GRIERSON BRITISH DOCUMENTARY AWARDS: 2025 Longlist
Envy Best Single Documentary - Domestic
Britain and the Blitz
Netflix, 72 Films – Netflix
Envy Best Single Documentary - Domestic
Flintoff
South Shore – Disney+
Envy Best Single Documentary - Domestic
Groomed: A National Scandal
Candour Productions – Channel 4
Envy Best Single Documentary - Domestic
My Friend Lanre
EMU Films – Channel 4
Envy Best Single Documentary - Domestic
Strike: An Uncivil War
Davy Films, VeryMuchSo Productions, Embankment Films, Meadowlark Media and BFI Doc Society – Netflix
Envy Best Single Documentary - Domestic
The Search for Nicola Bulley
Rogan Productions – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Envy Best Single Documentary - Domestic
Undercover: Exposing the Far Right
Tigerlily Films / Marking Films Inc / HiddenLight / Doc Society – Channel 4
Envy Best Single Documentary - Domestic
Witches
Ardimages UK, Montgomery Avenue, Mubi, Garden Studios – Mubi
Broadcast International Best Single Documentary - International
Black Box Diaries
Hanashi Films, Cineric Creative & Star Sands Production – Theatrical release
Broadcast International Best Single Documentary - International
Daughters
A Netflix Documentary / An Object & Animal and Epoch Films Production / A Park Pictures and XTR Production in association with OPC and World of HA in association with Simpson Street and Two One Five – Netflix
Broadcast International Best Single Documentary - International
Deaf President Now!
Apple Original Films / Concordia Studio – Apple TV+
Broadcast International Best Single Documentary - International
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
A Netflix Documentary / An SK Global Entertainment Production / An OBB Pictures Production / An Avocados and Coconuts Production in association with MakeMake Entertainment – Netflix
Broadcast International Best Single Documentary - International
No Other Land
Antipode Films, Yabayay – Channel 4
Broadcast International Best Single Documentary - International
Sugarcane
Kassie Films, Hedgehog Films, Impact Partners, Fit Via Vi – National Geographic
Broadcast International Best Single Documentary - International
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Medieoperatørene and VGTV – Netflix
Broadcast International Best Single Documentary - International
The Truth vs. Alex Jones
HBO Documentary Films presents an Amos Pictures Production – Sky Documentaries
Televisual Best Current Affairs Documentary
Al Fayed Predator at Harrods
BBC Current Affairs – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Televisual Best Current Affairs Documentary
Dead Calm: Killing in the Med?
BBC Current Affairs – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Televisual Best Current Affairs Documentary
Groomed: A National Scandal
Candour Productions – Channel 4
Televisual Best Current Affairs Documentary
Israel & Gaza: Into the Abyss
Top Hat Productions – ITVX
Televisual Best Current Affairs Documentary
Life and Death in Gaza
BBC Eye/Storyville – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Televisual Best Current Affairs Documentary
Maternity: Broken Trust
Pulse Films – ITV
Televisual Best Current Affairs Documentary
One Day in October
Amos Pictures – Channel 4
Televisual Best Current Affairs Documentary
Small Town, Big Riot – Episode 2
Forest – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Televisual Best Current Affairs Documentary
State of Rage
Duskwater – Channel 4
Best Arts and Music Documentary
Harder Than the Rock
Margot Films + J6 Fims – Sky Arts
Best Arts and Music Documentary
In My Own Words: Alison Lapper
Chalk Productions – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best Arts and Music Documentary
In Vogue: The 90s
Raw TV / Vogue Studios – Disney+
Best Arts and Music Documentary
Music by John Williams
Lucasfilm Ltd, Amblin Documentaries, and Imagine Documentaries – Disney+
Best Arts and Music Documentary
My Brain: After the Rupture
Meduza, Concordia Studio, Wavelength – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best Arts and Music Documentary
One to One: John & Yoko
Plan B/KM Films & Mercury Studios – Apple TV+
Best Arts and Music Documentary
The Trouble with Mr Doodle
Acme in association with Lightbox – Theatrical release
Best Arts and Music Documentary
Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other
Manon et Jacob, Final Cut For Real, Fremantle, Louverture Films – Theatrical release
Best Sports Documentary
Flintoff
South Shore for Disney+ – Discovery+
Broadcast Sport Best Sports Documentary
Four Kings – Episode 1
Workerbee – Prime Video
Best Sports Documentary
Game of Throws: Inside Darts – Episode 1
Dorothy St Pictures / Meadowlarke Media – Sky Documentaries
Best Sports Documentary
Simone Biles Rising - I Will Not Be Broken
Religion of Sports in association with the Olympic Channel – Netflix
Best Sports Documentary
Sven
Whisper and Up&Away Film Entertainment – Prime Video
