By Osagie Alonge
Just a month after she was honoured at the World Economic Forum, popular talk show host Funmi Iyanda is in the news again. This time an episode of a documentary she put together has been nominated in the News Competition of the 51st Monte Carlo Television Festival in the category ‘Best News Documentary’.
Iyanda’s ‘Lagos Stories’ an episode of a three-part documentary series ‘My Country Nigeria’ was aired on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). ‘Lagos Stories’ gives an in-depth look into the commercial nerve centre of the country and its fascinating and enthralling features. Iyanda carries her viewers on a mini tour through one of the most populated cities in the world as she browses through urban and rural environs meeting individuals like the present Governor Babatunde Fashola and popular musician and ‘Area father’, Charley Boy who have in one way or the other affected the city.
Other documentaries that have been nominated alongside ‘Lagos Stories’ are produced by seasoned and famous broadcasters like U.S. Network HBO, France’s Arte and Germany’s Zdf. If Iyanda picks up the award, she will be joining the list of previous winners like television dramas ‘Mad Men’ and ‘Lost’.
The prestigious Monte-Carlo Television Festival is an annual global television festival established by Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1961 to celebrate the best in worldwide television programming. The festival’s news Competition rewards outstanding documentaries that combine fascinating social and cultural topics with a high level of technical expertise.
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