The shortlist for the 2025 Broadcast Awards has been announced and we’re so pleased and proud that some of the programmes our editors worked on were selected in various categories.

Best Documentary Series

• Lockerbie,  produced by Mindhouse Productions for Sky Documentaries – Charlie Hawryliw and Paul Holland worked on this documentary recounting the events of the events of the terrorist attack on Pam Am flight 103 in 1988.
• Miriam: Death of a Reality Star, produced by Expectation TV for Channel 4 – This 3-part documentary about the life of Miriam Rivera, the world’s first trans reality TV star was cut single-handedly by Charlie Hawryliw.

Best Drama Series or Serial

• Baby Reindeer, produced byClerkenwell Films for Netflix – Lem Lawrence contributed to the VFX for the popular dark comedy thriller.

Best Entertainment Programme

• Squid Game: The Challenge, produced by Studio Lambert & The Garden for Netflix – Tim Fielding and Gruff Lovgreen both edited parts of this reality series based on the popular Korean thriller.

Best Multichannel Programme

• High: Surviving a Dubai Drugs Bust, produced by Blast Films for BBC  – Chris Scurfield cut 5 episodes of this historical drama doc for BBC Three.

Best Music Programme

• Big Night of Musicals by The National Lottery, produced by TBI Media for BBC  – Harry Anstey edited VTs for this special celebration of musical theatre.

Best Original Programme

• Banged Up: Stars Behind Bars, produced by Shine TV for Channel 4 – Sean Schmolz worked across this new 4-part constructed documentary following a social experiment in which 8 celebrities are locked up with reformed criminals to experience what life is truly like in prison.

Best Popular Factual Programme

• Married at First Sight UK, produced by CPL Productions for E4 – This E4 favourite returns once with editor Mike Kerr, bringing strangers together on their wedding day to find true love.
• The Piano, produced by Love Productions for Channel 4 – This heart-warming competition series in which amateur pianist compete to play at the Royal Festival Hall returns for a second series. Editors Paul Bussey and Sean Schmolz cut the last two episodes of the series while Matthew Henley put together the audition tapes for the contributors.

Congratulations to all the programmes who made it to the shortlist, we’re excited to find out the winners on 5^th February 2025 during the award ceremony.