Broadcast Digital Awards Shortlist 2025

Best Comedy Programme

• Brassic, Calamity Films for Sky Max - Written and co-created by Danny Brocklehurst and starring  Michelle Keegan, Aaron Heffernan, Anna Acton, Tom Bennett, and Nikhil Parmar.
• Daddy Issues, Fudge Park Productions for BBC - Starring Cora Kirk
• Dinosaur, Two Brothers Pictures for BBC & Hulu - Cast includes Lorn Macdonald, Greg Hemphill, Ep 5 written by Kat Rose-Martin, edited by Robin Peters & Rachel Erskine, and produced by Brian Coffey
• Only Child, Happy Tramp North for BBC Scotland - Casting by Orla O’Connor. Cast includes Fiona Bell, Paul Rattray, Jennifer Saunders, Stuart Bowman 
• Smoggie Queens, Hat Trick Productions for BBC - Starring Lauryn Redding
• Trying, BBC Studios Comedy Productions for Apple TV+ -Charlotte Pearson -Production Designer.

Best Digital Children’s Content​

• Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures: Angel Pavement, Eagle Eye Productions for BBC iPlayer & CBBC - based of the works of Quentin Blake
• Super Happy Magic Forest, Tiger Aspect Kids & Family, Zodiak Kids & Family France, Movimenti Productions & Monello Productions for CBBC - Based on the much-loved book series by Matty Long. Voiced by Spencer Jones, Rasmus Hardiker, and Michelle Asante

Best Documentary Series​

• Small Town, Big Riot, Forest for BBC - Presented by Mobeen Azhar 

Best Drama Programme (sponsored by Garden Studios)

• A Thousand Blows, The Story Collective, Matriarch Productions & Water & Power Productions for Disney+ - Created and written by Steven Knight (also Executive Producer), cinematography by Milos Moore (Director of Photography, EPS 4, 5, 6) and editing by Jo Smyth (EPS 7, 8, 9), starring Caoilfhionn Dunne (@misskeelyd). Executive Producer, David Olusoga.
• Rivals, Happy Prince & ITV for Disney+ - Starring Alexander Hassell, Katherine Parkinson, Victoria Smurfit, and Anna Acton. DOP Mark Nutkins (eps 5,7), Editor Adam Moss (Eps 6, 8), Costume Designer Ray Holman. 
• Sweetpea, See-Saw Films & Fanboy in assoc with Sky Studios for Sky Atlantic - Starring Dustin Demri-Burns and edited by Jo Walker, 
• The Day of the Jackal, Carnival Films, part of Universal International Studios, Universal Studio Group for Sky Atlantic - Starring Eddie Redmayne, Richard Dormer, and Gerard Kearns, plus Daniel Thackeray on Intimacy Coordination, Editor Adam Moss (Eps 9 & 10), Editor Ben Whitehead (Eps 3 + 4), and Block 4 DOP Laurie Rose, Alex Reynolds - Movement Choreographer
• The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Synchronicity Films, Sky Studios & All3Media International for Sky Atlantic - Starring Jonah Hauer-King and Mili Eshet, and with Additional Photography by Søren Bay DFF.

Best Entertainment Programme​

• Will & Ralf Should Know Better, Afro-Mic Productions for U&Dave - Presented by Ralf Little 

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

• Dating Horror Stories, Mother’s Best Child for Comedy Central UK YouTube - Starring Archie Backhouse
• Toads, Various Artists Limited for Channel 4 - Created by, Written by and starring Amy Gledhill. Cast also includes: Andrea Valls

Best Sports or Live Event Coverage​

• Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, Whisper for Channel 4 Sport - with contribution by George Robinson
• Sidemen Charity Match 2025, After Party Studios & Sidemen Entertainment for Sidemen YouTube - including Max Fosh

Programme of the Year (Non PSB Group)

• Bergerac, BlackLight TV & Westward Studios for U&Drama - Starring Timothy Renouf, Costume design by Sarah Ryan
• Rivals, Happy Prince & ITV for Disney+ -  Starring Alexander Hassell, Katherine Parkinson, Victoria Smurfit, and Anna Acton. DOP Mark Nutkins (eps 5,7), Editor Adam Moss (Eps 6, 8), Costume Designer Ray Holman. 
• Slow Horses, See-Saw Films in assoc with Apple for Apple TV+ - Danny Cohen - DOP, Choi Ho Man (Production Designer) Lucy Sibbick, (Hair & Makeup)