ITV stablemates Big Talk and Twofour will battle four other major players to be named Best Independent Production Company at the Broadcast Awards 2017.
They will go head to head with RDF Television, Studio Lambert, ITN Productions and Sid Gentle Films at the event, which takes place on 1 February at London’s Grosvenor Hotel.
The shortlists for the awards’ 20 categories were unveiled on 23 November, with Channel 4 picking up the most nods.
It notched up 22 nominations, beating the 19 secured by BBC1 and 12 for ITV.
C4 will also be bidding to retain its title as Channel of the Year against BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, Dave and Sky 1.
The youth-skewing BBC3 racked up eight nominations in the fi rst year since it was transformed into an online-only proposition, narrowly beaten by BBC2’s nine nods.
Sky received eight nominations across its portfolio of channels, while Channel 5 is in the running in two categories.
The hotly contested Best Drama Series or Serial category pits ITV’s Cold Feet, The Durrells and The Secret against the BBC’s Line Of Duty (series three) and Happy Valley (series two), along with C4’s This Is England ’90.
In the Best Entertainment Programme category, stalwarts Britain’s Got Talent and Strictly Come Dancing line up against C4’s The Last Leg, C5’s Lip Sync Battle UK, ITV2’s Love Island and Dave’s Taskmaster.
Two Brothers Pictures’ BBC3 comedy Fleabag secured three nominations (Best Comedy, Best Original and Best Multichannel Programme), while Minnow Films is in the running for four awards with Abused: The Untold Story (BBC1), How To Die: Simon’s Choice (BBC2), and SAS: Who Dares Wins and The Watchman (both C4).
The Best Children’s Programme category is dominated by CBBC, with a single slot for CITV’s Bear Grylls Survival School, while five CBeebies shows have been shortlisted for Best Pre-School Programme against Nick Jr’s Lily’s Driftwood Bay.
Broadcast Awards shortlist 2017
Best Children’s Programme
Bear Grylls Survival School
Potato for CITV
Hetty Feather
BBC Studios for CBBC
Horrible Histories: Sensational Shakespeare
Lion TV for CBBC
My Life: Marvellous Messy Minds
Nine Lives Media for CBBC
My Life: The Boy on the Bicycle
Drummer TV for CBBC
Operation Ouch!
Maverick TV for CBBC
Best Comedy Programme
Sponsored by Halo
Camping
Baby Cow Productions for Sky Atlantic
Catastrophe
Avalon, Merman and Birdbath Productions for Channel 4
Chewing Gum
Retort for E4
Fleabag
Two Brothers Pictures for BBC Three
Mum
Big Talk Productions for BBC Two
Murder in Successville
Tiger Aspect for BBC Three
Best Daytime Programme
Sponsored BT Media and Broadcast
Loose Women Special: Sir Cliff Richard, Out of the Shadows
ITV Studios for ITV
Money for Nothing
Friel Kean Films for BBC One
A New Life in The Sun
True North for Channel 4
Pick Me!
Possessed for ITV
The Question Jury
Monkey Kingdom for Channel 4
Sister Rita to the Rescue
BBC Studios for BBC One
Best Documentary Programme
Sponsored by Silverglade Post Production
Abused: The Untold Story
Minnow Films for BBC One
Behind Closed Doors
True Vision Aire for BBC One
How to Die: Simon’s Choice
Minnow Films for BBC Two
Interview with A Murderer
ITN Productions for Channel 4
The Murder of Sadie Hartley
Raw Cut for ITV
Swim the Channel
S+O Media and Mother Hen Films for BBC Four
Best Documentary Series
Sponsored by Procam
24 Hours in Police Custody
The Garden for Channel 4
Exodus: Our Journey into Europe
Keo Films for BBC Two
Grayson Perry All Man
Swan Films for Channel 4
The Hunt
Silverback Films for BBC One
Killer Women with Piers Morgan
Plum Pictures for ITV
Ross Kemp’s Britain
Freshwater Films for Sky 1
Best Drama Series or Serial
Cold Feet
Big Talk Productions for ITV
The Durrells
Sid Gentle Films for ITV
Happy Valley
Red Production Company for BBC One
Line of Duty
World Productions for BBC Two
The Secret
Hat Trick Productions for ITV
This Is England ‘90
Warp Films for Channel 4
Best Entertainment Programme
Sponsored by BBC Studioworks
Britain’s Got Talent
Thames for ITV
The Last Leg
Open Mike for Channel 4
Lip Sync Battle UK
