The shortlist for the Broadcast Digital Awards 2021 has been unveiled – including three categories designed to uncover the best programmes made under lockdown.
The winners will be unveiled at a live event on 6 October in The Brewery, after the awards were streamed online last year.
Some 18 shows are competing across Best Lockdown Programme – Comedy, Entertainment & Scripted, Documentary and Popular Factual after The Ranganation, Springtime on the Farm and Dim Ysgol won in similar categories at the Broadcast Awards in May.
In the area of comedy the nominees are:
Best Comedy Programme
Brassic, Calamity Films for Sky One
Famalam, BBC Studios for BBC Three
Meet the Richardsons at Christmas, Second Act Productions for Dave
Scot Squad, The Comedy Unit for BBC Scotland
The Emily Atack Show, Monkey Kingdom for ITV
The Young Offenders, Vico Films for BBC Three
Best Entertainment Programme
Dating No Filter, Monkey Kingdom for Sky
Don’t Hate the Playaz, Monkey Kingdom for ITV2
Life & Rhymes, CPL Productions/Licklmore for Sky Arts
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable, Expectation for Dave
Rob & Romesh Vs…, CPL Productions for Sky One
The Rap Game UK, Naked TV for BBC Three/BBC iPlayer
Best Lockdown Programme – Comedy, Entertainment & Scripted
A League of their Own, CPL Productions for Sky One
Don’t Hate the Playaz, Monkey Kingdom for ITV2
How’s Your Head, Hun?, World of Wonder Productions for BBC Three
InterConnected: Salvation Calling, BBC Writersroom for BBC Writersroom Website
Lockdown Juice, Talkback (a Fremantle label) for ITV2
There’s Something About Movies, CPL Productions for Sky One
Best Original Web Channel
LADbible TV
Mashed
RE:TV
Simon’s Cat
Springwatch Facebook
Truly
Gamechanger Programme of the Year
Big Zuu’s Big Eats, Boomerang for Dave
Life & Rhymes , CPL Productions/Licklmore for Sky Arts
Meet the Richardsons at Christmas, Second Act Productions for Dave
The Third Day: Autumn, Sky Studios/Plan B Entertainment/Punchdrunk/HBO for Sky Arts
Ultimate Goal – Inspiring Diversity in Sport, ZigZag Productions for Insight TV/BT Sport
We Hunt Together, BBC Studios for Alibi
Multichannel Production Company of the Year
Air TV
Barcroft Studios
Fulwell73 Productions
Monkey Kingdom
Strawberry Blond TV
Sunset+Vine