UK TV and radio industry magazine
Broadcast Cover of the November 2024 issue
Editor Chris Curtis Categories Media and television Frequency Monthly Circulation 6,383 (Jan–Dec 2012)[ 1] Founded 1973; 52 years ago (1973 ) Company Media Business Insight Country United Kingdom Based in London Language English Website BroadcastNow.co.uk OCLC 1043120303
Broadcast is a monthly magazine for the United Kingdom television and radio industry , owned by Media Business Insight.
History
Broadcast was started in 1973 by Rod Allen, who went on to work at LWT , HTV and HarperCollinsInteractive. He was most recently head of the Department of Journalism at City University , London, until he retired in 2006.
The magazine was later owned by Thomson Information Services , EMAP acquired it in 1993.[ 2] Ascential later sold the magazine as part of a management buyout of Media Business Insight division in 2015.[ 3]
Description
The magazine covers a wide range of news and issues affecting the professional broadcast market in the UK. It has regular monthly sections covering news, commissioning, facilities, analysis, opinion, interview, platforms, production and ratings. Broadcast also often has a special feature covering an issue relevant to the industry. It is owned by Media Business Insight, a publishing, events and information business that also includes Screen International .
Awards
Since 1996 the magazine has conferred the annual Broadcast Awards , in a ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, to recognise and reward excellence in and around the UK television programming industry. Additionally, each June since 2005, the magazine has held the annual Broadcast Digital Channel Awards specifically for the digital TV industry, recognising and rewarding innovation, creativity and commercial success.
In 2019 the Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards were instituted to celebrate the exceptional teams behind the most outstanding broadcast productions of the year, and 2021 saw the inaugural Broadcast Sport Awards .
Broadcast Awards
29th annual awards: 8 February 2024 - Host: Sue Perkins [ 8]
Best Children's Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Current Affairs Programme
Russell Brand: In Plain Sight (Channel 4 )
Inside the Iranian Uprising (BBC )
Putin vs The West (BBC)
The Crossing (ITV1 )
Under Poisoned Skies (BBC News Arabic )
Undercover Hospital: Patients at Risk (BBC)
Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme
Best Documentary Series
Lyra (Channel 4 )
London Bridge: Facing Terror (Channel 4)
Panorama Mariupol: The People's Story (BBC )
Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial (BBC)
Stranger In My Family (BBC)
This World: The Shamima Begum Story (BBC)
Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme
Best Multichannel Programme
Best Music Programme
Best News Programme
Best Original Programme
Best Popular Factual Programme
Best Pre-School Programme
Best Single Drama
Joe Lycett Vs Beckham, Got Your Back at Xmas (Channel 4 )
123 Number Squad! (Sky kids )
Pip and Posy (Milkshake! and Sky Kids )
Pop Paper City (Milkshake!)
Roots & Fruits (CBeebies )
The Makery (Sky Kids)
What's In Your Bag? (CBeebies)
Best Soap/Continuing Drama
Best Specialist Factual Programme
Best Sports Programme
Inside Our Autistic Minds (BBC )
Anorexic (Channel 5 )
Head On: Rugby, Dementia and Me (BBC)
How The Holocaust Began (BBC)
The Holy Land and Us: Our Untold Stories (BBC)
Windrush: Portraits of a Generation (BBC)
International Programme Sales
Best Post-Production House
Emerging Indie Of The Year
runVT
dock10
Gorilla Post Production
Halo
Sky Post Production
Splice Post
Curious Films
Mindhouse Productions
Motive Pictures
Wonderhood Studios
Best Independent Production Company
Channel Of The Year
Special Recognition Award
TV Moment of the Year
Succession (Logan Roy's death)
Beckham (David queries Victoria claiming she's from a working-class family)
Eurovision Song Contest (Former Eurovision contestants in Liverpool & Ukraine join for a performance of You'll Never Walk Alone)
Happy Valley (Catherine caught Clare in a lie)
The Bear (S2 takes a stressful family Christmas to the next level)
The Piano (Blind & Neurodiverse Lucy stunning commuters in Leeds railway station)
28th annual awards presented: 8 February 2023 – Host: Sue Perkins [ 13]
Best Children's Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme
Best Documentary Series
Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme
Best Multichannel Programme
Best Music Programme
Drych: Fi, Rhyw ac Anabledd (S4C )
Best News/Current Affairs Programme
Best Original Programme
Best Popular Factual Programme
The Whistleblowers: Inside the UN (BBC Two )
Afghanistan: No Country for Women (ITV1 )
Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin (ITV1)
Myanmar: The Forgotten Revolution (Channel 4 )
Panorama : "SAS Death Squads Exposed: A British War Crime?"
