Nominated in two categories, BBC Studios Entertainment-produced Pete Wicks: For Dogs’ Sake will also compete in the best popular factual programme category, up against ITVX’s Evil Escapes (Gold Wala), U&Dave’s Guy Martin: Proper Jobs (North One TV), BET UK/5’s Living Lyrics (BBCS) Sky Sports Premier League YouTube’s Sky Sports Scenes (After Party Studios) and Will You Marry Me?, from Button Down for E4. 

Elsewhere, the Bluey Official Channel on YouTube, CBeebies, Channel 4.0, E4, Sky Sports Main Event and TNT Sports will contest the channel of the year gong and UKTV trio U&Drama, U&W and U&Yesterday will fight it out with Sky Sports Main Event and TNT Sports for channel of the year (non-PSB). 

The ceremony will take place on Wednesday 2 July 2025 at The Brewery, London. For sponsorship enquiries please contact francesca.verdusco@mbi.london. Tables are now available to book, for table enquiries, please contact shane.murphy@mbi.london; all table packages are listed here. 

Tables are now available to book, you can see all packages here. The full shortlist is below: 

Digital Awards Shortlist 2025

Best Comedy Programme

• Brassic, Calamity Films for Sky Max
• Daddy Issues, Fudge Park Productions for BBC
• Dinosaur, Two Brothers Pictures for BBC & Hulu
• Only Child, Happy Tramp North for BBC Scotland
• Smoggie Queens, Hat Trick Productions for BBC
• Trying, BBC Studios Comedy Productions for Apple TV+

Best Content Partnership or AFP

• Creators VS Experts, Acclaimed Content for Channel 4
• Dance Passion Swansea, Northern Town for BBC
• Fiennes: Return to the Wild, Woodcut Media & The Development Partnership for National Geographic
• Make Your Move with Skipton Building Society, Greenred Media & Channel 4 for Channel 4.0
• Second-Hand Showdown, Stellify Media for YouTube
• Super Surgeons: A Chance at Life, Wonderhood Studios for Channel 4

Best Current Affairs Programme

• Born In The Limelight – Nepo Babies: UNTOLD, Flicker Productions for Channel 4
• HIV, PrEP & Me, BBC News for BBC
• Magaluf Undercover – Predators and Parties: UNTOLD, Kalel Productions & Shrimp Media for YouTube & Channel4.com
• Settlements Above the Law, BBC Eye (BBC World Service) for BBC
• The Midwife’s Confession, BBC World Service for BBC World Service
• The Other War, BBC Current Affairs for BBC

Best Digital Children’s Content

• A Real Bugs Life, Plimsoll Productions & National Geographic for Disney+
• BBC Live Lessons 24/25, The Connected Set for BBC Teach & CBBC
• FYI: Weekly News Show, Fresh Start Media for Sky Kids
• Musical Storyland, BBC Philharmonic in association with Sustain Video for BBC iPlayer & CBeebies
• Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures: Angel Pavement, Eagle Eye Productions for BBC iPlayer & CBBC
• Super Happy Magic Forest, Tiger Aspect Kids & Family, Zodiak Kids & Family France, Movimenti Productions & Monello Productions for CBBC

Best Digital Support for a Programme

• Big Brother UK, Banijay UK Social Studio for Big Brother UK YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X & App
• EastEnders – SPIKED, BBC Studios for BBC Studios – EastEnders
• Glow Up in Roblox, Mobile Pie for BBC
• Hollyoaks, Lime Pictures for E4 & 4Studio
• I Kissed a Girl, BBC for BBC
• The Rap Game UK in Fortnite, HaZimation for BBC

Best Digital Support for a Strand, Channel or Genre

• BBC TV Social, BBC for BBC iPlayer
• S4C, S4C for S4C
• Sky News, Sky News Digital Team for Sky News
• Talking Pictures TV Encore, Talking Pictures TV Encore for Talking Pictures TV
• The Official BBC Wonder Chase on Roblox, BBC Children’s & Education, BBC Young Audiences & Mobile Pie for BBC

Best Documentary Programme

• Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?, Dror Moreh Productions for BBC
• Dogs of War, Two Rivers Media for BBC Scotland & BBC iPlayer
• Endurance, National Geographic Documentary Films, Little Dot Studios, History Hit, Consequential & Little Monster Films for Disney+
• Klitschko: More Than a Fight, Docsville Studios & Sky Studios for Sky Documentaries
• Mhairi Black: Being Me Again, Indelible Telly for BBC Scotland & BBC iPlayer
• Unbreakable: England 2003, Buzz 16 for discovery+

Best Documentary Series

• Boyzone: No Matter What, Curious Films for Sky Documentaries
• Game of Throws: Inside Darts, Dorothy St Pictures & Meadowlark Media for Sky Documentaries
• Life and Death Row – Cop Killer, BBC Studios – Documentary Unit for BBC
• Small Town, Big Riot, Forest for BBC
• Spartan Bare Knuckle, VICE for VICE
• Stacey Dooley: Rape on Trial, Minnow Films for BBC

Best Drama Programme (sponsored by Garden Studios)

• A Thousand Blows, The Story Collective, Matriarch Productions & Water & Power Productions for Disney+
• Rivals, Happy Prince & ITV for Disney+
• Sweetpea, See-Saw Films & Fanboy in assoc with Sky Studios for Sky Atlantic
• The Day of the Jackal, Carnival Films, part of Universal International Studios, Universal Studio Group for Sky Atlantic
• The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Synchronicity Films, Sky Studios & All3Media International for Sky Atlantic
• Where The Light Gets In, Drummer TV for LumoTV

