The History Channel(R) Special APE TO MAN Wins Top Nod From National Academies in TV/Radio Category

The History Channel(R) Special APE TO MAN Wins Top Nod From National Academies in TV/Radio Category

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- APE TO MAN, the two-hour special that premiered on The History Channel in August 2005 with great success, and previously garnered an Emmy Award, now is set to receive the top prize from the National Academies in the category of TV/Radio.

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The prestigious National Academies award recognizes excellence in reporting and communicating science, engineering, and medicine to the general public. The winners will be honored during a ceremony on Nov. 9 at the Academies' Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, Calif. The production team for APE TO MAN is a recipient for works published or broadcast in 2005, among a field of 252 print, radio, and broadcast entries. They are: Nic Young, director; Anna Thomson, producer, and Bill Locke, executive producer. The award is given for The History Channel and Lion Television's Ape to Man, "an accurate and entertaining overview of human evolution made accessible to broad audiences."

Previously APE TO MAN won the Emmy award for Outstanding Achievement in a Craft: Writing (writer: Nic Young). APE TO MAN executive producer for The History Channel is Marc Etkind.

The History Channel(R) is one of the leading cable television networks featuring compelling original, non-fiction specials and series that bring history to life in a powerful and entertaining manner across multiple platforms. The network provides an inviting place where people experience history in new and exciting ways enabling them to connect their lives today to the great lives and events of the past that provide a blueprint for the future. The History Channel has earned three Peabody Awards, three Primetime Emmy(R) Awards, 10 News & Documentary Emmy(R) Awards and received the prestigious Governor's Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the network's Save Our History(R) campaign dedicated to historic preservation and history education. The History Channel reaches more than 90 million Nielsen subscribers. The website is located at www.History.com.

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