Ukraine: Life Under Attack (Channel 4)
Best Post Production House
Best Pre-School Programme
Best Single Drama
Halo Post
Dock 10
Fifty Fifty
Films at 59
Fitzrovia Post Production
Storm
Best Soap/Continuing Drama
Best Specialist Factual Programme
Best Sports Programme
International Programme Sales
Emerging Indie of the Year
Best Independent Production Company
Forest
Buzz 16
Honey Bee
Long Story TV
Mam Tor Productions
The Format Factory
Channel of the Year
Special Recognition Award
TV Moment of the Year[ 14]
Derry Girls (Erin's monologue in the final episode of the Northern Ireland comedy)
27th annual awards presented: 10 February 2022 – Host: Alex Horne and The Horne Section
Best Children's Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Daytime Programme
My Life: I'm Leading the Dance (CBBC )
The Great House Giveaway (Channel 4)
Best Documentary Programme
Best Documentary Series
Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme
Best Lockdown Programme
Best Multichannel Programme
Don't Hate The Playaz (ITV2 )
Surviving Covid (Channel 4)
Help (Channel 4)
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
Kate Garraway: Finding Derek (ITV)
Pandemic 2020 (BBC Two)
Staged
Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme
Best Original Programme
Best Popular Factual Programme
Best Post Production House
Best Pre-School Programme
Halo Post
Envy
Fifty Fifty
Films at 59
Splice
The Edit
World According to Grandpa (Milkshake! )
Go Green with the Grimwades (Milkshake!)
Milo (Milkshake!)
Numberblocks (CBeebies )
Odo (Milkshake!)
Pip & Posy (Milkshake!)
Best Single Drama
Best Soap/Continuing Drama
Best Specialist Factual Programme
Best Sports Programme
International Programme Sales
Emerging Indie of the Year
Flicker Productions
Air TV
Cardiff Productions
Doc Hearts
Licklemor Productions
South Shore
Best Independent Production Company
Channel of the Year
Special Recognition Award
26th annual awards presented: 27 May 2021 (live-streamed event) – Host: Claudia Winkleman
Best Children's Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Daytime Programme
I Want to Change the World (Film4 )
Best Documentary Programme
Best Documentary Series
Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme
Best Lockdown Programme – Entertainment, Comedy and Scripted
Best Multichannel Programme
Best Lockdown Programme – News, Documentaries and Factual
Best Lockdown Programme – Sport and Live
Best Lockdown Programme – Factual Entertainment, Popular Factual & Kids
Dim Ysgol: Maesincla (S4C )
Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme
Best Original Programme
Your Home Made Perfect (BBC Two)
Best Popular Factual Programme
Best Post Production House
Best Pre-School Programme
Fifty Fifty
Dock 10
Films at 59
Fitzrovia Post
Halo Post
The Edit
Best Single Drama
Best Soap/Continuing Drama
Best Specialist Factual Programme
Best Sports Programme
International Programme Sales
Emerging Indie of the Year
Label1
Dancing Ledge Productions[ a]
Electric Robin
Monster Films
Two Rivers Media
Best Independent Production Company
Channel of the Year
Special Recognition Award
25th annual awards presented: 5 February 2020 – Host: Harry Hill
Best Children's Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme
Best Documentary Series
Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme
Best Multichannel Programme
Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme
Best Original Programme
Best Popular Factual Programme
One Day in Gaza (BBC Two)
Best Post Production House
Best Pre-School Programme
Best Single Drama
Dock10
Envy
Films at 59
Halo Post
Molinare TV & Film
Splice
Best Soap/Continuing Drama
Best Specialist Factual Programm
Best Sports Programme
International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company
Channel of the Year
Special Recognition Award
TV Moment of the Year
Winner: Chernobyl (Tense countdown as conscripts have 90 seconds to throw radioactive granite into the reactor's core)
24th annual awards presented: 6 February 2019 – Host: Harry Hill
Best Children's Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Daytime Programme
My Life: Locked in Boy (CBBC)
Best Documentary Programme
Best Documentary Series
Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme
Best Multichannel Programme
Best Music Programme
Killed by My Debt
Drugsland (BBC Three)
Love Island (series 4)
Taskmaster (series 7)
This Country
Valley Cops (BBC Three)
Best News/Current Affairs Programme
Best Original Programme
Best Popular Factual Programme
Married to a Paedophile (Channel 4)
The Real Full Monty: Ladies Night
Best Post Production House
Best Pre-School Programme
Best Single Drama
Halo Post
Dock10
Encore
Fifty Fifty
Films at 59
Molinare
Best Soap/Continuing Drama
Best Specialist Factual Programm
Best Sports Programme
International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company
Channel of the Year
Special Recognition Award
TV Moment of the Year
Winner: Killing Eve (Villanelle breaks into Eve's kitchen)
23rd annual awards presented: 7 February 2018 – Host: Jonathan Ross
Best Children's Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Daytime Programme
Extreme Cakemakers (Channel 4)
Best Documentary Programme
Best Documentary Series
Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme
Best Multichannel Programme
Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme
Best Original Programme
Best Popular Factual Programme
Old People's Home for 4 Year Olds (Channel 4)
Best Post Production House
Best Pre-School Programme
Best Single Drama
Best Soap/Continuing Drama
Best Sports Programme
International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company
Channel of the Year
Special Recognition Award
2017 nominations and winners[ 26]
22nd annual awards presented: 01 February 2017 – Host: Jonathan Ross
Best Children's Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Daytime Programme
