The Grierson Awards 2017: Shortlist

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• Splice Best Single Documentary - Domestic

  Aberfan: The Green Hollow

  Pip Broughton for BBC Studios in Wales & Vox Pictures; first shown: BBC Four

  The Accused

  Rob McCabe for Brinkworth Films; first shown: Channel 5

  Hillsborough

  Daniel Gordon for Very Much So Productions; first shown: BBC Two

  The Murder of Sadie Hartley

  Jamie Batten for Raw Cut; first shown: ITV

  No Place to Call Home

  Luke Sewell for BBC Studios; first shown: BBC Two

  One Killer Punch

  Tim Wardle for Raw TV; first shown: Channel 4

  Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad

  Matt Smith for Only the Best Productions; first shown: BBC One

  A World Without Down's Syndrome?

  Clare Richards for Dragonfly Film & TV Productions; first shown: BBC Two

• Channel 4 Best Single Documentary - International

  Children on the Frontline: The Escape

  Marcel Mettelsiefen for ITN Productions; first shown: Channel 4

  Europe or Die

  Marco Salustro, Aws Al-Jazairy, Milene Larsson, Fabio Basone for VICE News; first shown: VICELAND UK

  The Fall

  Daniel Gordon for Hillside Productions in association with Passion Pictures; first shown: Picturehouse Cinemas & Sky Atlantic

  The Gun Shop

  John Douglas for Rogan Productions; first shown: Channel 4

  Last Days of Solitary

  Dan Edge, Lauren Mucciolo for PBS Frontline & Mongoose Pictures, first shown: BBC4

  Machines

  Rahul Jain for Jann Pictures, IV Films & Pallas FIlms; first shown: General theatrical release

  Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match

  Chris Cottam for Open Mike Productions; first shown: BBC Four

  Unarmed Black Male

  James Jones for BBC Current Affairs; first shown: BBC Two

• The Open University Best Current Affairs Documentary

  Battle for Mosul

  Joshua Baker for Mongoose Pictures Ltd; first shown: PBS FRONTLINE & theguardian.com

  Behind the Zero Line

  Frederick Paxton for VICELAND UK; first shown: VICELAND UK

  Goodbye Aleppo

  Christine Garabedian for BBC Arabic; first shown: BBC Arabic

  Last Days of Solitary

  Dan Edge, Lauren Mucciolo for PBS Frontline & and Mongoose Pictures, first shown: BBC4

  MPs: Behind Closed Doors

  Rachel Tracy for Sundog Pictures; first shown: Channel 5

  The Secret Life of Prisons

  Tom Barrow for Shine TV; first shown: Channel 4

  The Spy in the IRA

  Nick London for Films of Record; first shown: BBC One

  Yemen: Britain's Unseen War

  Patrick Wells for Quicksilver Media; first shown: Channel 4

• Grant Thornton Best Arts Documentary

  Bricks!

  Clare Beavan for BBC Studios; first shown: BBC Four

  Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence

  Richard Curson-Smith for IWC Media; first shown: BBC Two

  Grayson Perry All Man - Episode 1

  Neil Crombie, Arthur Cary for Swan Films; first shown: Channel 4

  Imagine: The Triumphs and Laments of William Kentridge

  Adam Low for Lone Star Productions; first shown: BBC One

  Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul

  John Edginton for Eagle Rock Films & Otmoor Productions; first shown: Sky Arts

  Manic Street Preachers: Escape from History

  Kieran Evans for CC-Lab; first shown: Sky Arts

  Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories

  Nick Willing for Kismet Film Company; first shown: BBC Two

  The Secret Life of Sue Townsend (Aged 68 3/4)

  Jude Ho for BBC Studios; first shown: BBC Two

• Televisual Best Historical Documentary

  13th

  Ava DuVernay for Forward Movement LLC & Kandoo Films; first shown: Netflix

  Aberfan: The Green Hollow

  Pip Broughton for BBC Studios in Wales & Vox Pictures; first shown: BBC Four

  The Big Picture: The People vs America

  Sanjiev Johal for Al Jazeera English; first shown: Al Jazeera

  Breaking the Silence: Britain's Adoption Scandal

  Alice Perman for Ronachan Films; first shown: ITV

  Destination Unknown

  Claire Ferguson for Gigatel; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest

  I Am Not Your Negro

  Raoul Peck for Velvet Film, Inc. (USA), Velvet Film (France), Artémis Productions, & Close Up Films; first shown: General theatrical release

