Rinder in BAF TA triumph
ROBERT RINDER, the lawyer who made his name as television’s “Judge Rinder”, was among the prize winners at the BAFTA awards in London on Sunday night.
Mr Rinder won the award for an episode of the series Who Do You Think You Are? in which he delved into his family history.
As the grandson of Holocaust survivor Morris Malenicky, Mr Rinder said that though he was aware of the outlines of his grandfather’s story, “the show really coloured it in”.
Accepting the award on behalf of the programme, Mr Rinder said it was an example of “what this country can be, regardless of our political background, what we can all be when we act at our very best”.
Nicola Shindler, the acclaimed British producer of shows such as Happy Valley and Queer as Folk, also collected an award for her career spanning more than 20 years.
Ms Shindler, who set up Red Production Company (named after Manchester United) from her living room in 1998, aged 29, received the Special Award.
She said: “I have an amazing team and have worked with a number of the most incredible people, who have made coming into work each day a joy. And I’m not done! I continue to be excited by new ideas every day.”
Ms Shindler has six Baftas to her name and is one of the UK’s most distinguished television producers.