Broadcast Awards 2024 shortlist revealed

BBC1 smash The Traitors and BBC3 titles Dreaming Whilst Black and I Kissed a Boy are among the shows to receive multiple nominations for the Broadcast Awards 2024.

The full shortlist, revealed below, comprises a wide range of broadcasters, production companies and post houses which will compete for the accolades awarded at the flagship event on Thursday 8 February at Grosvenor House.

Six of the UK’s most successful indies will go head-to-head for the coveted Best Independent Production Company award.

They are: Channel 5 drama powerhouse Clapperboard Studios; Fulwell 73, which is nominated for titles featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John; Hartswood Films, which has enjoyed its most prolific year yet; Optomen TV , which has two nominations on the Best Popular Factual Programme shortlist and a third in Best Multichannel Programme; Studio Lambert , the company behind The Traitors and Race Across the World; and Twofour, for which I Kissed A Boy is shortlisted in Best Multichannel and Best Original Programme.

In another of the major categories, Channel of the Year, traditional rivals will square off: BBC One, Two and Three are set to compete with Channel 4, ITV and Sky News.

Among the programming categories, Best Drama Series will be hotly contested by four BBC programmes and entries from Apple TV+ and Sky Atlantic.

Blue Lights (Two Cities Television & Gallagher Films), Happy Valley (Lookout Point) The English (Drama Republic & Eight Rooks) and The Sixth Commandment (Wild Mercury & True Vision Productions) are up against Hijack (60Forty Films, Idiotlamp Productions, Green Door Pictures) and Bad Wolf’s I Hate Suzie Too, respectively.

In another strong category, Best Popular Factual Programme, Optomen’s Netflix series At Home with the Furys and BBC format Sort Your Life Out will compete with 2022 winner Clarkson’s Farm (Expectation & Con Dao for Amazon Prime Video), plus Joe Lycett Vs Beckham: Got Your Back at Xmas (Rumpus & My Options Were Limited for Channel 4), The Martin Lewis Money Show Live (Multistory Media for ITV1) and The Yorkshire Vet (Daisybeck Studios & Motion Content Group for Channel 5).

The BBC dominates Best Specialist Factual Programme, with a remarkable five shows that TXed on BBC2 among the shortlist of six. The remaining nominee is Anorexic, the Proper Content film for Channel 5.

Meanwhile new titles are the order of the day in Best Comedy Programme, where every shortlisted entry is a first series, including Dreaming Whilst Black, which is also nominated for Best Original Programme and International Programme Sales.

Established British broadcasters continue to dominate the awards, with the BBC landing a total of 54 nominations across its mainstream channels, kids offering, sports programming and niche channels.

There are 18 nominations for Channel 4 and 17 for ITV, while Sky and Channel 5 have 10 and four respectively.

Among the streamers, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ have three nominations, Netflix has two and Apple TV+ one.

The shortlist for TV Moment of the Year, sponsored by Timeline TV, will be announced shortly and the Special Recognition Award, sponsored by EMG, will be announced on the awards night. Broadcast Now