  ISIS: The Origins of Violence

  Kevin Sim for Blakeway; first shown: Channel 4

  Six Wives with Lucy Worsley - Episode 3

  Russell England for Wall to Wall Media co-produced with PBS; first shown: BBC One

• Sargent-Disc Best Science Documentary

  Attenborough's Life That Glows

  Martin Dohrn, Joe Loncraine for Terra Mater Factual Studios, Ammonite in co-production with CuriosityStream in association with BBC and ABC Australia; first shown: BBC Two

  China: Between Clouds and Dreams - A Letter from Russia

  Phil Agland for River Films; first shown: Channel 4

  The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs - Episode 1

  Dominique Walker, Emeka Onono, Jack Rampling for Raw TV; first shown: BBC One

  The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital

  Barbie MacLaurin for Raw TV; first shown: BBC Two

  Forces of Nature with Brian Cox: Episode 2, Somewhere in Spacetime

  Stephen Cooter for BBC Studios Science co-produced with PBS; first shown: BBC One

  How to Build a Human

  Stephen Mizelas for Little Gem Media Ltd; first shown: Channel 4

  Man Made Planet: Earth from Space

  Kenny Scott for Arrow Media; first shown: Channel 4

  Michael Mosley vs The Superbugs

  Peter Gauvain for Renegade Pictures (UK) Ltd; first shown: BBC Four

• Isle of Media Best Natural History Documentary

  Birds of Paradise: The Ultimate Quest - Episode 2

  Simon Davies for Tigress Productions; first shown: BBC Two

  The Eagle Huntress

  Otto Bell for Kissaki Films, Stacey Reiss Productions & Warrior Poets; first shown: General theatrical release

  Into the Inferno

  Werner Herzog for Spring Films Ltd, Werner Herzog Film GmbH & Matter of Fact Media Inc. in association with Dogwoof Ltd; first shown: Netflix

  Monkeys: An Amazing Animal Family - Asia

  Clare Dornan, Alex Williamson for Offspring Films; first shown: Sky 1

  New Zealand: Earth’s Mythical Islands - Cast Adrift

  Mark Flowers, Nick Easton for BBC, NDR Naturfilm & National Geographic Channels; first shown: BBC Two

  Planet Earth II - Islands

  Elizabeth White for BBC Studios co-produced with BBC America, ZDF, Tencent & France Télèvisions; first shown: BBC One

  Spy in the Wild - Love

  John Downer for John Downer Productions co-produced with PBS; first shown: BBC One

  Wild Ireland: The Edge of the World - Episode 1

  John Murray, Cepa Giblin for Crossing the Line Productions; first shown: BBC Two

• Nyman Libson Paul Best Entertaining Documentary

  999: What's Your Emergency? - Nobody ever said, "When I grow up I want to answer 999 calls"

  James Incledon, Sam Barnes, Chris Rowe for Blast! Films; first shown: Channel 4

  Absolutely Fashion: Inside British Vogue - Episode 2

  Richard Macer for Lightbox Media; first shown: BBC Two

  Boy George's 1970s: Save Me from Suburbia

  Ian Denyer for IWC Media; first shown: BBC Two

  Chronicles of Nadiya - Episode 1

  Martha Delap for Love Productions; first shown: BBC One

  Fake! The Great Masterpiece Challenge: Urban Landscapes

  Simon Arnold; first shown: Sky Arts

  First Dates (Series 8, Episode 1)

  Richard Mears, Tom Locking for Twenty Twenty; first shown: Channel 4

  Get Shirty

  Andy Wells for Fox Films & Ten Monkeys; first shown: ITV

  Marigold on Tour - Florida

  Simon Draper for Two Four; first shown: BBC Two

• Envy Best Documentary Series

  24 Hours in Police Custody

  Graeme Macauley, Gemma Brady, Stuart Bernard for The Garden Productions; first shown: Channel 4

  American Justice

  Arthur Cary, Jonathan Taylor for Minnow Films; first shown: BBC Two

  Conviction: Murder at the Station

  James Newton for Raw TV; first shown: BBC Two

  Exodus

  James Bluemel, Jack MacInnes, Paul Glynn, Robin Barnwell for Keo Films; first shown: BBC Two

