BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's Coventry Market - The Musical! Scoops silver and gold at the 2009 Frank Gillard Awards in Nottingham on 8th October.
Coventry Market was singing for joy on hearing the news that last year's innovative Coventry Market Musical, has won not one, but two awards. The project initially bagged a silver award on the night in the Community category, and then went on to win gold in the 360 multimedia category.The Frank Gillard Awards are the BBC local radio equivalent of the Oscars.
Coventry Market - The Musical! Was written, composed and directed by Benjamin Till, and starred market traders and shoppers marking the 50th anniversary of the Market. It was premiered as part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations in November 2008, and received unanimous thumbs up when it was broadcasted as part of the BBC's Midlands Today Television news programme.