Winner

I've just noticed that My Father Takes a Vacation was recognised at the Prix Italia. Here's my review of the RTÉ version from yonks back.

From the Prix Italia website: 

RADIO DOCUMENTARY – SPECIAL PRIZE FOR EXTRAORDINARY 
ORIGINALITY 

SWEDEN – SUEDE SR 
MY FATHER TAKES A VACATION 
DIRECTOR: MARTIN JOHNSON PRODUCER: MAGNUS ARVIDSON 
SCRIPT: MARTIN JOHNSON 

This programme moves across landscapes drawn from postcards sent by a 
father who has abandoned his children. When the author was a teenager, his 
mother died of cancer and his father, unable or unwilling to shoulder the 
responsibility for three young children, left home to cycle through Ireland. 
Martin Johnson casts a cool eye on this story of unforgivable desertion as he 
retraces his father’s steps through Ireland. The jury was impressed by the 
restraint and the sophisticated dramaturgy of this piece which never collapses 
into sentimentality. They also commend the technical production of this very 
difficult quest into the past.