The six nominees
The companies in the running for the Best Indie prize at the Broadcast Awards 2021 are responsible for producing some of the very best programmes of the last 12 months.
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The indie shortlist is as follows:
David Glover and Mark Raphael’s business cemented its status as a factual powerhouse with acclaimed BBC2 doc series Rise Of The Murdoch Dynasty, as well as securing access to Tottenham Hotspur for Amazon Prime’s All Or Nothing strand.
Creative director Mike Benson proved that his multi-genre goals were achievable with a leap into primetime drama via Channel 5’s Cold Call. The show pulled in more than 3 million viewers and spawned five more scripted orders.
More than 11 million tuned into the final of Love’s Channel 4 series The Great British Bake Off, which arguably did more to lift the spirits of a lockdown-weary nation than any other show.
Mammoth Screen was among the most prolific producers of drama during the pandemic. Leading the pack was its adaptation of The War Of The Worlds, which secured a cinematic release in China, closely followed by The Pale Horse.
Blue-chip documentaries for Apple TV+ and Netflix do not come easily and Plimsoll can be rightly proud of Tiny World and Night On Earth.Building on its £86m valuation, following the sale of a minority stake, a push into scripted is next on the agenda.
There can’t be an unscripted indie in the country that would not want Ted Sarandos to publicly praise its format as one of Netflix’s biggest ever - and that is exactly what happened to Talkback following the release of Too Hot To Handle
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