  Hospital

  Production Team for Label1 - ITV Studios; first shown: BBC Two

  Kids on The Edge

  Peter Beard, Tim Lawton for Century films; first shown: Channel 4

  Mr v Mrs: Call the Mediator

  Barnaby Peel and Jenny Dames for Wild Pictures; first shown: BBC Two

  OJ: Made in America

  Ezra Edelman; first shown: BBC Four

• Evolutions Best Constructed Documentary Series

  First Dates Hotel

  David Symmons for Twenty Twenty; first shown: Channel 4

  Hunted

  Production Team for Shine TV; first shown: Channel 4

  Muslims Like Us

  Production Team for Love Productions; first shown: BBC Two

  Mutiny

  Sophie Todd for Windfall; first shown: Channel 4

  Rich House, Poor House

  Simon Joslin, Marcus English, Adrian Hylton for Hat Trick Productions; first shown: Channel 5

  SAS: Who Dares Wins

  Sophie Leonard, Alex Kiehl for Minnow; first shown: Channel 4

  Secret Life of Four and Five Year Olds

  Jackie Waldock for RDF Television; first shown: Channel 4

  The Trial: Murder in the Family

  Nick Holt, Kath Mattock for Dragonfly; first shown: Channel 4

• Bertha DocHouse Best Cinema Documentary

  Dancer

  Steven Cantor; first shown: General theatrical release

  Half Way

  Daisy-May Hudson; first shown: General theatrical release

  I Am Not Your Negro

  Raoul Peck for Velvet Film, Inc. (USA), Velvet Film (France), Artémis Productions, Close Up Films; first shown: General theatrical release

  Letters from Baghdad

  Sabine Krayenbühl, Zeva Oelbaum for Between the Rivers Productions; first shown: General theatrical release

  Life, Animated

  Roger Ross Williams; first shown: General theatrical release

  My Scientology Movie

  John Dower for Red Box Films; first shown: General theatrical release

  Notes on Blindness

  Peter Middleton, James Spinney for Archer’s Mark, in association with Fee Fie Foe Films & 104 Films, in co-production with Agat Films & Cie; first shown: General theatrical release

  Weiner

  Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg; first shown: General theatrical release

• Yaddo Best Documentary Short

  Adrift

  Cath Le Couteur for Adrift Films; first shown: National Geographic

  Fish Story

  Charlie Lyne for Loop; first shown: BFI Future Film Festival

  Johanna

  Ian Derry for Archer's Mark; first shown: NOWNESS

  Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under

  Rubika Shah for Smoking Bear Productions; first shown: Picturehouse Cinemas

  The Moderators

  Ciarán Cassidy, Adrian Chen; first shown: wired.com

  The Refugee Diaries - episode three

  Jack Collins for Rogan Productions; first shown: BBC Three

  Seventeen

  Mollie Mills for Green Door Pictures; first shown: BBC Three

  Swan

  Lindsay Brown for ammfilm; first shown: Edinburgh International Film Festival

• ITV Best Student Documentary

  Acta Non Verba

  Yvann Yagchi for NFTS; first shown: University/College screening

  The Adventures of an Aspiring Rock Star

  Sam Oldmeadow for NFTS; first shown: University/College screening

  Babies & Bellyboards

  Giulia Franchi for Falmouth University; first shown: University/College screening

  Chomo

  Maayan Arad for NFTS; first shown: University/College screening

  Homebound

  Tom Jeffery for London College of Communication; first shown: University/College screening

  Life Time

  Adam Drake for Falmouth University; first shown: University/College screening

  Pride in Rags

  Tom Whitaker for NFTS; first shown: University/College screening

  Unspeakable

  Kate Stonehill for NFTS; first shown: University/College screening

• Warner Bros TV Production UK Best Documentary Presenter

  ADAM PEARSON for My Amazing Twin

  James Newton for BBC Studios Science; first shown: BBC Two

  CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN for The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs

  Dominique Walker, Emeka Onono, Jack Rampling for Raw TV; first shown: BBC One

  GRAYSON PERRY for Grayson Perry: All Man

  Neil Crombie for Swan Films; first shown: Channel 4

  NADIYA HUSSAIN for Chronicles of Nadiya

  Martha Delap for Love Productions; first shown: BBC One

  RICH HALL for Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match

  Chris Cottam for Open Mike Productions; first shown: BBC Four

  SALLY PHILLIPS for A World Without Down’s Syndrome?

  Clare Richards for Dragonfly; first shown: BBC Two

  STACEY DOOLEY for Stacey Dooley Investigates: Young Sex for Sale in Japan

  Joyce Trozzo for BBC Current Affairs London; first shown: BBC Three

  TOM HOLLAND for Isis: The Origins of Violence

  Kevin Sim for Blakeway; first shown: Channel 4