POWER TRIUMPHS AT RTS AWARDS
The Devil's Whore (International name -- The Devil's Mistress), the Power and Company Pictures lavish event miniseries for Channel 4 walked away with three top awards at last night's Royal Television Society awards ceremony, which was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
The Devil's Whore (International name -- The Devil's Mistress), the Power and Company Pictures lavish event miniseries for Channel 4 walked away with three top awards at last night's Royal Television Society awards ceremony, which was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
Winning all three of its nominations, The Devil's Whore won awards for Best Drama Serial, Best Actress -- Andrea Riseborough, Best Writer -- Peter Flannery. The 4-part drama was the most successful programme of the night, hailed by judges as ""Bloody and brutal but equally inspiring and atmospheric...This was an exciting, muscular drama on an impressive scale. A joy to watch."
The Devil's Whore, which was one of Channel 4's highest rating mini-series of the year, is a dramatic tale of intrigue and lust in which we follow the trials and tribulations of one extraordinary woman. Angelica Fanshawe fights to better her own life in one of the most turbulent periods of English history. Starring Andrea Riseborough, John Simm, Michael Fassbender and Dominic West.
Executive Producer for Power, Justin Bodle said: "This is a truly outstanding result for The Devil's Whore and an incredible honour, especially in the face of such phenomenal competition. It's a huge testament to all involved with the production that we have achieved such a resounding success."
Executive Producer for Company Pictures, George Faber said:
"This was Company Pictures' first collaboration with Power and it's a relationship we hope to strengthen further in the future, given the success of our first joint venture. We're immensely proud of all the talent involved in the making of The Devil's Whore and of the recognition that the mini-series has achieved with 3 major RTS awards."
Ends 18th March 2009
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Founded in 1995, Power has produced an impressive premium slate of feature-film quality mini series over the past six years and has been distributing television programming internationally for 12 years. Power's current slate includes the 2 part mini series "The Day of the Triffids" for BBC1, co-produced by Power and Prodigy Pictures. The 13-part network series, "Crusoe," co-produced by Power, Muse and Moonlighting for NBC and "XIII: The Conspiracy," starring Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff. Collaborating with the world's most respected broadcasters, Power's productions and co-productions include the International Emmy Award-winning mini series "Henry VIII" (ITV), Power's original action-packed epic disaster mini series, "Flood" (ITV) starring Robert Carlyle, International Emmy-nominated "Virgin Queen" (BBC), World War II epic "Colditz" (ITV), the adaptation of Robert Harris' contemporary thriller "Archangel" starring Daniel Craig (BBC), lively drama "Casanova" starring Peter O'Toole (BBC) and the multiple award-winning "The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant" (ITV/Network TEN). Power's ongoing TV movie slate, includes six movies which were produced for the Lifetime Channel in the US last year. The company supplies primetime drama to more than 240 broadcasters and millions of TV viewers across the world and has produced more than £250 million worth of high quality TV drama to date. Visit www.powcorp.com.