Best Sports Documentary
The Club That George Built
whynow Studios – Discovery+
Best Sports Documentary
Unbreakable: England 2003
Buzz 16 – TNT Sports
Best Sports Documentary
Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire
Acme – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best History Documentary
Apollo 13: Survival
Insight TWI Films Presents in association with Fee Fie Foe/ A Netflix Documentary – Netflix
Best History Documentary
Atomic People
Minnow Films – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best History Documentary
Children of the Cult
DM Productions – ITV
Best History Documentary
Four Kings – Episode 1
Workerbee – Prime Video
Best History Documentary
Riefenstahl
Vincent Productions GMBH – Theatrical release
Best History Documentary
Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz
Oxford Film and Television Ltd – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best History Documentary
Surviving Black Hawk Down – This is Not New York
RSA for Netflix – Netflix
Best History Documentary
The Zelensky Story – Episode 1
72 Films & Open University – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best History Documentary
What They Found
Lightbox in association with Neal St and Imperial War Museums – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best Science and Natural History Documentary
Apollo 13: Survival
Insight TWI Films Presents in association with Fee Fie Foe/ A Netflix Documentary – Netflix
Best Science and Natural History Documentary
Big Cats 24/7 – Episode 3
A BBC Studios Natural History Unit production co-produced with BBC & PBS, for BBC and PBS – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best Science and Natural History Documentary
Britain's Nuclear Bomb Scandal: Our Story
Hardcash Productions – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best Science and Natural History Documentary
Gabon: Earth's Last Chance
Keo Films Limited – Sky Documentaries
Best Science and Natural History Documentary
Nocturnes
Metamorphosis Film Junction, Sandbox Films – Prime Video
Best Science and Natural History Documentary
Ocean with David Attenborough
Best Science and Natural History Documentary 2025
Best Science and Natural History Documentary
Pangolin: Kulu's Journey
A Netflix Documentary / An Anonymous Content / Dog Star Films / Water Creature Film Production – Netflix
Best Science and Natural History Documentary
Sandi's Great British Woodland Restoration – Episode 1
Mothership Productions Ltd – Channel 4
Best Science and Natural History Documentary
Secrets of the Spy Whale
Oxford Scientific Films in association with Bonne Pioche and Alfredfilm – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best Crime and Justice Documentary
A Deadly American Marriage
Sandpaper Films – Netflix
Best Crime and Justice Documentary
Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park – Episode 1
True Vision Productions – Sky Documentaries
Best Crime and Justice Documentary
Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke – Episode 2
Passion Pictures – Disney+
Best Crime and Justice Documentary
Shoot to Kill: Terror on the Tube – Episode 1
Curious Films – Channel 4
Best Crime and Justice Documentary
The Apartheid Killer
BBC Africa Eye – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best Crime and Justice Documentary
The Essex Millionaire Murders
Candour Productions – ITV
Best Crime and Justice Documentary
The Wrong Man
Two Step Films – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best Crime and Justice Documentary
Zurawski v Texas
HiddenLight Productions – Eventive - Together Films
Channel 4 Best Popular Culture Documentary
Boyzone: No Matter What
Curious Films – Sky Documentaries
Channel 4 Best Popular Culture Documentary
Grand Theft Hamlet
Rebecca Wolff, Julia Ton – Mubi
Channel 4 Best Popular Culture Documentary
Martha
A Netflix Documentary / A This Machine Production – Netflix
Channel 4 Best Popular Culture Documentary
Pee-wee as Himself
HBO Documentary Films presents an Elara & First Love Films Production – Sky Documentaries
Channel 4 Best Popular Culture Documentary
Public Enemies: Kendrick vs. Drake
Acme – Channel 4
Channel 4 Best Popular Culture Documentary
Rose Ayling Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks
Rogan Productions – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Channel 4 Best Popular Culture Documentary
The Rise & Fall of Michelle Mone
Rogan Productions – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Channel 4 Best Popular Culture Documentary
Virgin Island – Episode 6
Double Act Productions – Channel 4
Netflix Best Documentary Series
Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park
True Vision Productions – Sky Documentaries
Netflix Best Documentary Series
Chimp Crazy
HBO Documentary Films presents an Amos Pictures Production – Sky Documentaries
Netflix Best Documentary Series
David Frost vs.
