Four Flemish TV programmes nominated for Banff Rockie Awards
Flemish-made TV shows Plankton Invasion, Safety First, Het perfecte koppel and The Fall have been nominated for Rockie Awards, one of the most prestigious for international television productions
Safety First up against renowned American comedies
Plankton Invasion, a series of seven-minute cartoons that air in both Belgium and France, has been nominated for Best Animated Series. Billed as the first humorous series that deals with climate change, it finds plankton planning a take-over of the planet, though they are ill prepared in going about it. The series is a co-production between Vivi Film, Team TO and Tinkertree and airs in Flanders on VTM.
The comedy series Safety First by Shelter, also responsible for such classics as Benidorm Bastards and Wat als?, has been nominated for Best Comedy Series. The series, which aired last autumn and is currently in production on a second season, follows four bumbling friends who start up their own security company (pictured). It’s nominated for a Rockie against such American luminaries as Arrested Development and The Big Bang Theory.
Nominated in the category of Music and Variety is Het perfecte koppel (The Perfect Couple), the evening quiz show hosted by Marcel Vanthilt that features couples answering questions about each other. Finally, The Fall is nominated for Best Procedural Drama. Flemish director Jacob Verbruggen made the series for the BBC; it stars Gillian Anderson as a police detective and Jamie Dornan as the serial killer she is after.
Last year Flemish shows Quiz Me Quick and Wat als? both won Rockies. The winners for this year will be announced on 8 June.
photo courtesy Shelter
