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NEW VOICE AWARDS winners

Announcing the New Voices Awards Winners

We are delighted to announce the winners of the New Voice Awards 2026, held at Curzon Soho and hosted by broadcaster Elle Osili-Wood. Now in its ninth year, the awards celebrate the next generation of creative talent across the TV industry and champion new perspectives and storytelling.

Fully Focused Productions won the Indie Impact Award for their commitment to inclusive production and storytelling, while Netflix director Olaide Sadiq received the Victor Adebodun Debut Director Award for the documentary Grenfell: Uncovered. The BBC secured two wins: Simi Jolaosa was named Debut Presenter for BBC Eye Investigates: The Child Cancer Scam, and AA Dhand won Debut Writer for Virdee. Bella Roberts was awarded Best Social Creator and Fats Moeva was named Future Presenter.

Alongside the awards, we also welcomed inspiring talks from speakers including Ben Zand, Mary Mandefield and Mark Wynter, helping to spotlight and support the industry’s rising voices.

The TV Foundation’s Impact Director, Gemma Bradshaw said:  

“Watch out for the winners, and indeed all the nominees of the New Voice Awards, they are making some of the most creative and powerful storytelling on our screens. The New Voice Awards is always the most joyful event with everyone there focused on celebration, inclusivity and the future.”  

Full Nominees & Winners

Debut Presenter

Cherise Hamilton Stephenson, Exposing dangerous glutathione ‘skin whitening’ IV drips in UK, Channel 4 News 

Simi Jolaoso, BBC Eye Investigates: The Child Cancer Scam, BBC World Service  

Jordan Myrie-Taylor, The ReStore, ITV 

Mike Okay, Crashes For Cash, Channel 4 Documentaries’ YouTube  

Claire Sisk, Blind Matchmakers, ITV

Future Presenter

Lauren Harte 

Katie Kohn 

Fats Moeva 

Dani Rayner 

Emilie I. Stewart

Best Social Creator

Kittys Blind 

PK Humble  

Bella Roberts

Debut Writer Award

AA Dhand,Virdee, BBC 

Zara Janjua, Gifted, BBC 

Martha Watson Allpress, Play For Today: Big Winners, Channel 5

Victor Adebodun Debut Director Award

Hannah Congdon, The Long Away Game, Reframe the Game, TNT Sports 

Riva Japaul, UK Prisons Exposed – Sex, Drugs & Corruption, Channel 4 

Jessica Mitchell, Blind Matchmakers, ITV 

Maleena Pone, Saving Mum: Our Family Secret, Channel 4 

Olaide Sadiq, Grenfell: Uncovered, Netflix

Indie Impact Award

After Party Studios 

Different Productions 

Fully Focused Productions 

Gold Wala 

Section 52 Films (Special Mention) 

Warp Films