SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR EDINBURGH TV AWARDS
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The Edinburgh TV Festival (ETF), the UK’s leading television industry event brought to you by YouTube and Freeview, has today revealed the shortlist for its prestigious TV Awards.
Whilst the Awards event itself has been delayed until November, the shortlisted nominees were revealed at the Festival, which is taking place digitally this year, after the TV industry delegates were treated to a cocktail or two – all virtually, of course – courtesy of a masterclass in mixology from Paul Feig and Emilia Clarke.
Each category is hotly contested with several including BAFTA and OSCAR winners aplenty, but each nominee a beacon of quality entertainment and each a great example of the amazing range of what the UK, and international, TV industry has produced in the last 12 months.
The Comedy category shortlist includes a broad range of the genre from Feel Good, GameFace and Mum through to Defending the Guilty, Sex Education and Stath Lets Flats, whilst the Drama category features some of the most critically acclaimed heavy hitters of 2019/20 including Chernobyl, Years & Years, The End of the F***ing World, Elizabeth is Missing, The Crown and Giri/Haji.
International drama also features a broad range of some of the most successful shows from around the world including Upright, Euphoria, Frankie Drake Mysteries, Agatha Raisin, Game of Thrones and Succession.
Factual programming also features some of the best documentaries of the year such as Belson: Our Story, 63Up, Don’t F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer, Murder Trial: The Disappearance of Margaret Fleming, The Family Secret and For Sama.
Production Company of the year and Small Indie of the year categories celebrate a wide variety of established and hugely successful companies as well as up-and-coming new challengers from Big Talk, ITN Productions, MultiStory Media, RED Production Company, Remarkable Television and SISTER (Production Company) through to Alaska, Big Deal Films, Chalkboard, Firecrest Films, Red Sky Productions and The Connected Set (Small Indie).
The Breakthrough Talent category acknowledges a range of exceptional new talent including Aisling Bea, Mae Martin, Micheal Ward, Mirren Mack, Naomie Ackie and Tobi King Bakare.
With the rapid rise of the SVODs in 2020, several new streamers have made a splash in the market and received their first nominations in the On-Demand category with Britbox UK, Marquee TV and Disney+ joining All 4 and Now TV.
This year sees a new, one off category: Creativity in Crisis which recognises the amazing content which has emerged at such a moment of crisis as seen in 2020; stand out programming that has defied the odds and showcased creative brilliance.
Nominees are from all areas and genres from comedy to documentary, from education to art and really showcase the breadth and depth of the UK’s production talent. Nominees include such creative gems as the Sky News documentary 8 minutes and 46 seconds, A Day in the Life of Coronavirus Britain from Candour Productions for Channel 4, Bitesize Scotland Daily from BBC Scotland, Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe from Broke & Bones for BBC Two, Gardener’s World from BBC Studios for BBC Two, Get Well Soon: Coronavirus Special for iPlayer from Kindle Entertainment, Grayson’s Art Club Swan Films for Channel 4, History Hit Live by History Hit and Little Dot Studios for YouTube, Hospital: Fighting Covid-19 from Label1 for BBC Two, Shelf Isolation from IWC Media for BBC Scotland Channel, The Martin Lewis Money Show: A Coronavirus Special Live from MultiStory Media for ITV and The Big Night In from BBC Studios for BBC One.
The Edinburgh TV Awards will be held on 18 November 2020. Further details will be released nearer the time.
The full list of nominees is detailed below.
