The first of this year’s prestigious Torc Awards for Excellence were announced yesterday at Celtic Media Festival, The International Summit of Sound and Screen in Quimper, Brittany.

Alongside winners from S4C, BBC Two and BBC Radio Cymru, RTÉ’s The Tommy Tiernan Show took the Torc Award for Best Entertainment.

Catriona Logan, Festival Director, said: “Congratulations to all the winners of today’s Torc Awards for Excellence. We are so happy to be welcoming everybody back for our first in person summit since 2019. We have a packed programme of events in store, and look forward to another successful Celtic Media Festival.”

CATEGORY: CURRENT AFFAIRS
Winner: ​​Prif Weinidog Mewn Pandemig
Country: Wales
Production Company / Broadcaster: Zwwm Films Cyf / S4C

CATEGORY: SPORTS DOCUMENTARY
Winner: Different League: The Derry City Story
Country: Ireland
Production Company / Broadcaster: State of Grace Films / Stray Bear Films BBC TWO

CATEGORY: ANIMATION
Winner: Affairs of the Art
Country: Wales
Production Company / Broadcaster: Beryl Productions International Ltd

CATEGORY: RADIO COMEDY
Winner: Dim Byd ar y Radio
Country: Wales
Production Company / Broadcaster: Cwmni Da / BBC Radio Cymru

CATEGORY: ENTERTAINMENT
Winner: The Tommy Tiernan Show
Country: Ireland
Production Company / Broadcaster: Power Pictures Ltd & Mabinog Ltd / RTÉ

CATEGORY: SHORT DRAMA
Winner: ​​Kestav
Country: Cornwall
Production Company / Broadcaster: Morris Made

CATEGORY: RADIO DRAMA
Winner: Perthyn – Huw
Country: Wales
Production Company / Broadcaster: BBC Radio Cymru / BBC Radio Cymru

ABOUT THE CELTIC MEDIA FESTIVAL

• The Celtic Media Festival celebrates its 43rd edition in 2022 from the 7th to the 9th of June in Le Chapeau Rouge in Quimper, Brittany, France
• The Celtic Media Festival will be taking place in person for the first time since 2019 in the location originally destined for the 2020 festival.
• The Celtic Media Festival is an annual 3-day summit which combines a major conference of seminars and masterclasses with the presentation of the coveted Torc Awards for Excellence.
• The Torc Awards for Excellence are presented to the best productions in TV, radio, film from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Cornwall, Brittany and Galicia
• Categories include Factual Series, Arts, Drama Series, Sport, Current Affairs and Radio Station of the Year. For further details, please see: www.celticmediafestival.co.uk
• The Celtic Media Festival is supported by broadcast, film, cultural and economic development organisations throughout the Celtic countries
• The festival is core funded by: BBC Wales, BBC Northern Ireland, RTÉ, TG4, MG ALBA, Northern Ireland Screen – Irish Language Broadcast Fund, BBC Scotland, S4C, Televisión de Galicia, BBC England, Screen Scotland, Screen Ireland and the British Irish Council. In 2022, support is also provided by the Regional Council of Brittany and the City of Quimper