All Broadcast Awards articles – Page 19
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NewsBroadcast Awards in pictures
Snaps of some of the big winners on the night and the after-party celebrations.
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NewsThe Office named best show of past 20 years
BBC comedy The Office has been crowned the industry’s favourite show of the past 20 years.
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FeaturesBest Sports Programme: The Grand National 2014
The judges were united in their praise for Channel 4’s coverage of Pineau De Re’s triumph in the 167th Grand National in April last year.
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FeaturesBroadcast Awards 2015: the winners
An excellent crop of winners to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Broadcast Awards.
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FeaturesBest News & Current Affairs Programme: Dispatches: Nigeria’s Hidden War
The key international news stories of 2014 focused on the Middle East and Ukraine, so Nigeria’s Hidden War was both an aptly titled and incredibly revealing film.
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FeaturesBest Entertainment Programme: Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
The popular Geordie duo have made it two Broadcast successes in a row (and three in total) after retaining the Best Entertainment Programme crown for ITV’s Saturday night format.
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FeaturesBest Children's Programme: Operation Ouch! Goes Back In Time
Maverick TV has a long track record of successful spin-offs, and proved it can apply the formula to children’s programming with this stand-out episode of its medical format.
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FeaturesBest Popular Factual Programme: The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off was a TV juggernaut before it moved to BBC One – but no one would have predicted what happened when its fifth series debuted on the flagship channel.
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FeaturesBest Pre-School Programme: Lily’s Driftwood Bay
An incredible 50,000 photographs of more than 10,000 beachcombed items were taken to produce this 52-part series.
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FeaturesChannel of the Year: BBC One
In a multichannel, on-demand age, BBC One is still the channel the nation turns to for big events.
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FeaturesBest Documentary Series: Bedlam
Other shows in this category may have attracted more viewers or generated more column inches, but Bedlam tackled mental health with a rare mixture of honesty and humour.
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FeaturesBest Post Production House: Envy Post Production
This award is given to a post house that provides outstanding service, and there was broad agreement among the judges that Envy had consistently delivered to an industry-leading standard.
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FeaturesBest Multichannel Programme: Uncle
Uncle was described by the judges as a “truly original show” with “brilliant performances and great writing”.
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FeaturesBest International Programme Sales: The X Factor UK
The X Factor UK had never been sold to international broadcasters as a finished series, despite being on air for more than 10 years.
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FeaturesBest Comedy Programme: Harry And Paul’s Story Of The Twos
“A total treat,” declared our judges of Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse’s irreverent and truly impressive skewering of 50 years of BBC Two.
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FeaturesBest Single Drama: Common
Jimmy McGovern’s 90-minute drama Common, which told the story of a young man standing trial for murder under complicated circumstances, was a “jaw-dropping drama that never did the predictable” and an “outstanding exposition of a complex theme”, according to the judges.
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FeaturesBest Daytime Programme: Couples Come Dine With Me
Shiver presented itself with a difficult task in creating a spin-off of one of the most successful formats of the 21st century, but triumphed as the first series of Couples Come Dine With Me performed well in Channel 4’s daytime schedule.
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FeaturesBest Soap or Continuing Drama: EastEnders
“EastEnders has had a real reboot under Dominic Treadwell-Collins,” said one judge. “It feels like a fresh show again.”
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FeaturesBest Music Programme: Coldplay: Ghost Stories
The judges were impressed by the scale and ambition of Sky Arts’ exclusive recording of Coldplay performing their latest album Ghost Stories.