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SHORTLIST 2023

Broadcast Digital Awards

Congratulations to all those that made this year's shortlist! The winners will be revealed at our live awards ceremony on
5 July at The Brewery, London.

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 BEST COMEDY PROGRAMME

Ellie and Natasia

Ellie and Natasia

NIT Television for BBC

Extraordinary

Extraordinary

Sid Gentle Films for Disney+

Funny Woman

Funny Woman

Potboiler Productions for Sky Comedy

Live Moth Club

  Live at the Moth Club

Baby Cow Productions for Dave

Plebs

Plebs: Soldiers of Rome

Rise Films for ITVX

We are not alone

We Are Not Alone

Big Talk Productions for Dave

 BEST CONTENT PARTNERSHIP OR AFP

Abracaopera

AbracadOpera!

Somethin' Else for Sky Kids

Cooking with stars

Cooking With The Stars

South Shore for ITV1

Game and Glory

Game & Glory

BBC Studios in partnership with ESL
for Twitch & YouTube

Glow up

Glow Up: Britain's Next
Make-Up Star

Wall to Wall Media for BBC

Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks' 'Long Walk Home'
with UK Home Office (OMD)

Lime Pictures for E4 & Channel 4

Unlocked

Unlocked: What Does It Mean
to be Free? 

The Space for Sky Arts

 BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMME

Chaos in Kabul

Chaos in Kabul:
Escaping The Taliban

Sky News for Sky Documentaries

Occupied

Occupied
 

BBC World Service Documentaries
for BBC World & BBC iPlayer

Scam land

Scam Land: Money, Mayhem
and Maseratis

Forest for BBC

Sex for Work

Sex for Work: The True Cost
of our Tea

BBC Africa Eye & BBC Panorama
for BBC

sexsomnia

Sexsomnia: Case Closed?
 

BBC UK Insights Team for BBC

Untold

Untold: The Secret World
of Incels

Zandland & Caravan Production for All 4

 BEST DIGITAL CHILDREN'S CONTENT

game on  grandparents

Game on Grandparents

Electric Robin for CBBC

lloyd of the flies

Lloyd of the Flies

Aardman for CITV

lovely little farm

Lovely Little Farm

Darrall Macqueen for Apple TV+

eva having a ball

My Life: Eva's Having
a Ball

Fresh Start Media for CBBC

newsround ukraine

Newsround Special: Ukraine -
The Children's Story

BBC for BBC

 

operation ouch

Operation Ouch! Let's Talk
About Cancer

141 Productions for BBC

 BEST DIGITAL SUPPORT FOR A PROGRAMME

hollyoaks

Hollyoaks

Lime Pictures for All4 & E4

Outsiders

Outsiders: Gone Wild

UKTV for Dave

RuPaul

RuPaul's Drag Race UK - ASMR

BBC Three Digital for BBC

Taskmaster

Taskmaster

Avalon Television & Avalon Promotions
for Channel 4 & All 4

masked singer

The Masked Singer

Bandicoot & StoryHunter for ITV

the traitors

The Traitors

Studio Lambert, Metavision & Social Chain
for BBC

BEST DIGITAL SUPPORT FOR A STRAND, CHANNEL OR GENRE

BBC Three

BBC Three

BBC Three for BBC

Film 4

Film 4

4Studio for Film 4

Cartoon nEtwork

Game On!

Warner Bros. Discovery
for Cartoon Network

newsround

Newsround

BBC for BBC 

otherside of story

Other Side of the Story

BBC Education for BBC 

UKTV

UKTV Play Social Media

UKTV for UKTV Play

 BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME 

Finding Michael

Finding Michael

Shine Productions & The Natural Studios
for Disney+

kingdom of dreams

Kingdom of Dreams

Misfits Entertainment & Fremantle
for Sky Documentaries

mother teresa

Mother Teresa: For the Love of God?

Minnow Films for Sky Documentaries

scouting girls

Scouting for Girls: Fashion's
Darkest Secret

Wonderhood Studios for Sky

spector

Spector
 

Lightbox for Sky Documentaries

footballer wife crash

The Footballer, His Wife
and the Crash 

Collective Media Group for ITVbe

BEST DRAMA PROGRAMME

bad sisters

Bad Sisters

Merman & ABC Signature for Apple TV+

I hate suzie too

I Hate Suzie Too

Bad Wolf for Sky Atlantic

red rose

Red Rose

Eleven Film & eOne for BBC & Netflix

slow horses

Slow Horses

See-Saw Films for Apple TV+

devils hour

The Devil's Hour

Hartswood Films for Prime Video

this england

This England

Passenger Pictures, Revolutions Films & Fremantle for Sky Atlantic

BEST ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL

bbc three

BBC Three

channel 4.0

Channel 4.0

Dave

Dave

E4

E4

ladbible tv

LADbible TV

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME  

Dont hate the playaz

Don't Hate The Playaz

Monkey Kingdom for ITV2

harry pinero

Harry Pinero's Worst in Class

Wall of Productions for Channel 4.0 YouTube

love in the flesh

Love In The Flesh

Ten66 Television for BBC

buzzcocks

Never Mind The Buzzcocks

Talkback (a Fremantle Label) for Sky Max

rob romesh

Rob & Romesh VS...

