Saatchi & Saatchi scooped three gold awards and a bronze for Carlsberg Lions, two silver awards for NSPCC Fun Run and a further silver for NSPCC Caravan at the British Television Advertising Awards last night (Wednesday 7 March 2007).
"We're thrilled to have our work recognised by our peers and it's great to be producing work that has been hugely effective, but received critical acclaim as well," commented Kate Stanners, Saatchi & Saatchi UK's Executive Creative Director.
Carlsberg Lions struck gold in the alcoholic drinks, best more than 90 seconds TV commercial and TV / cinema categories as well as a bronze award for best 20 second TV commercial.
NSPCC Fun Run was awarded silver in the charity (TV only) and direct response categories and NSPCC Caravan achieved silver in the direct response category.
The Carlsberg Lions ad was created by Dave Henderson and Richard Denney and directed by Chris Palmer at Gorgeous. Both NSPCC ads were created by Rob Porteous and Dave Askwith and directed by Steve Hudson at Outsider. Kate Stanners was executive creative director on all the award-winning ads for Saatchi & Saatchi.
Earlier in the week (Monday 5 March 2007) Saatchi & Saatchi picked up eleven awards at the Creative Circle Awards 2007, with 'Old Lions' again being the big winner - two golds this time, in the 'best cinema commercial' and the 'best idea in 60 seconds or over', as well as two silver and three bronze.
Our full Creative Circle 2007 roll of honour is...
Gold
Best cinema commercial for Carlsberg Old Lions
Best idea in 60 seconds or over for Carlsberg Old Lions
Silver
Best TV commercial for Carlsberg Old Lions
Best editing for Carlsberg Old Lions
Best dialogue for Carlsberg Old Lions
Best illustration for NSPCC Speech Bubble posters
Bronze
Best campaign or series for Carlsberg Old Lions
Best interactive TV commercial for Carlsberg Old Lions
Best direction for Carlsberg Old Lions
Best viral for Tetley's Bitter
Best magazine campaign for Pashley Bicycles Routes