Whizz Kid Entertainment for Channel 5
Love Island
ITV Studios and GroupM Entertainment for ITV2
Strictly Come Dancing
BBC Studios for BBC One
Taskmaster
Avalon for Dave
Best Multichannel Programme
Charlie Hebdo: 3 Days That Shook Paris
Films of record for More 4
Chewing Gum
Retort for E4
Fleabag
Two Brothers Pictures for BBC Three
Love Island
ITV Studios and GroupM Entertainment for ITV2
Murdered by My Father
BBC Studios for BBC Three
Professor Green Suicide and Me
Antidote Productions for BBC Three
Best Music Programme
Sponsored by NEP Vision
Adele at the BBC
BBC Studios for BBC One
The BRIT Awards
BRITs TV for ITV
Ed Sheeran: Jumpers for Goalposts Live at Wembley Stadium
JA Digital for Sky Arts
Lenny Kravitz Just Let Go
Eagle Rock Film Productions for Amazon Prime
TFI Friday
Zimple, Monkey Kingdom and Olga for Channel 4
Wagner’s Ring Cycle
Sky Arts Hub Production for Sky Arts
Best News & Current Affairs Programme
Sponsored by The Hospital Club Studios
BBC News at Ten: Hillsborough Inquest
BBC News for BBC One
Children on the Frontline: The Escape
ITN Productions for Channel 4
Inside Obama’s White House: Obamacare
Brook Lapping Productions in association with Les Films D’ici 2 for BBC Two
The Jihadis Next Door
Mentorn Media for Channel 4
Ross Kemp: The Fight Against ISIS
Freshwater Films for Sky 1
Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks
Amos Pictures for BBC Two
Best Original Programme
Sponsored by IMG Studios
Computer Says Show
Wingspan Productions for Sky Arts
Dickensian
Red Planet Pictures for BBC One
Fleabag
Two Brothers Pictures for BBC Three
Flowers
Kudos for Channel 4
Is This Rape? Sex on Trial
BBC In House Current Affairs for BBC Three
Naked Attraction
Studio Lambert for Channel 4
Best Popular Factual Programme
Sponsored by Sue Terry Voices
Employable Me
Optomen Television for BBC Two
GPs Behind Closed Doors
Knickerbockerglory TV for Channel 5
SAS: Who Dares Wins
Minnow Films for Channel 4
Secret Life of 4, 5 and 6 Year Olds
RDF television for Channel 4
The Island with Bear Grylls
Shine TV for Channel 4
The Real Marigold Hotel
Twofour for BBC Two
Best Pre-School Programme
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
BBC Cymru Wales for CBeebies
Andy’s Prehistoric Adventures
BBC Studios for CBeebies
Footy Pups
Dot To Dot Productions for CBeebies
Jamillah and Aladdin
Kindle Entertainment for CBeebies
Lily’s Driftwood Bay
Sixteen South for Nickelodeon Jr
Topsy and Tim: Lovely Mossy
Darrall Macqueen for CBeebies
Best Single Drama
Sponsored by Elstree Studios
Ellen
Touchpaper Television for Channel 4
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
BBC Cymru Wales for BBC One
Reg
LA Productions for BBC One
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Hartswood Films and Masterpiece for BBC One
The Go Between
BBC Drama Production London for BBC One
The Watchman
Minnow Films for Channel 4
Best Soap / Continuing Drama
Casualty
BBC Studios for BBC One
Coronation Street
ITV Studios for ITV
Eastenders
BBC Studios for BBC One
Emmerdale
ITV Studios for ITV
Holby City
BBC Studios for BBC One
Hollyoaks
Lime Pictures for Channel 4
Best Sports Programme
Sponsored SIS Live
2015 Rugby World Cup: South Africa v Japan
ITV Sport for ITV
The Grand National 2016
IMG Productions for Channel 4
Isle of Man TT
North One Television for ITV4
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Sunset+Vine for Channel 4
Rio 2016 Summer Olympics
BBC Sport for BBC One
United States F1 Grand Prix
Sky Sports Production for Sky Sports F1
International Programme Sales
Impossible Engineering
Twofour Rights
The Last Panthers
Sky Vision and StudioCanal
Keeping the Nation Alive
ITVs global entertainment
Simply Nigella
FremantleMedia International
Versailles
Zodiak Rights
Victoria
ITV Studios
Best Post Production House
Sponsored by Avid
dock10
Encore
Envy
Films at 59
HALO
Molinare TV & Film
Best Independent Production
Sponsored by The London Studios
For more information on how to book tickets for the event, go to https://broadcastawards.co.uk/
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