The Edinburgh TV Awards are back for their 20th year. One of the highlights of the industry’s calendar, the Awards bring out the TV glitterati and showcase the outstanding talent, and incredible breadth of creativity our industry has to offer.
The awards have expanded with categories which recognise distributors who have played a role in shining a light on the best of British creativity outside of the UK, on-screen talent who’ve had a standout year, and The Green Award highlighting producers and organisations that are leading the way in the charge towards sustainability in the industry. See the full list of nominated entries below. Winners will be announced on October 21st 2021.
All Creatures Great and Small, Playground for Channel 5
Anthony, LA Productions for BBC One
Des, New Pictures for ITV
Gangs of London, Pulse Films, SISTER for Sky Atlantic
I May Destroy You, Various Artists Ltd & FALKNA for BBC One & HBO
It’s A Sin, RED Production Company for Channel 4 and HBO Max in association with All3media International
Bloods, Roughcut Television for Sky One
Brassic, Calamity Films for Sky One
Motherland, a Merman Television Production with Twofour in association with Lionsgate for the BBC
Starstruck, Avalon Television for BBC Three and HBO Max
Trying, Apple TV+ and BBC Studios
We Are Lady Parts, Working Title Television, which is part of NBCUniversal International Studios, for Channel 4
America’s War on Abortion (Exposure), Fuuse Films for ITV
Being Frank: The Frank Gardner Story, Curious Films for BBC Two
Damilola: The Boy Next Door, Acme Films for Channel 4
Muslim in Trump’s America (Exposure), Fuuse Films for ITV
Nail Bomber: Manhunt, An Expectation Production for Netflix
Storming the Capitol: The Inside Story, ITV News Current Affairs for ITV
Britain’s Got Talent, Thames and Syco for ITV
Interior Design Masters, DSP for BBC Two
Rob & Romesh Vs., CPL Productions for Sky One
Taskmaster, Avalon Television for Channel 4
The Last Leg, Open Mike for Channel 4
The Rap Game UK, Naked for BBC Three
Grayson’s Art Club, Swan Films for Channel 4
Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back, Rumpus Media for Channel 4
Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace, Wall to Wall Media for ITV
Portrait Artist of the Year, Storyvault Films Ltd. for Sky Arts
Saved By A Stranger, Blink Films for BBC Two
The School That Tried to End Racism, Proper Content for Channel 4
Fargo, MGM Television and FX Productions for Channel 4
Lovecraft Country, HBO in association with afemme, Monkeypaw, Bad Robot and Warner Bros for Sky Atlantic
Lupin, Gaumont Télévision for Netflix
Ted Lasso, Apple / Doozer Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television
The Queen’s Gambit, Netflix
Your Honor, SHOWTIME Presents, Moonshot Entertainment, King Size Productions, CBS Studios and distributed internationally by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group
Bad Wolf
Bandicoot TV
Big Talk Productions
ITN Productions
Merman Television
World Productions
Air TV
Big Deal Films
Firecrest Films
Flicker Productions
Red Sky Productions
Strawberry Blond
BBC One
BBC Three
BBC Two
Channel 4
Channel 5
ITV
Crime+Investigation
Sky Arts
Sky Atlantic
All 4
Disney+
NOW
STV Player
All3Media International
Banijay Rights
ITV Studios
ITV
Sky Sports featuring Sky Zero
Billie Piper in I Hate Suzie
David Tennant in Des
Hayley Squires in Adult Material
Jason Watkins in Des
Keeley Hawes in It’s a Sin
Rakie Ayola in Anthony
Anita Rani
Bradley Walsh
Graham Norton
Grayson Perry
Roman Kemp
Romesh Ranganathan
Callum Scott Howells
Hector Abbott
Olly Alexander
Omari Douglas
Rosie Jones
Yinka Bokinni
Anjana Vasan in We Are Lady Parts
Anna Maxwell Martin in Motherland
Joe Gilgun in Brassic
OT Fagbenle in Maxxx
Samson Kayo in Bloods
Tanya Moodie in Motherland
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See our winners and shortlist from 2020
To see the winners and shortlists from The Edinburgh TV Awards 2019, 2018 and 2017, click the links below!