Paradine Productions, White Horse Pictures, Sky Studios – Sky Documentaries
Netflix Best Documentary Series
Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action
Minnow Films – Netflix
Netflix Best Documentary Series
Kill List: Hunted by Putin's Spies
Passion Pictures & Bellingcat Productions – Channel 4
Netflix Best Documentary Series
Shoot to Kill: Terror on the Tube
Curious Films – Channel 4
Netflix Best Documentary Series
The Diamond Heist
Lightbox, Netflix – Netflix
Netflix Best Documentary Series
Tsunami: Race Against Time
Blast Films – National Geographic
Best Returning Documentary Series
24 Hours in Police Custody
The Garden – Channel 4
Best Returning Documentary Series
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild
Ricochet – Channel 5
Best Returning Documentary Series
Cause of Death
Candour Productions – Channel 5
Best Returning Documentary Series
Formula 1: Drive to Survive
Box to Box Films for Netflix – Netflix
Best Returning Documentary Series
Life and Death Row
BBC Studios Documentary Unit – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best Returning Documentary Series
Murder Trial: Girl in the River
Firecrest Films – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best Returning Documentary Series
Sort Your Life Out
Optomen Television – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best Returning Documentary Series
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
Dragonfly Film & Television Productions – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Sky Documentaries Best Cinema Documentary
Agent of Happiness
Match Frame Productions, Sound Pictures – Theatrical release
Sky Documentaries Best Cinema Documentary
Black Box Diaries
Hanashi Films, Cineric Creative & Star Sands Production – Theatrical release
Sky Documentaries Best Cinema Documentary
Blink
In Association with MRC, A Fishbowl Films Production in Association with Eyesteelfilm – Theatrical release
Sky Documentaries Best Cinema Documentary
Mediha
LoveWorld Media, Enderby Entertainment, Rhino Films, People in The Park – Theatrical release
Sky Documentaries Best Cinema Documentary
Motherboard
OKRE, First Person Films, Autlook Film Sales, Tull Stories – Theatrical release
Sky Documentaries Best Cinema Documentary
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
A Netflix Documentary / An SK Global Entertainment Production / An OBB Pictures Production / An Avocados and Coconuts Production in association with MakeMake Entertainment – Theatrical release
Sky Documentaries Best Cinema Documentary
No Other Land
Antipode Films, Yabayay – Theatrical release
Sky Documentaries Best Cinema Documentary
One to One: John & Yoko
Plan B/KM Films & Mercury Studios – Theatrical release
All3Media Best Student Documentary
Death Row Dogs
National Film and Television School – University/college screening
All3Media Best Student Documentary
Hooked
National Film and Television School – University/college screening
All3Media Best Student Documentary
In Arboretum
University College London – University/college screening
All3Media Best Student Documentary
Johnny
University of Manchester – University/college screening
All3Media Best Student Documentary
One More Cup of Coffee for Ambe'
University of Manchester – University/college screening
All3Media Best Student Documentary
Two Days on the Interstate
National Film and Television School – University/college screening
All3Media Best Student Documentary
We Will Grow
University of Westminster – University/college screening
All3Media Best Student Documentary
Welcome Home Freckles
National Film and Television School – University/college screening
Best Documentary Short
Chernobyl: My Promised Land
Story Films – Sky Documentaries
Best Documentary Short
Equal Play
Harder Than You Think – Channel 4
Best Documentary Short
Hustle and Run
JustSo – Channel 4
Best Documentary Short
Makayla's Voice: A Letter to the World
A Netflix Documentary – Netflix
Best Documentary Short
Songs from Inside
BBC 100 Women, BBC World Service – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best Documentary Short
This Is Endometriosis
Fee Fie Foe – Minute Shorts ‘Minute Shorts Presents’ Playlist
Best Documentary Short
We'll Go Down in History
Full Brightness / Lonely Kite – BFI Flare
Best Documentary Short
When the Revolution Doesn't Come
The Guardian – theguardian.com
Best Documentary Presenter
BLINDBOY BOATCLUB for Blindboy: The Land of Slaves & Scholars
Connla's Well Productions – RTE
Best Documentary Presenter
BRUCE PARRY for Tribe with Bruce Parry
Frank Films – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best Documentary Presenter
CHRIS PACKHAM for Inside Our Minds
BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best Documentary Presenter
LOUIS THEROUX for Louis Theroux: The Settlers
Mindhouse Productions – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best Documentary Presenter
MATT AND EMMA WILLIS for Swiped: The School that Banned Smartphones
BOLDPRINT Studios – Channel 4
Best Documentary Presenter
MOBEEN AZHAR for Small Town, Big Riot – Episode 2
Forest – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best Documentary Presenter
POPPY JAY for Young, British and Anti-Abortion
Firecrest Films – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
Best Documentary Presenter
STACEY DOOLEY for Stacey Dooley: Rape on Trial
Minnow Films – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)
ROSE AYLING ELLIS for Rose Ayling Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks
Rogan Productions – BBC (including all channels and iPlayer)