All Broadcast articles in 21 May 2021
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Best post-production house: Fifty Fifty
‘I was impressed by the creative initiatives to look after its clients and team in a year of intense mental struggle’
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Best original programme: Your Home Made Perfect
‘Clever and innovative use of virtual reality and graphics - an exciting watch’
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Best popular factual programme: Race Across The World
‘Completely compelling – I cared so much about these people. It was talked-about TV, made with ambition and panache’
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Best music programme: The Live Lounge
‘The passion for music was palpable both in front of and behind the camera’
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Best single drama: Elizabeth Is Missing
‘A clever and powerful study of the effects of dementia transcended by a brilliant performance from one of the country’s greatest actors’
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Best children’s programme: I Want To Change The World
‘Daniel is a wonderful presenter and I look forward to seeing what he and the PD both do next’
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Best sports programme: England v West Indies - Black Lives Matter
‘The year’s outstanding moment of sports television’
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Best multichannel programme: RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
‘It was exceptionally well made, tackling difficult issues in a very entertaining format’
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Best international programme sales: The Salisbury Poisoinings
‘Fremantle succeeded in taking the UK’s outstanding track record in real-life drama series onto a truly global stage’
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Best comedy programme: Friday Night Dinner
‘Classic, endlessly rewatchable comedy that hit home across multiple generations’
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Best specialist factual: A House Through Time
‘Thoroughly engaging from start to finish and overall an excellent and well-crafted specialist factual film’
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Best news/current affairs programme: Prince Andrew & The Epstein Scandal: The Newsnight Interview
‘All the other entries responded to news stories. This interview set a news agenda of its own’
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Best documentary programme: For Sama
‘It’s simple and universal and gives us a mirror to reflect on human nature’
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Best soap or continuing drama: Coronation Street
‘A brilliantly powerful, climactic moment that resonated well beyond the genre’
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Best entertainment programme: RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
‘A modern, emotional, funny and entertaining show all wrapped up in one brilliantly executed package’
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Best pre-school programme: JoJo And Gran Gran
‘It has amazing casting and lovely live-action pieces, which didn’t jar with the equally lovely animation’
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Best daytime programme: Moving On
‘Cleverly embedded twists and turns that keep the audience questioning their allegiances throughout’
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Best documentary series: Once Upon a Time in Iraq
‘This was incredible film-making. Intelligent, fascinating, gripping and a powerful human insight into an epic story’
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Best drama series: I May Destroy You
‘Blisteringly original storytelling that excelled in every area’
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News
Ladbible sets up production arm
Former C4 and Endemol execs to lead Ladstudios push into third-party programming