CPL Productions for Sky Max

drag race

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

World of Wonder for BBC

 BEST FACTUAL CHANNEL

More 4

More 4

 

Sky History

Sky History

 

yesterday

Yesterday

 

BEST POPULAR FACTUAL PROGRAMME

Big Zuu

Big Zuu's Big Eats

Boom for Dave

Catfish

Catfish UK

Viacom International Studios UK for MTV UK

married at first sight

Married at First Sight UK

CPL Productions for E4

olivia attwood

Olivia Attwood: Getting
Filthy Rich

Optomen TV for ITV2

ross kemp

Ross Kemp: Shipwreck
Treasure Hunter

Honey Bee, Freshwater & Motion Content Group for Sky History

world dangerous roads

World's Most Dangerous
Roads

Renegade Pictures for Dave

BEST PROGRAMME ACQUISITION

Brookside

Brookside
 

Mersey Television (Lime Pictures)
for STV Player & Channel 4

mystery road

Mystery Road: Origin
 

Bunya Productions for ABC, Australia in association with All3Media International & Acorn TV for BBC

andrew tate

The Dangerous Rise of
Andrew Tate

Vice News for BBC

The Last of Us

The Last of Us

HBO in assoc. with Sony Pictures Television Studios, Playstation, Naughty Dog, Word Games & The Mighty Mint for Sky Atlantic

the white lotus

The White Lotus

HBO in assoc. with Rip Cord & The District
for Sky Atlantic

Trom

Trom

ReInvent Studios, KYK Pictures & True North
for BBC

BEST SHORT-FORM DOCUMENTARY

Frozen Planet

#OurFrozenPlanet - Frontline Voices

BBC Studios
for BBC Earth YouTube

Finding my torturer

Finding My Torturer

BBC Eye Investigations
for BBC

fractured reality

Fractured Reality

BBC Studios Social & BBC Studios Production Science Unit for BBC Earth Lab YouTube

Home

Home
 

BBC Studios for BBC Reel

kingpin cribs

Kingpin Cribs: Drugs, Death
and Pet Tigers

Zandland for Channel 4 Documentaries YouTube

nemtsovs

Nemtsov's Shadow
 

BBC Eye Investigations for BBC

BEST SHORT-FORM FORMAT

black britain

Black Britain Unspoken

Warner Bros. Discovery for Discovery+

hollyoaks

Hollyoaks IRL

Lime Pictures for YouTube

alright to be white

It's Alright To Be White

Flying Shoe Films & Ultra Haze
for Channel 4.0 YouTube

nella

Nella Rose's Flight Mode

Goat Films for Channel 4.0 YouTube

snack wars

Snack Wars

LADstudios for LADbible TV

tisho fforc

Tisho Fforc?

Afanti Media for Hansh

BEST SHORT-FORM SCRIPTED

red flag

Red Flag

Baby Cow Productions for All 4

Skint

Skint

Hopscotch Films for BBC

small doses

Small Doses

Objective Fiction for BBC

the wedding

The Wedding

Create Anything for BBC

whats happening

What's Happening?

BBC Studios Social & Baby Cow Productions
for Baby Cow YouTube

william orangedale

William of Orangedale

Hat Trick Production (NI) for All 4

BEST SPECIALIST CHANNEL

alibi

Alibi

CBeebies

CBeebies

crime investigation

Crime + Investigation

history hit

History Hit

Sky News

Sky News

Talking Pictures

Talking Pictures TV

BEST SPECIALIST FACTUAL PROGRAMME

Gerry Anderson

Gerry Anderson:
A Life Uncharted

The Format Factory & Anderson Entertainment for Britbox

italia 90

Italia 90 - Four Weeks That
Changed The World

Blast Films for Sky Documentaries

prehistoric planet

Prehistoric Planet
 

BBC Studios for Apple TV+

reel britannia

Reel Britannia: A Modern History
of British Cinema

Canal Cat Films for Britbox

right here right now

Fatboy Slim: Right Here
Right Now

Beyond TNC for Sky Documentaries

black british music

The Evolution of Black
British Music

Fan Studios & Motion Content Group
for BET UK on MY5

BEST SPORTS OR LIVE EVENT COVERAGE

Extreme E

Extreme E - Island X Prix - Sardinia
 

Aurora for 80+ broadcasters
inc ITV4 & BT Sport

Isle of Man TT

Isle of Man TT 2022
 

Greenlight Television for TT+

MOBO Awards

MOBO Awards 2022 in assoc.
with Lucozade

CC-Lab for YouTube

Afro nations

Road to Afro Nation: Davido Live

Naked & Thames (Fremantle Labels)
for YouTube Originals

Queen Elizabeth II

The Death of Queen Elizabeth II

Sky News for Sky News

The Hundred

The Hundred

Sky Sports for Sky Sports

BEST TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY

body on the beach

Body on the Beach: What
Happened to Blessing?

Viacom International Studios UK
for MTV UK

psycho killer

Confessions of a Psycho Killer
 

Woodcut Media for Prime Video

DB Cooper

D.B Cooper: Where
Are You?

Fulwell 73 & PMZ Pictures for Netflix

Dublin Narcos

Dublin Narcos

Blast! Films for Sky Documentaries

Fred West

Fred West: The Glasgow Girls

IWC Media for Sky Crime

libby are you home yet

Libby, Are You Home Yet?

Candour Productions for Sky Crime

CHANNEL OF THE YEAR

BBC Three

BBC Three

CBeebies

CBeebies

Dave

Dave

E4

E4

More 4

More 4

Sky News

Sky News

GAMECHANGER PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR

bangers and cash

Bangers and Cash

Air TV for Yesterday

Football Opera

Gods of the Game: A Football Opera

Factory Films for Sky Arts

Made in Chelsea

Made in Chelsea

Monkey Kingdom for E4

Royal Mob

Royal Mob

Nutopia for Sky History

The Hundred

The Hundred

Sky Sports for Sky Sports Cricket

MULTICHANNEL PRODUCTION COMPANY OF THE YEAR

Air TV

Air TV

Fulwell 73

Fulwell 73

Lime Pictures

Lime Pictures

Strawberry Blond

Strawberry Blond TV

Yeti TV

Yeti Television

Zandland

Zandland