Proud to Present

Public broadcasters select their favourite programmes at the Eurovision TV summit

Eurovision TV expert groups, made of European Broadcasting Union Members representing different TV genres, chose their favourite programmes which were then screened at the “Proud to Present” session of the Eurovision TV Summit*, in Lucerne, Switzerland.

They were asked to pick what they felt were the highest quality, most innovative and most inspiring programmes produced over the year in 11 different TV genres.

Those chosen were as follows:

Children: The Little Boy and the Beast (ZDF, Germany)

Intercultural: Lukaku’s School (VRT, Belgium)

Documentary: Position of the Stars (NPO, The Netherlands)

Entertainment: Our Stars for Oslo (NDR, Germany)

Education: Sex on the Map (UR, Sweden)

Fiction: Five Daughters (BBC, UK)

Multiplatform: In Therapie – A Social Media Experience (NPO, The Netherlands)

Branding: This Time for Africa (BBC/SRF/ZDF)

Music & Dance: The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performing the New York Concert and Schönbrunn Concert (ORF, Austria)

Format: The Farmer (DR, Denmark)

Science: Journey to the Core of Life (SWR/WDR/UR)

Jean Philip De Tender, Channel Manager from Belgian public broadcaster VRT, presented the acclaimed intercultural programme “Lukaku’s School”, a gritty, hard-hitting series about young people growing up in troubled areas of a big city and in the melting pot of a multicultural school.

De Tender says: “This series was a big success on primetime television, and particularly appealed to younger audiences, with viewing figures reaching 25%. We need to put programmes about diversity on primetime television in Europe. This series proves that it does work.”

Gerard Timmer, Chief Editor and Presenter at IKON, Dutch public broadcaster NPO’s educational channel, presented the international award-winning series “Position of the Stars”. A single shot style was used to film the trilogy, which documents the development of Indonesia between 1998 and the present. The technique involves recording scenes from different angles in one movement, without editing.

Gerard Timmer explains “This series has been aired all over Europe, Asia and America. Its success can be attributed to the pure, natural authentic stories which are captured in a single shot.”