edinburgh tv awards 2025 nominees & WINNERS
Company Awards
Channel of the Year
Winner
5
Nominees
BBC One
BBC Scotland
BBC Two
Channel 4
ITV1
Production Company of the Year
Winner
Warp Films
Nominees
Big Talk Studios
Clapperboard Studios
CPL Productions
See-Saw Films
SISTER
Streamer of the Year
Winner
Netflix
Nominees
BBC iPlayer
Channel 4
ITVX
U
Small Indie of the Year
Winner
Rockerdale Studios
Nominees
Afro-Mic Productions
Alleycats TV
Black Camel Pictures
Listen
Synchronicity Films
Agency of the Year
Winner
Insanity
Nominees
Mirador Talent Group
Strange Town Agency
Production Group of the Year
Winner
ITV Studios
Nominees
Banijay UK
BBC Studios Productions
Fremantle UK
STV Studios
Universal International Studios
Programme Awards
Best Drama
Winner
Adolescence – Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B Entertainment for Netflix
Nominees
Baby Reindeer – Clerkenwell Films for Netflix
Blue Lights – for Two Cities Television, Gallagher Films
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth – for Carnival Films, which is part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group and Sky Studios for Sky Atlantic
Rivals – Happy Prince, part of ITV Studios for Disney+
Slow Horses – for See-Saw Films in association with Apple
Best International Drama
Winner
After The Party – Luminous Beast and Lingo Pictures (an ITV Studios company) for Channel 4
Nominees
Dope Thief – for Apple Studios / A Scott Free Production
Mussolini: Son of the Century – Produced by Sky Studios and Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment, a company of the Fremantle Group, co-produced with Pathé, in association with Small Forward Productions, CINECITTÀ and Sky
Ripley – Showtime and Endemol Shine North America in association with Entertainment 360 and Filmrights for Netflix
Severance – Fifth Season in association with Apple
The Studio – Lionsgate Television in association with Apple
Best Documentary
Winner
Our Land: Israel’s Other War – (Exposure), Hardcash Productions for ITV1
Nominees
7/7: The London Bombings – The Slate Works for BBC Two
Bombing Brighton: The Plot to Kill Thatcher – KEO Films in collaboration with Walk On Air Films for BBC Two
Children of the Cult (Exposure) – DM Productions for ITV1
D-Day: The Unheard Tapes – Wall to Wall for BBC, History Channel, Open University
Jamali Maddix: Follow the Leader – Mindhouse Productions and World Piece Productions for U&Dave
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Best Comedy Series
Winner
Big Boys – Roughcut TV for Channel 4
Nominees
Alma’s Not Normal – Expectation for BBC Two
Dinosaur – Two Brothers Pictures for BBC
Ludwig – Big Talk Studios in association with That Mitchell & Webb Company for BBC One
Mr Bigstuff – Sky Studios, Water & Power Productions
We Are Lady Parts – produced by Working Title Television, which is part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group
Best Entertainment Series
Winner
Last One Laughing – Zeppotron & Initial for Prime Video
Nominees
I Kissed a Girl – TwoFour on behalf of BBC Three
Taskmaster – Avalon for Channel 4
The Graham Norton Show – So Television for BBC One
The Piano – Love Productions for Channel 4
The Traitors – Studio Lambert Scotland for BBC One
Best Popular Factual Series
Winner
Rob and Rylan’s Grand Tour – Rex, a Zinc Media Company, for BBC Two
Nominees
DNA Journey – Voltage TV, Mitre Studios, Ancestry for ITV1
Getting Filthy Rich – Optomen Television for ITV
Go Back to Where You Came From – Minnow Films for Channel 4
Sort Your Life Out – Optomen Television for BBC One
Swiped: The School that Banned Smartphones – BOLDPRINT Studios for Channel 4
Best Branded Entertainment
Winner
DNA Journey – Voltage TV, Mitre Studios, Ancestry for ITV1
Nominees
Batch From Scratch : Cooking for Less – South Shore for Channel 4
Champions Full Gallop – South Shore for ITVX
Cooking With The Stars Series – South Shore for ITV1
M&S Dress The Nation – South Shore for ITV1
Climate Storytelling Award
Winner
Emmerdale – ITV Studios for ITV
Nominees
Big Brother – Initial for ITV
Gabon: Earth’s Last Chance – Keo Films for Sky Documentaries
Our Living World – Netflix and Wild Space Productions
Ready Meals, What They Really Mean For You – Attaboy TV For BBC One
Spirit Rangers – Netflix Animation Studios, Superprod – Paris
Performance Awards
Best TV Actor - Drama
Winner
Jessica Gunning in Baby Reindeer
Nominees
Danny Dyer in Rivals
Katherine Parkinson in Rivals
Owen Cooper in Adolescence
Richard Gadd in Baby Reindeer
Stephen Graham in Adolescence
Best TV Actor - Comedy
Winner
Sophie Willan in Alma’s Not Normal
Nominees
Anjana Vasan in We Are Lady Parts
Lucy Punch in Amandaland
Nabhaan Rizwan in Kaos
Oliver Savell in Changing Ends
Philippa Dunne in Amandaland
Breakthrough Performance
Winner
Owen Cooper
Nominees
Ashley Storrie
Bella Maclean
Maximilian Fairley
Sekou Diaby
Thaddea Graham
Best TV Presenter - Factual
Winner
Poppy Jay – Young, British and Anti-Abortion
Nominees
Joe Tracini – Me and the Voice in My Head
Mobeen Azhar – The Soldiers That Saved Britain
Munya Chawawa – How to Survive a Dictator: North Korea
Best TV Presenter - Entertainment
Winner
Claudia Winkleman –The Traitors
Nominees
Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly – Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show
Rob Beckett & Romesh Ranganathan – Rob & Rom Vs…