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Banyan
developed out of the Trinidad & Tobago Television Workshop formed in 1974
dedicated to providing Trinidad & Tobago and the region with quality local
television productions.
Exploring many
formats: documentary, drama, public information, music and dance, Banyan has
continued to develop a uniquely
In 1977 Banyan
produced the Anglophone Caribbean's first 'soap opera', a 13 part drama series
on family life. This was followed by other drama series and documentaries.
In 1978 Banyan was
instrumental in setting up, with a group of secondary schools, the nation's
first education television production unit producing a series of popular
educational programmes for airing on national television during 1978 and 1979.
In 1980 the unit was absorbed into the Ministry of Education and has become the
Education television Unit.
Banyan has trained
video units throughout the region and has pioneered regional co-productions
since the early 1980s. In 1988 Banyan's landmark series Caribbean Eye, a 13 part series of half hour
programmes on
In 2004 Banyan
started a community television station called GAYELLE:THE CHANNEL and transmits 100% local and regional programming 24
hours a day 7 days a week on channel 23 UHF and channel 7 on the local cable
system. It is the first over the air television station in the region to do
this as well as creating 14 hours of original television programming every day.
Beginning with its
award in 1980 at the Commonwealth Film and Television Festival for its
"convincing use of low budget video to reflect community life" in its
production Village To Best Village, Banyan has won dozens of awards
both locally and internationally for its productions.
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"Special
award for convincing use of low budget video for community development" |
1980 Village to |
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BWIA National
Media Awards, |
Best Series
1988 |
Gayelle |
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Best
Documentary on A.I.D.S. 1988 |
Gayelle A.I.D.S. Special |
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Best Series
1989 |
Gayelle |
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Best
Entertainment Programme 1989 |
Zouk - Kassav in |
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Best
Documentary 1989 |
Crossing Over |
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Images
Caraibes, 2nd |
Best Video
Documentary 1990 |
Crossing Over |
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Images
Caraibes, 3rd |
Best Video
Documentary 1992 |
And the Dish Ran Away with
the Spoon |
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Best
Environmental Film 1992 |
And the Dish Ran Away with
the Spoon |
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Caribbean
Publishers and Broadcasters Association |
Best |
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Caricom Prize: |
For
fostering regional integration 1992 |
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National Black
Programmers |
Best Public
Affairs Documentary 1993 |
And the Dish Ran Away with
the Spoon |
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National Media
Awards for Excellence, |
Best Current
Affairs Programme 1996 |
The Pink Mealy Bug in the |
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National Media
Awards for Excellence, |
Best
Documentary 1996 |
Habitat ll - Think Global,
Act Local |
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Best
Children’s Programme 1997 |
The Music of the Street |
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PAHO National
Media Awards |
Best
Television Feature 1998 |
After One Time Is Two Time |
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Certificate
of merit 1998 |
Moksha |
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PAHO |
Best
Television Feature 1998 |
After One
Time Is Two Time |
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PAHO National
Media Awards |
Best
Television Feature 2001 |
A Community in Danger |
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PAHO |
Best
Television Feature 2001 |
A Community in Danger |
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Sandals Eco-Journalism
Award |
Best
Television Ecological programme 2001 |
A Community in Danger |
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National Drama
Association of Trinidad & Tobago |
Vanguard
Award |
For innovative, ground-breaking television and
a brand of ingenuity that has served to redefine the way we see ourselves and
our region. |
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PAHO National
Media Awards |
Best
Television feature 2004 |
Live & Let Live |
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PAHO |
Best
Television feature 2004 |
Live & let Live |
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Banyan Limited, 3 Adam Smith Square, Woodbrook, Port of
Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, The
Caribbean
Voice: (868) 681 0175Fax: (868) 622 4601 E-mail: banyan@pancaribbean.com