Twenty-seven Grierson nominations for Channel 4 documentaries
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Channel 4 has secured 27 nominations for the prestigious Grierson Awards – more than any other channel. The awards recognise and celebrate documentaries from Britain and abroad that have made a significant contribution to the genre and that demonstrate quality, integrity, creativity, originality and overall excellence.
The nominations include four for Documentary Presenter of the Year – more than any other broadcaster - for Grayson Perry (Who Are You?) Levison Wood (Walking the Nile) Arthur Williams( Arthur Williams WW1’s Forgotten Heroes) and Trevor Phillips (Things We Won’t Say About Race That Are True).
A number of returning series have secured nominations – including Gogglebox and First Dates for Best Entertaining Documentary whilst two Channel 4 documentaries have been nominated for Best Newcomer – Jamie Robert’s film Angry White and Proud and Sam Forsdike’s The Stranger on the Bridge.
Three Channel 4 current affairs films have been nominated – Dispatches: Breadline Kids, A&E in the War Zone and The Gypsy Matchmaker and four films for Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme – 24 Hours in Police Custody, The Paedophile Hunter, Angry White and Proud and The Stranger on the Bridge.
The full list of nominations is below
Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme — Domestic
24 Hours in Police Custody
The Stranger on the Bridge
The Paedophile Hunter
Angry, White and Proud
Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme – International
Citizenfour
The Romanians Are Coming (Episode one)
Best Documentary on Current Affairs
Dispatches: Breadline
A&E in the War Zone
The Gypsy Matchmaker
Best Arts Documentary
Grayson Perry: Who Are You? – Individuals
Best Historical Documentary
Holocaust: Night Will Fall
Best Science or Natural History Documentary
Curing Cancer
Wooly Mammoth: The Autopsy
Best Entertaining Documentary
The Secret Life of 4 Year-Olds
My Granny The Escort
First Dates – Ep 4
Googlebox – Ep 6
Best Documentary Series
The Romanians Are Coming
24 Hours in Police Custody
Walking The Nile
Best Cinema Documentary
Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance
Best Newcomer Documentary
The Stranger on the Bridge
Angry, White and Proud
Documentary Presenter of the Year
Grayson Perry
Levison Wood
Arthur Williams
Trevor Phillips
ENDS