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2008 Panda Award Winners Announced
| On Wednesday 22nd October in Bristol, at a glittering ceremony, actress and comedienne Joanna Lumley and television presenter Steve Leonard presented Wildscreen’s Panda Awards to the world’s best wildlife and environmental filmmakers. The Awards, which have been running for 26 years, are firmly established as the most prestigious in the natural history filmmaking calendar. Over 420 entries were received this year, with 22 prizes awarded. At the Awards Joanna Lumley said, |
We are delighted to announce that video clips from all of this year's Panda Award-nominated films are now available to watch online. |
"It’s very heartening to see so many films with a strong environmental focus – it seems at last the environment is going mainstream, and is on everyone's agenda." The top award, the Golden Panda, was awarded to awarded to Life in Cold Blood - Armoured Giants a BBC Natural History Unit programme presented by Sir David Attenborough. Sir David joined colleagues from the Natural History Unit to collect the Award.