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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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