BBC Two wins five Grierson Awards, with BBC winning a total of seven
The BBC dominated at last night’s Grierson Awards ceremony, which celebrates the best in documentary making, with BBC Two winning five awards and the BBC winning seven awards in total.
Published: 7 November 2017
Factual at the BBC is in incredibly fine form and our success is a testament to the hard work, ambition and creativity of all the programme makers and commissioners involved
BBC Two won awards for documentaries Muslims Like Us; Hillsborough; Paula Rego: Secrets And Stories; Exodus: Our Journey To Europe (pictured); and Wild Ireland: The Edge Of The World, while BBC One won Best Science Documentary for Forces Of Nature With Brian Cox.
BBC Arabic won the award for Best Current Affairs Documentary with Goodbye Aleppo.
BBC Four was highly commended for Aberfan: The Green Hollow and Last Days Of Solitary.
Alastair Fothergill won the BBC Grierson Trustees’ Award in recognition of his contribution to the natural history genre, which through his enduring partnership with David Attenborough on programmes such as Blue Planet, Frozen Planet and The Hunt has created some of the most memorable television moments of all time.
Alison Kirkham says, Controller BBC Factual, says: “It was fantastic to see the BBC have such a successful night at the Grierson Awards and I’m delighted that such a wide range of programmes - across science, natural history, current affairs, documentaries and arts - have been recognised.
"Factual at the BBC is in incredibly fine form and our success is a testament to the hard work, ambition and creativity of all the programme makers and commissioners involved in these outstanding programmes on and off screen. My thanks and congratulates to you all.”
Patrick Holland, Controller, BBC Two, says: ‘I am delighted for the winners and nominees across BBC Two. It is fantastic to have such a phenomenal range of documentaries on the channel, where some of the greatest talents in Factual television are able to do their most original, challenging and powerful work.’
Full list of winners:
Best Science Documentary
BBC One - Forces Of Nature With Brian Cox (episode two: 'Somewhere In Spacetime')
Best Constructed Documentary Series
BBC Two - Muslims Like Us
Best Natural History Documentary
BBC Two - Wild Ireland: The Edge Of The World (episode one)
Best Arts Documentary
BBC Two - Paula Rego: Secrets And Stories
Best Single Documentary - Domestic
BBC Two - Hillsborough
Best Documentary Series
BBC Two - Exodus: Our Journey To Europe
Best Current Affairs Documentary
BBC Arabic - Goodbye Aleppo
Highly commended:
Best Historical Documentary
BBC Four - Aberfan: The Green Hollow
Best Single Documentary - International
BBC Four - Last Days Of Solitary
BBC Grierson Trustees' Award
Alastair Fothergill
EDA
