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`TIGER ISLAND` TAKES TV AWARD

By County Press Reporter - Wednesday, March 26, 2008
THE makers of ITV Meridian’s Tiger Island have picked up a prestigious television award.
The series, documenting the lives of tigers at Sandown‘s Isle of Wight Zoo, was named best popular feature programme of 2007 at the ITV News Group Awards in London.
Claudia Riccio, who produced and directed the show for Athena Films along with Natalie Wilkinson, said: “We are absolutely delighted to win this recognition from ITV, especially as we were up against some tough competition from some first-class programmes.”
Judges said the show, screened in June last year, was popular and entertaining and exactly the kind of thing viewers want to watch.
Natalie Wilkinson said: “We are indebted to the staff of the IW Zoo. They pulled out all the stops to help us.”