Broadcast Awards Shortlist 2026

Best Children’s Programme

Crongton – Producer: JOANNA HANLEY. Writer: ARCHIE MADDOCKS

Best Comedy Drama Programme

Alma’s Not Normal – Casting: CATHERINE WILLIS. Script Editor: HOLLY WALSH

Am I Being Unreasonable? – Director: EMILY MCDONALD. Starring: DAVID FYNN, TOM DAVIS

Big Boys – Starring: CAMILLE CODURI, SHEILA REID, CHARLEY PALMER ROTHWELL, NANA MENSAH, EVE DELANEY, SHEILA REID. Director & Executive Producer: JIM ARCHER

Boarders – Starring: HARRY GILBY, ASSA KANOUTÉ, DANIEL LAWRENCE TAYLOR, ZHENG XI YONG, ARCHIE FISHER. Directed by: JOELLE MAE DAVID (eps 1,2,3). Written by: JEFFREY AIDOO

Death Valley – Starring: PATRICIA HODGE, RITHVIK ANDUGULA, VAHID GOLD, VICKI PEPPERDINE

Gavin and Stacey: The Finale – Starring: JOANNA PAGE, JULIA DAVIS, RUSSELL TOVEY

Best Comedy Programme

Here We Go S3 – Casting: CATHERINE WILLIS. Written by: ALEXANDER OWEN (ep 4). Producer: SAM WARD

Juice S2 – Starring: RUSSELL TOVEY, CHUKU MODU. Director: EROS V. Director of Photography: MIGUEL CÁRMENES

Mr Bigstuff – Starring: DANNY DYER

Pushers – Starring: LIBBY MAI

Smoggie Queens – Directors: TOM KINGSLEY

Such Brave Girls – Starring: DANIEL RYAN, CARLA WOODCOCK, SAM SWANN, REBEKAH MURRELL. Director: SIMON BIRD. Script Editor: CAMERON LOXDALE

Best Entertainment Programme

The Assembly – Featuring: DAVID TENNANT

Best Multichannel Programme

Juice S2 – Starring: RUSSELL TOVEY, CHUKU MODU. Director: EROS V. Director of Photography: MIGUEL CÁRMENES

Best New Drama

A Thousand Blows – Directors: ASHLEY WALTERS (eps 4-6), NICK MURPHY, COKY GIEDROYC. Producers: BARRINGTON ROBINSON (eps 1-3), JO JOHNSON (eps 4-6). Story Producer: CHARLOTTE ROBINSON. EP: TOM MILLER

Adolescence – Starring: STEPHEN GRAHAM, OWEN COOPER, ASHLEY WALTERS, FAYE MCKEEVER, JO HARTLEY, HANNAH WALTERS, AUSTIN HAYNES, FATIMA BOJANG, ROBBIE O’NEILL. Executive Producers: STEPHEN GRAHAM, HANNAH WALTERS, MATRIARCH PRODUCTIONS. Producer: JO JOHNSON. Writer: STEPHEN GRAHAM. Director and Executive Producer: PHILIP BARANTINI. Costume Designer: JESSICA SCHOFIELD. 1st AD: SARAH LUCAS. Hair and Makeup Artists: JODIE SPENCER-HOBSON, JOE DARBY

Rivals – Starring: DAVID TENNANT, DANNY DYER, CLAIRE RUSHBROOK, RUFUS JONES, ANNABEL SCHOLEY, HUBERT BURTON. Lead Director and Executive Producer: ELLIOT HEGARTY. Associate Producer: MARCO PETRUCCO. Writer: MAREK HORN (ep. 4). Staff Writer: SORCHA KURIEN-WALSH. Series Producer: ELIZA MELLOR. Editor: MATTHEW GRAY (eps. 1 & 3)

I Fought The Law – Starring: VICTORIA WYANT, RUFUS JONES, RON COOK

Mr Loverman – Starring: LENNIE JAMES, KOBNA HOLDBROOK-SMITH, AMROU AL-KADHI. Production Designer: CHRISTOPHER MELGRAM. Sound Mixer: SIMON BYSSHE. Choreographer: JADE HACKETT. Line Producer: PAT KARAM. Executive Producer: LENNIE JAMES

Reunion – Produced by: HELEN OSTLER. Starring: OLIVE GRAY, CHELSEA EDGE

Best Original Programme

Adolescence – Starring: STEPHEN GRAHAM, OWEN COOPER, ASHLEY WALTERS, FAYE MCKEEVER, JO HARTLEY, HANNAH WALTERS, AUSTIN HAYNES, FATIMA BOJANG,ROBBIE O’NEILL. Executive Producers: STEPHEN GRAHAM, HANNAH WALTERS, MATRIARCH PRODUCTIONS. Producer: JO JOHNSON. Writer: STEPHEN GRAHAM. Director and Executive Producer: PHILIP BARANTINI. Costume Designer: JESSICA SCHOFIELD. 1st AD: SARAH LUCAS. Hair and Makeup Artists: JODIE SPENCER-HOBSON,JOE DARBY

Code of Silence – Creator & Writer: CATHERINE MOULTON. Starring: LILY NICHOL, ANDREW BUCHAN, NATHAN ARMARKWEI-LARYEA, JOE ABSOLOM. Executive Producer: BRYONY ARNOLD. Director: CHANYA BUTTON (4, 5 & 6)

Smoggie Queens – Director: TOM KINGSLEY

The Assembly – Featuring: DANNY DYER, DAVID TENNANT

Best Returning Drama

All Creatures Great and Small – Starring: ANNA MADELEY, PATRICIA HODGE, TONY PITTS. Writer: NESSAH MUTHY. Lead Director and Executive Producer: BRIAN PERCIVAL. Director: ANDY HAY. DOP: MARK WATERS. Executive Producer: ALEXIS HOOD. Producer: YVONNE FRANCAS

Malpractice Series 2 – Starring: HELEN BEHAN, ALEX PRICE, RICK WARDEN. Directed by: ANTHONY PHILIPSON (eps 1, 2 & 3).

Showtrial – Written, Created and Executive Produced by: BEN RICHARDS. Starring: FRANCESCA ANNIS, JOHN LIGHT. Produced by: KEN HORN

Slow Horses – Starring: SASKIA REEVES, KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS, ABRAHAM POPOOLA, BEN TAVASSOLI, TOM BROOKE. Editor: ZSOFIA TALAS (eps. 1, 3 & 5). Writer: DANIEL CULLEN. EP: JULIAN STEVENS

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – Starring: KATE PHILLIPS, WILL KEEN, JOSS PORTER, HUBERT BURTON, AMIR EL MASRY, ALEX JENNINGS. Produced by: LISA OSBORNE. Editor: DAVID BLACKMORE

Y Golau: Dŵr – Starring: MARK LEWIS JONES

Best Soap/Continuing Drama

Casualty – Producer: JENNY THOMPSON. Starring: WILLIAM BECK

EASTENDERS – Starring: ELIZABETH COUNSELL, JAMIE BORTHWICK, JADEN LADEGA. Writer: JOHNNY CANDON

Waterloo Road – Starring: NEIL FITZMAURICE, ADAM ALI. Producers: LAURIE KIRKHAM, GEMMA WRIGHT

Emerging Indie of the Year

Binocular Productions – Founder & CEO: MATT CHARMAN