The Broadcast Awards 2017 - London
Channel
4 has retained its Channel of the Year crown at this year’s Broadcast Awards,
where it picked up seven awards.
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The broadcaster won Best Drama Series for
Warp’s This Is England ’90, Best Single Drama for Touchpaper
Television’s Ellen and
Best Entertainment Programme for Open Mike’s The Last Leg.
It also landed Best Daytime Programme for
Monkey Kingdom’s The Question Jury, Best Documentary Programme for ITN
Productions’ Interview With A Murderer and Best Sports Programme for its
coverage of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
C4 received praise across its output and its
Paralympics coverage was highlighted as the most ambitious live broadcast in
the channel’s history. The judges described it as “sporting and production
excellence in tandem – bold, relevant and inspirational”.
Elsewhere, less than a year after moving
online, BBC3 won two awards, thanks to Two Brothers comedy Fleabag, which
picked up Best Multichannel Programme and Best Original Programme.
Mum and
Cold Feet producer Big Talk was
named Best Independent Production Company at the Grosvenor House Hotel event,
fending off rivals Studio Lambert, Twofour, RDF Television, ITN Productions and
Sid Gentle Films.
BROADCAST AWARDS 2017: WINNERS