Best Entertainment Channel

• Channel 4.0
• LADbible Entertainment
• U&Drama
• U&W

Best Entertainment Programme

• I Kissed a Girl, Twofour for BBC
• Married at First Sight UK, CPL Productions for E4
• Rob & Romesh Vs, CPL Productions for Sky Max
• The Rap Game UK, Naked (a Fremantle Label) for BBC
• The Underdog: Josh Must Win, Primal Media (part of STV Studios) for E4
• Will & Ralf Should Know Better, Afro-Mic Productions for U&Dave

Best Factual Channel

• BBC Earth YouTube
• History Hit TV
• LADbible Stories
• MORE 4
• National Geographic
• U&Yesterday

Best Popular Factual Programme

• Evil Escapes, Gold Wala for ITVX
• Guy Martin: Proper Jobs, North One TV for U&Dave
• Living Lyrics, BBC Studios/GroupM Motion Entertainment for BET UK/5
• Pete Wicks: For Dogs’ Sake, BBC Studios Entertainment for U&W
• Sky Sports Scenes, After Party Studios for Sky Sports Premier League YouTube
• Will You Marry Me?, Button Down for E4

Best Short-Form Documentary

• Every Woman with Sophie Kasaei, Dare Pictures for MTV Shores YouTube
• I Printed a Gun: Plastic and Deadly, Northern Child for Channel 4
• Songs from Inside, BBC World Service: 100 Women for BBC
• Surviving the Holocaust: John Hajdu’s Story, Redbricks Media for BBC Teach Website
• The Dark Side of Modelling: Uncovered – Paid to Party, Flying Shoe Films & Meldrum Dent for Channel 4 Documentaries YouTube
• Who is Flooding West Africa with Opioids?, BBC for BBC News YouTube

Best Short-Form Format

• Boss Pitches, BBC Studios Entertainment for Channel 4.0
• Go The Distance, Four8 for Four8 YouTube
• Harry Pinero’s Worst in Class, Wall Of Entertainment for Channel 4.0
• Hear Me Out, After Party Studios for Channel 4.0
• Minor Issues, Wall of Entertainment for Channel 4.0
• Ranked, Strong Watch Studios for BBC YouTube & BBC

Best Short-Form Scripted (sponsored by ABBAS Media Law)

• Break Clause, BBC Studios Comedy Productions for Channel 4 Comedy YouTube
• Dating Horror Stories, Mother’s Best Child for Comedy Central UK YouTube
• Peaked, Boffola Pictures for Channel 4 Comedy YouTube
• Stepping Up, Roughcut TV for Channel 4
• Toads, Various Artists Limited for Channel 4
• Unhinged, Daddy’s SuperYacht Productions for Funny Parts (BBC Studios)

Best Specialist Channel

• Bluey Official YouTube
• CBeebies
• Hansh
• Sky Sports Main Event
• Time Team Digital
• TNT Sports

Best Specialist Factual Programme

• Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story Silverback Films for National Geographic & Disney+
• Nutcracker: Backstage with English National Ballet Cornerstone Studios for Sky Arts
• Salmond and Sturgeon: A Troubled Union Firecrest Films for BBC Scotland
• The Future with Hannah Fry Windfall Films for Bloomberg Originals Streaming
• The Lost Music of Auschwitz Windfall Films for Sky Arts
• Watch Us Roar! Flashing Lights Media for BSL Zone

Best Sports or Live Event Coverage

• 100 Weddings in One Day, BBC News for BBC
• Match For Hope 2025, Strong Watch Studios for Match for Hope, Chunkz, ishowSpeed’s YouTube, Instagram & TikTok
• Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, Whisper for Channel 4 Sport
• Sidemen Charity Match 2025, After Party Studios & Sidemen Entertainment for Sidemen YouTube
• Sky Arts Awards, Somethin’ Else TV Studio for Sky Arts
• The Autumn Nations, Series Buzz 16 for TNT Sports & discovery+

Best True Crime Programme

• Back From the Dead: Who Kidnapped Me?, Wag Entertainment for U&W
• Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown, 72 Films for National Geographic & Disney+
• Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke, Passion Pictures for Disney+
• Teen Predator/Online Killer, DoubleBand Films for BBC
• The Body Next Door, Raw for Sky Documentaries
• The Hunt for Peter Tobin, Firecrest Films for BBC Scotland

Channel of the Year

• Bluey Official Channel on YouTube
• CBeebies
• Channel 4.0
• E4
• Sky Sports Main Event
• TNT Sports

Channel of the Year (Non PSB Group)

• Sky Sports Main Event
• TNT Sports
• U&Drama
• U&W
• U&Yesterday

Multichannel Production Company of the Year

• After Party Studios
• Air TV
• CPL Productions
• Firecrest Films
• Little Dot Studios
• Strong Watch Studios

Programme of the Year (Non PSB Group)

• Bergerac, BlackLight TV & Westward Studios for U&Drama
• Pete Wicks: For Dogs’ Sake, BBC Studios Entertainment for U&W
• Rivals, Happy Prince & ITV for Disney+
• Slow Horses, See-Saw Films in assoc with Apple for Apple TV+