Further information and FAQs can be found on the Edinburgh TV Festival website www.thetvfestival.com
Full shortlist follows:
Best Comedy Series
Defending the Guilty, Big Talk Productions Limited for BBC Two
Feel Good, Objective Fiction and Objective Media Group Scotland for Channel 4 and Netflix
GameFace, Objective Fiction for Channel 4
Mum, Big Talk Productions Limited in association with The Money Men for BBC Two
Sex Education, Netflix
Stath Lets Flats, Roughcut TV for Channel 4
Best Documentary
Belsen: Our Story, Atlantic Productions for BBC Two
63Up, MultiStory Media North, an ITV group company
Don't F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer, Netflix
For Sama, ITN Productions for Channel 4 and PBS
Murder Trial: The Disappearance of Margaret Fleming, Firecrest Films for BBC Two/BBC Scotland
The Family Secret, Candour Productions for Channel 4
Best Drama
The End of the F***ing World, Clerkenwell Films and Dominic Buchanan Productions for Channel 4 and Netflix
Chernobyl, SISTER, The Mighty Mint, Word Games, Sky Atlantic, HBO
Elizabeth is Missing, STV Studios for BBC One
Giri/Haji (Duty/Shame), a SISTER Production for BBC Two and Netflix
The Crown, Netflix
Years and Years, Red Production Company and HBO for BBC One
Best Entertainment Series
Taskmaster, Avalon Television for Dave, UKTV
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, ITV Studios Entertainment/Mitre Television Co-production for ITV
Gogglebox, Studio Lambert for Channel 4
Hypothetical, Hat Trick Productions for DAVE
The Graham Norton Show, So Television for BBC One
The Rap Game UK, Naked Television for BBC Three
Best International Drama
Upright, Lingo Pictures for Sky Atlantic and Foxtel, international distribution by eOne
Agatha Raisin, a Free@Last TV and Company Pictures production for Acorn TV
Euphoria, HBO in association with Reasonable Bunch, A24, Little Lamb, Dreamcrew, ADD Content Agency | HOT | TCDY Productions for Sky Atlantic
Frankie Drake Mysteries, Shaftesbury in association with CBC and UKTV
Game of Thrones, HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; 360 Television/Startling Television for Sky Atlantic
Succession, HBO Entertainment in association with Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries and Gary Sanchez Productions for Sky Atlantic
Best On Demand Service
All4
Britbox UK
Disney+
Marquee TV
NowTV
Best Popular Factual Series
Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain, Blast! Films for Channel 4
Flirty Dancing, Second Star for Channel 4
Kathy Burke's All Woman, Flicker Productions for Channel 4
Race Across The World, Studio Lambert for BBC Two
The Circle, Studio Lambert & Motion Content Group for Channel 4
Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King, Optomen Television for ITV
Best TV Actor
Emily Watson in Chernobyl
Glenda Jackson in Elizabeth is Missing
Jared Harris in Chernobyl
Jessie Buckley in Chernobyl
Kane Robinson in Top Boy
Olivia Colman in The Crown
Best TV Presenter
Adam Hills
Ant & Dec
Big Narstie & Mo Gilligan
Graham Norton
Kathy Burke
Breakthrough Talent
Aisling Bea
Mae Martin
Micheal Ward
Mirren Mack
Naomi Ackie
Tobi King Bakare
Channel of the Year
BBC One
BBC Two
Channel 4
ITV
Sky Atlantic
Sky One
Global Success Award
All3Media International
Fremantle
ITV Studios
Production Company of the Year
Big Talk Productions
ITN Productions
MultiStory Media
Red Production Company
Remarkable Television
SISTER
Small Indie of the Year
Alaska
Big Deal Films
Chalkboard
Firecrest Films
Red Sky Productions
The Connected Set
Specialist Channel of the Year
BBC Four
National Geographic
Sky Arts
The Green Award
Bang, S4C
The Big Night In, BBC Studios
Sky Sports - #GoZero
Creativity in Crisis
8 minutes and 46 seconds: The Killing of George Floyd, Sky News/Sky Documentaries
A Day in the Life of Coronavirus Britain, Candour Productions for Channel 4
Bitesize Scotland Daily, BBC Scotland
Charlie Brooker's Antiviral Wipe, Broke & Bones for BBC Two
Gardeners' World, BBC Studios for BBC Two
Get Well Soon: Coronavirus Special, Kindle Entertainment for BBC iPlayer
Grayson’s Art Club, Swan Films for Channel 4
History Hit Live, History Hit and Little Dot Studios for YouTube
Hospital: Fighting Covid-19, Label1 for BBC Two
Shelf Isolation, IWC Media for the BBC Scotland Channel
The Martin Lewis Money Show: A Coronavirus Special Live, MultiStory Media for ITV
The Big Night In, BBC Studios for BBC One
TV Moment of the Year
Emily Maitliss vs Prince Andrew
Dracula's watery twist
Tories and Brexit Party iced out of the Climate Debate
Grey’s Anatomy's Wall of Women
Emily Maitliss Covid-19 cold open
Ant & Dec return to an empty studio
Coronation Street - Yasmeen stands up to Geoff
Silent protests in empty stadiums: Premier League football returns
Boris Johnson announces lockdown