‘An exceptional small indie run with care, diligence, creativity and skill by a brilliant all-female leadership team’
Rapidly establishing itself as one of the UK’s most ambitious emerging indies, Love Monday’s output has demonstrated its breadth, diversity and ambition.
Led by an all-female senior team, the company boasts recent highlights including ITV feature doc Her Majesty The Queen: Behind Closed Doors, where her Majesty met with survivors of domestic abuse. The Queen herself commented on how pleased and impressed she was to have an all-women crew on the project. Tackling this urgent issue, the film demonstrates the power TV has to raise awareness and inspire change.
Love Monday’s royal expertise can also be found through The Royal Beat, True Royalty TV and on Amazon Prime in the US.
The label has also demonstrated agility in the fast turnaround space with shows such as William and Harry: Love & Betrayal for Channel 5, turned its hand to cultural programming with Sky Arts’ Backstage With The London Philharmonic Orchestra and is expanding into AFP’s with Fern Britton: Inside the Vets for ITV.
Judges also praised Love Monday’s commitment to nurturing new talent, including taking on an assistant producer on the ScreenSkills scheme.
Sky’s executive director Phil Edgar-Jones surmised the Love Monday team as “an exceptional small indie run with care, diligence, creativity and skill by a brilliant all-female leadership team,” in a testimonial, capturing the label’s genuine ambition, warmth and range.
SHORTLISTED
Binocular
Having only been established in 2022, this dedicated scripted label can already boast a portfolio that includes commissions for Netflix, Peacock, Amazon, Sky and the BBC. Its Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy drama The Hostage immediately became a Netflix global top 10, demonstrating Binocular’s flair for compelling drama.
Happy Prince
Launched by the award-winning producer Dominic Treadwell Collins, Happy Prince has committed itself to telling diverse and queer stories in the mainstream, placing the viewer at the centre of all they make. Its adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Rivals has also placed the drama label squarely in the zeitgeist, proving itself phenomenally popular with audiences and critics alike.
Sandpaper Films
Despite starting in the middle of Covid, Sandpaper Films has grown swiftly with a reputation for producing high-quality, distinctive content in documentary and premium factual. The last year proved critical for the label, as it made a series of high-profile hires and forecasting a production turnover in 2025 that doubles that of 2024.
Walk on Air Films
Proudly Belfast-based and female-led, Walk on Air Films is a regional indie with a global ambition. The label already had 12 major TV and audio awards to its name, and is solidifying its reputation as a leading supplier of premium factual content in the UK, working with the likes of Keo Films on Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland and its Sky original commission Death of a Showjumper.
ZANDLAND
Founded by award-winning filmmaker and journalist Ben Zand, Zandland is a new-generation factual studio that has built a reputation for its distinctive storytelling and willingness to take risks. For instance, self-funded global factual series Human blended the authority of traditional broadcasting with the creative freedom of digital platforms.
Award sponsored by Racoon Media Services
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