Channel 4 tops Edinburgh TV Award nominations

27 June 2023

• Channel 4 nominated for 29 awards
• Broadcaster’s programmes and talent named in 16 different categories
• Nominations include established stars as well as new talent

Channel 4 has been nominated more than any other channel or streamer at this year’s prestigious Edinburgh TV Awards with a record breaking 29 award nominations across 16 different categories.

The impressive spread of nominations includes viewer favourites such as Gogglebox, Married At First Sight and Taskmaster as well as a host of new programmes such as Late Night Lycett, I Am Ruth and Rosie Jones’ Trip Hazard.

Channel 4 has also been nominated for the Best On Demand Service category for its streaming platform, the go-to destination for young people with 85% of the UK’s 16-34-year-olds registered, and it is also nominated for the coveted Channel of the Year award which it won in 2022.

Channel 4’s Chief Content Officer Ian Katz said: “It’s heartening to see so many new shows and new talent being recognised in the nominations for the Edinburgh TV Awards. To have been nominated across comedy, drama, factual, and entertainment categories along with a nod for Channel of the Year is testament to the hard work of everyone here at Channel 4 and the indies we work with the length and breadth of the UK.”

Channel 4’s nominations include four for Best Comedy Series for Derry Girls, Big Boys, Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared, and for Everyone Else Burns – with Amy James-Kelly’s performance as ‘Rachel’ picking up a second nomination for the 2023 comedy in the Breakthrough Actor category. Hullraisers stars Sinead Matthews (Paula) and Taj Atwal (Rana) also received nominations for the Best TV Actor category.

The hard-hitting, Bafta-winning drama I Am Ruth picked up a total of three award nominations including for Best Drama, with real mother-daughter stars Kate Winslet and Mia Threapleton up for Best TV Actor (Drama) and Breakthrough Actor respectively for their honest and authentic performances in the programme.

The Edinburgh TV Awards are presented annually to recognise and reward outstanding achievement in television. The award categories reflect the remarkable talent, and incredible breadth of creativity that broadcasters, production companies and platforms produce each year.

 

Full List of Nominations

 

Comedy

Big Boys - Best Comedy Series

Derry Girls - Best Comedy Series

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared - Best Comedy Series

Everyone Else Burns - Best Comedy Series

Sinead Matthews in Hullraisers - Best TV Actor (Comedy)

Taj Atwal in Hullraisers - Best TV Actor (Comedy)

Amy James-Kelly in Everyone Else Burns - Breakthrough Actor

 

Drama

I Am Ruth - Best Drama

Kate Winslet in I Am Ruth - Best TV Actor (Drama)

Lewis Gribben in Somewhere Boy - Breakthrough Actor

Mia Threapleton in I Am Ruth - Breakthrough Actor

                

Factual

Children of the Taliban - Best Documentary

Alice Levine - Sex Actually - Best TV Presenter (Factual)

David Baddiel in Jews Don't Count - Best TV Presenter (Factual)

Munya Chawawa in How To Survive a Dictator - Best TV Presenter (Factual)

Rosie Jones’ Trip Hazard - Best Popular Factual Series

Gogglebox - Best Popular Factual Series

MAFS UK - Best Popular Factual Series

 

Entertainment

Late Night Lycett - Best Entertainment Series

Taskmaster - Best Entertainment Series

Greg Davies and Alex Horne in Taskmaster - Best TV Presenter (Entertainment)

Mo Gilligan in The Lateish Show - Best TV Presenter (Entertainment)

Jordan Gray in The Return of Friday Night Live - Breakthrough Presenter

Claudia Winkleman in The Piano - Best TV Presenter (Entertainment)

Climate category

What Killed the Whale

Guy Martin’s Power Trip

The Truth About Nike & Adidas

Other nominations

Channel 4 Streaming - Best On Demand Service

Channel 4 - Channel of the Year

About Channel 4

Channel 4 exists to create change through entertainment. Publicly owned yet commercially funded, Channel 4 generates significant and sustainable cultural, economic and social impact across the UK – at no cost to the taxpayer.

The broadcaster’s distinctive remit is set by Parliament, and it has a role to represent unheard voices, challenge with purpose and reinvent entertainment. For over 40 years, it has been a British success story, engaging generation after generation of young people.

Through a unique publisher-broadcaster model, Channel 4 commissions its content from the UK independent production sector. Working with around 300 creative companies every year, Channel 4 makes a major contribution to the local, regional and national economy, creating and supporting thousands of jobs and businesses across the country.

In 2020, Channel 4 launched its Future4 strategy to become a digital-first public service media company and to continue to deliver significant impact for UK audiences and investment into the UK creative economy.

Across its bases in London, Leeds, Manchester, Bristol and Glasgow, Channel 4 is turbocharging its efforts to find, nurture and develop talent across the UK. Through its training and development initiative 4Skills, Channel 4 is opening up opportunities in broadcasting, with a particular focus on disadvantaged young people, and addressing skills gaps across the Nations and Regions.

Channel 4 has the UK’s biggest free streaming service plus 11 television channels including: Channel 4, E4, E4 Extra, More4, Film4, 4Seven and The Box Plus Network. Through Film4 Productions, Channel 4 also invests in British filmmakers to huge critical acclaim, producing 37 Oscar wins and 88 BAFTA wins in its history.

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