My Life: The Boy on the Bicycle (CBBC)
Best Documentary Programme
Best Documentary Series
Best Drama Series or Serial
Interview with a Murderer (Channel 4)
Abused: The Untold Story (BBC One)
Behind Closed Doors (BBC One)
How to Die: Simon's Choice (BBC Two)
The Murder of Sadie Hartley (ITV)
Swim the Channel (BBC Four)[ a]
Exodus: Our Journey into Europe (BBC Two)
Best Entertainment Programme
Best Multichannel Programme
Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme
Best Original Programme
Best Popular Factual Programme
Best Post Production House
Best Pre-School Programme
Best Single Drama
Envy
Dock10
Encore
Films at 59
Halo Post
Molinare TV & Film
Best Soap/Continuing Drama
Best Sports Programme
International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company
Channel of the Year
Special Recognition Award
21st annual awards presented: 10 February 2016 – Host: Jonathan Ross
Best Children's Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme
Best Documentary Series
Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme
Best Multichannel Programme
Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme
Best Original Programme
Best Popular Factual Programme
The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds (Channel 4)
Best Post Production House
Best Pre-School Programme
Best Single Drama
Best Soap/Continuing Drama
Best Sports Programme
International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company
Channel of the Year
Special Recognition Award
20th annual awards presented: 4 February 2015 – Host: David Walliams
Best Children's Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme
Best Documentary Series
Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme
Best Multichannel Programme
Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme
Best Original Programme
Best Popular Factual Programme
Best Post Production House
Best Pre-School Programme
Best Single Drama
Best Soap/Continuing Drama
Best Sports Programme
International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company
Channel of the Year
Special Recognition Award
Best Broadcast Award-winning programme of the past 20 years
Winner: The Office (Best Comedy Programme – 2003)
2014 nominations and winners[ 32]
19th annual awards presented: 5 February 2014 – Host: Alexander Armstrong
Best Children's Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme
Best Documentary Series
Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme
Best Multichannel Programme
Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme
Best Original Programme
Best Popular Factual Programme
Gogglebox
Insect Dissection: How Insects Work (BBC Four)
The Last Leg
The Plane Crash (Channel 4)
Playhouse Presents... "Psychobitches"
Plebs
Best Post Production House
Best Pre-School Programme
Best Single Drama
Halo Post Production
Clear Cut Pictures
Encore
Envy Post Production
Films at 59
Splice TV
Best Soap/Continuing Drama
Best Sports Programme
International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company
Channel of the Year
Special Recognition Award
2013 nominations and winners[ 33]
18th annual awards presented: 30 January 2013 – Host: Rob Brydon
Best Children's Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme
Best Documentary Series
Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme
Best Multichannel Programme
Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme
Best Original Programme
Best Popular Factual Programme
Best Post Production House
Best Pre-School Programme
Best Single Drama
Best Soap/Continuing Drama
Best Sports Programme
International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company
Channel of the Year
Special Recognition Award
2012 nominations and winners[ 34]
17th annual awards presented: 2 February 2012 – Host: Stephen Mangan
Best Children's Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme
Best Documentary Series
Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme
Best Multichannel Programme
Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme
Best Original Programme
Best Popular Factual Programme
The Fall of Tripoli (Sky News)
Best Post Production House
Best Pre-School Programme
Best Single Drama
Best Soap/Continuing Drama
Best Sports Programme
International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company
Channel of the Year
Special Recognition Award
2011 nominations and winners[ 35]
16th annual awards presented: 2 February 2011
Best Children's Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Daytime Programme
Best Documentary Programme
Best Documentary Series
Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Entertainment Programme
Best Multichannel Programme
Best Music Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme
Best Original Programme
Best Popular Factual Programme
Our War, Their War: Afghan (Channel 4)
Best Post Production House
Best Pre-School Programme
Best Single Drama
Clear Cut Pictures
Envy
Films at 59[ a]
Halo Post
Molinare
Prime Focus
Best Soap/Continuing Drama
Best Sports Programme
International Programme Sales
Best Independent Production Company
Channel of the Year
Special Recognition Award
Best Children's Programme
Best Entertainment Programme
Best Daytime Programme
Best Music Programme
Best Documentary Series
Best Documentary Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Multichannel Programme
Best Drama Series or Serial Programme
Best News/Current Affairs Programme
Best Original Programme
Best Popular Factual Programme
Best Pre-School Programme
Best Soap or Continuing Drama
Best Single Drama
Best Sports Programme
Channel of the Year
International Programme Sales
Independent Production Company
Post-Production House
2010: Envy
2009: Envy
2008: Envy
2007: Evolutions Television
2006: The Farm
2005: The Farm
2004: The Farm
2003: Blue Post Production
2002: The Farm
2001: The Farm
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