
The Virgin Diaries Tiger Aspect Productions for MTV

Best Documentary Series sponsored by Panasonic
Planet Earth: From Pole to Pole BBC, JVP, NHK and BBC WW for BBC 1

Best Single Drama sponsored by Oasis Television
See No Evil: The Moors Murders ITV Productions for ITV1

Best Drama Series or Serial sponsored by St Anne's Post
Bleak House A BBC /WGBH Boston Co-Production in association with Deep Indigo for BBC1
Highly Commended
Life on Mars Kudos Film and Television for BBC Wales/ BBC 1

Best Sports Programme sponsored by Charter Broadcast
FIFA World Cup Final BBC Sport for BBC 1

Best Comedy Programme sponsored by Suite
Extras BBC Comedy/HBO for BBC2

Best Post Production House sponsored by Avid
Evolutions

Best News Programme sponsored by SISLink
Granada Reports: The Morecambe Bay Cockling Trial ITV Granada for ITV Granada

Best New Programme sponsored by Sony
Life on Mars Kudos Film and Television for BBC Wales/BBC1

Best Independent Production Company sponsored by The London Studios
Kudos Film and Television

Channel of the Year sponsored by National Grid Wireless
BBC1
Highly Commended
BBC4