2020 Winners
Channel of the Year: Channel 5
“C5 has delivered remarkable success in its popular-factual heartland, with Michael Palin In North Korea and Our Yorkshire Farm leading the way”
Best independent production company: Studio Lambert
“Race Across The World rejuvenated the tired travel competition genre and was rewarded for barnstorming ratings with a three series recommission”
Best post-production house: Dock 10
“I’m impressed by the variety of projects – especially the VR studio for Match Of The Day”
Best entertainment programme: Love Island
“Love Island punches above its weight class – and makes you feel every emotion you can watching TV”
Best drama series or serial: The Virtues
“It transcends all expectations of TV drama to do something brave, raw and devastating”
Best comedy programme: Fleabag
“Fleabag is fautless from the first minute to the last”
Best popular factual programme: Harry’s Heroes: The Full English
“A warm and touching journey that explored issues about men and mental health in an unexpected way”
Best documentary programme: Three Identical Strangers
“Three Identical Strangers is a wonderfully crafted and amazing story”
Best specialist factual: The Interrogation of Tony Martin
“Extraordinary, innovative storytelling, both creatively and editorially”
Chernobyl crowned Timeline TV Moment of the Year
Countdown of conscripts throwing radioactive granite into the reactor’s core wins the vote of Broadcast Awards attendees
Best original programme: They Shall Not Grow Old
“A history book brought to life in the most arresting way”
Best sports programme: ICC Cricket World Cup Final 2019
“A faultless production, which captured the climax of a global event for a massive international audience”
Best daytime programme: The Repair Shop
“Exceptional human stories told via a colourful creative process”
Best soap or continuing drama: Hollyoaks
“Hollyoaks is the soap most willing to take on challenging issues and do them justice, with clever character development”
Best pre-school programme: Andy Safari’s Adventures
“Andy’s Safari Adventures stands out because of the presenter, the effects and the quality of the show”
Best news/current affairs programme: One Day in Gaza
“One Day In Gaza is an unbiased film about the Israel-Palestine conflict that puts you in the heart of the action”
Best music programme: Jazz 625 Live: For One Night Only
“This not only had iconic performances but was also an insight into history”
Best children’s programme: Leaving Care
“A true and honest exposé of the care system with fantastically chosen contributors”
Best single drama: Brexit: The Uncivil War
“It was brilliantly directed, impeccably performed and written, with James Graham’s extraordinary ability to make politics entertaining”
Best international programme sales: Years and Years
“The drama had sold into 159 territories in less than a year of distribution”
Best multichannel programme: Bros: After the Screaming Stops
“A multi-layered documentary that could have been either a puff piece or a hatchet job but ultimately was neither – a superb film”
Best documentary series: Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain
“A devastating analysis of our obsession with celebrity”
Special recognition: Kay Mellor
“One of the most influential dramatic voices, chronicling modern Britain often through the prism of working-class women”
Leader
Innovation shines through
“A fantastic combination of some very well-deserved but ultimately unsurprising winners and some that flew a little under the radar”
Awards gallery
Broadcast Awards 2020 in pictures
Familiar faces from across the industry gathered this week for the 25th Broadcast Awards, hosted by Harry Hill
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Broadcast Awards 2020
All the winners and finalists