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You Can’t Ask That wins Rose D’Or award

ABC picks up Best Reality & Factual Entertainment award in Berlin for a show set to become its biggest format hit.

ABC’s You Can’t Ask That has won a prestigious Rose d’Or Award in Berlin, picking up Best Reality and Factual Entertainment Program.

It beat entries from Belgium and the United Kingdom, including This Time Next Year. Australia’s only other entry Here Come the Habibs lost to stiff competition in the UK’s Fleabag.

Aaron Smith, director and co-producer, stated after the win that “this show started from a small idea that then grew to be recognised on a global scale. You Can’t Ask That, 100% relies on the graciousness and bravery of the participants who are kind enough to lend their voice. We wish to say thank you to those who put their trust in us.”

The internally-produced ABC series has sold internationally, and is on the way to becoming the ABC’s biggest format hit.

David Anderson, Director Television, ABC said: “You Can’t Ask That is a great example of the distinctive, relevant and valued content that the ABC can create and share with all Australians and has also resonated with audiences all over the world. To have this kind of international recognition is tremendous and our congratulations to all involved.”

 

You Can’t Ask That Production Credits: An ABC production. Series Produced and Directed by Kirk Docker and Aaron Smith. ABC Executive Producer Lou Porter.

2017 Rose d’Or winners:

Reality & Factual Entertainment
• You Can’t Ask That – Australia

Arts
• Young Men – United Kingdom, Balletboyz Ltd.

Game Show
• Bigheads – United Kingdom, Primal Media

Entertainment
• Stasera Casamika (Tonight At Mika’s Home) – Italy

Children & Youth
• Anti Bully Club – The Netherlands

Comedy
• Fleabag – United Kingdom

Sitcom
• Henry Ix – United Kingdom

Drama Series
• Nobel – Peace At Any Cost – Norway

TV Movies
• The Verdict – Germany

Virtual Reality
• The Enemy – France

Entertainer Of The Year
• James Corden

Lifetime Achievement Award
• Dame Angela Lansbury

One Response

  1. A great and powerful little show. Casting, honesty and authenticity were the key. Like most things having some inter-action (however remotely) and understanding of the person made you feel for that person in ways you may not have had prior to “knowing” them. The one on soldiers was particularity insightful.

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