Older people in the media awards - vote for your favourite

But I viewed it between the given dates Ana

Goodnight Mr Tom isn't a new work.

nigglynellie

My thought too.

Am I allowed to vote for John Humphries in category 2 and 3

Category 1 . Has to be Mr Tom from Goodnight Mr Tom

Not sure that nominating oneself is what this is about, but I could be wrong!
My nominee is John Humphreys. The reason. He is still working and a force to be reckoned with at the age of 70+, which proves encouragingly that you're not on the scrap heap at 65 or younger!!

sagababe65

Why does your post not sit well with me?

Nominating @oapschat for a site that consistently brings a positive message about life over 50..and its founder Janet Rosser.
And,coz I think everybody already nominated has enough plaudits to their credit and are lovely people, how about err...me: I am 64, blog every week about my granddaughter,..the blog is syndicated and gets over 500 hits, and once a week on writing topics. I am always focused on the 'age' topic...see my Twitter bio!

I also blog about my ''story'' how I changed literary genre at 61, overcame cancer and am living & writing. I try to put a positive spin on being older. Check me out: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Hedges

So easy for me to choose.

I nominate the wonderful GEMMA JONES who played Mary, the mother of Neil Baldwin in the fantastic BBC drama called MARVELLOUS.

Her acting skill was a joy to watch, as usual, and it would be a fitting tribute to honour the memory of the real mother of Neil Baldwin (Nello), she was such a wonderful mother .

I know I raved about 'Marvellous' on GN but the true story of Neil and the bond between mother and son will stay with me forever. Both Gemma Jones as the mother and Toby Jones as her son delivered acting of the highest level and left the viewer with an emotional understanding of the role a loving mum gives her child.

Re the older person's category nomination, from the GN details:

'It is open to any fictional character in a book, film, TV or radio drama who has appeared in a new work (story line/episodes/film/new series) in the UK between the dates of Friday 15 August 2014 and Friday 14 August 2015.'

Has there been a new series of Grandpa in my Pocket between these dates?

We had this problem last year - sometimes it's difficult to know whether a programme meets the criteria.

I was just thinking of Grandpa in my Pocket for cat 1, too.

Definitely not the Wonga ad, either, for cat 2.

Nominating James Bolam for Grandpa In My Pocket on CBeebies in category 1. He's a great actor with impeccable pedigree and this programme shows off the mischievous collaboration between a grandfather and his grandchildren while the parents think dear old grandpa is having 40 winks.

I agree re the Shreddies ad.

3. Sheila Hancock for making a stand against raising car insurance for older people.

Same here with the shreddies ads.

I loved that advert a while ago where the couple leave their son (i think?) with his grandad, looking concerned about how he's giong to last the whole day with him - then as soon as the parents shut the door ,they start tearing around the house causing chaos - much closer to my own gparenting style not sure when it was on tv though, sorry. I suppose it would come into 2 though

Ros Altmann is always on the radio championing older people's causes. Think that's her job though. And now she's pensions minister so hopefully will do even more. So I'd vote for her as no 3.

And I quite like Grace Jones too for no 3 (is that acceptable?) She doesn't really bring a voice to issues of older people but I think she's a great example of bucking the trend, being who you are, going against what is expected of you and not feeling you have to retire just because you get to a certain age.

As for no 1...will give it some thought. Does Simon Cowell count as a fictional character?

And for no 2 (sorry, not doing this in order at all) I'll tell who should NOT get the award - the Shreddies ads. I change channels huffily every time.