Top award for BBC's Storyville Series Editor

Nick Fraser, Series Editor of BBC Storyville, has been awarded the Trustees' Award by the Grierson Trust in recognition of his "outstanding contribution" and enthusiasm for documentaries.
Acknowledging the award, Fraser said: "I think the Trustees' Award is terrific. Our films always get awards but I never do, so I am delighted. It is a vindication of Storyville, of the people who work there and all the film-makers who contribute their work."
Each year, the trust acknowledges the best documentary film-making from Britain and abroad.
Edward Mirzoeff, Chairman of the Grierson Trust, said: "The Grierson Trust is delighted to present the 2005 Trustees' Award to Nick Fraser. The award recognises an outstanding contribution to the art of documentary each year. Nick is instrumental in not only helping film-makers to bring their ideas to life but in showing these excellent documentaries to audiences."
Glenwyn Benson, Controller, BBC Factual Television, said: "Nick Fraser has carried the flame for high quality documentary on behalf of the BBC and talented film makers from all over the world.
"We are deeply grateful to him and very proud of what he has achieved to sustain documentary excellence at the BBC. It is also great pleasure to work with such a nice person."
Fraser graduated from Exeter College, Oxford, in 1969. Since then, he has worked as a television reporter, producer and editor and has had four books published.
He has been Series Editor of BBC Storyville since it started in 1997.
As one of the BBC's flagship international documentary strands, Storyville showcases the best and brightest of world non-fiction film.
Storyville documentaries have successfully picked up awards at Sundance, BANFF, Festival dei Popoli, Grierson Awards and the Oscars.
Fraser added: "Documentaries are the real rock and roll of our times. They are the most interesting form at present and far more inventive than feature films.
"At Storyville we have been lucky. We've been able to tap into the best films from all over the world. We invest in individual films and film-makers find the rest of the money where they can.
"It costs less to make a doc these days, and I'm not surprised about the quality of the films that appear each month in our offices any more.
"I'm glad the BBC has backed Storyville, it was an imaginative thing to do and I feel it has paid off."
(SP)