Full list of nominees

 

Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme - Domestic

The Age of Loneliness

Sue Bourne for Wellpark Productions; first shown: BBC One

Behind Closed Doors

Anna Hall for True Vision Aire; first shown: BBC One

Breaking into Britain: The Lorry Jumpers

Leo Maguire for Minnow Films; first shown: Channel 4

Chemsex

William Fairman, Max Gogarty for VICE Media; first shown: London Film Festival

How to Die: Simon's Choice

Rowan Deacon for Minnow Films; first shown: BBC Two

Love You to Death: A Year of Domestic Violence

Vanessa Engle for BBC Documentaries; first shown: BBC Two

Muslim Drag Queens

Marcus Plowright for Swan Films; first shown: Channel 4

My Son the Jihadi

Peter Beard for True Vision Productions; first shown: Channel 4

 

Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme - International

Breaking into Britain: The Lorry Jumpers

Leo Maguire for Minnow Films; first shown: Channel 4

Charlie Hebdo: 3 Days That Shook Paris

Ursula Macfarlane for Films of Record; first shown: More 4

Children of the Gaza War

James Jones for BBC; first shown: BBC Two

Falciani's Tax Bomb

Ben Lewis for Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Alex Gibney for Jigsaw Productions; first shown: General theatrical release

How to Change the World

Jerry Rothwell for Met Film Production, Insight Productions Ltd, Daniel Films; first shown: Sky Atlantic

Mumbai High: The Musical

Brian Hill, Sam Benstead for Century Films Ltd; first shown: BBC Four

Storyville: A Syrian Love Story

Sean McAllister for Tenfoot films; first shown: BBC Four

 

The Open University Best Documentary on Current Affairs

Al Jazeera Investigates - Genocide Agenda

Phil Rees for Al Jazeera Media Network; first shown: Al Jazeera

Dispatches: Escape from Isis

Edward Watts for ITN; first shown: Channel 4

Exposure: Jihad: A British Story

Deeyah Khan for Fuuse Films; first shown: ITV

Exposure: Saudi Arabia Uncovered

James Jones for Hardcash Productions; first shown: ITV

The Jihadis Next Door

Jamie Roberts for Mentorn Media; first shown: Channel 4

This World: Outbreak: The Truth About Ebola

Dan Edge for Mongoose Pictures and Quicksilver Media; first shown: BBC Two

Three Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks

Dan Reed for Amos Pictures; first shown: BBC Two

We Walk Together

John Domokos for The Guardian; first shown: theguardian.com

 

Best Arts Documentary

Amy

Asif Kapadia for On The Corner; first shown: General theatrical release

Bolshoi Babylon

Nick Read, Mark Franchetti for Red Box Films; first shown: General theatrical release

Handmade - Glass

Ian Denyer for BBC Scotland Arts; first shown: BBC Four

Painting the Johnsons

Rupert Edwards for Riverdog Productions; first shown: Sky Arts

Secrets of the Mona Lisa

Ian Leese for Brinkworth Films; first shown: BBC Two

Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death

Richard Curson Smith for Matchlight; first shown: BBC Two

The Vote

Josie Rourke, Tony Grech-Smith for Two Four/Donmar Warehouse; first shown: More 4

What Do Artists Do All Day: Sue Webster

Colette Camden for BBC Scotland Arts; first shown: BBC Four

 

ITN Source Best Historical Documentary

1945: The Savage Peace

Peter Molloy for Blakeway Productions; first shown: BBC Two

The 7/7 London Bombing: Survivors's Stories

Carl Hindmarch for STV; first shown: ITV

Attacking the Devil

Jacqui Morris, David Morris for Frith Street Films Ltd; first shown: General theatrical release

Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners: Profit and Loss

James Van Der Pool, Ben Crichton for BBC Studios; first shown: BBC Two

Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party

Hassan Amini and LAA Films for Amber Television; first shown: BBC Four

Hunt for the Arctic Ghost Ship

Ben Finney, Drama Director: Stuart Elliott for Lion Television ; first shown: Channel 4

My Nazi Legacy

David Evans for Wildgaze & Willow Films; first shown: General theatrical release

Victorian Bakers - Ep 2

Peter Sweasey, Neil Ferguson for Wall to Wall; first shown: BBC Two

 

Clockwork Capital Best Science Documentary

Can You Stop My Multiple Sclerosis?

Alison Priestley, Alys Cummings for BBC TV; first shown: BBC One

Countdown to Life: Against The Odds

Helen Sage for BBC Science Production London in partnership with The Open University.; first shown: BBC Two

First Contact: Lost Tribe of Amazon

Angus Macqueen for Ronachan Films and Pacha Films; first shown: Channel 4

Heston's Dinner In Space

Jay Taylor for Thoroughly Modern Media; first shown: Channel 4

Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time

Jamie Lochhead for Windfall Films; first shown: BBC Four

My Beautiful Broken Brain

Lotje Sodderland, Sophie Robinson for My Beautiful Broken Brain Ltd; first shown: Netflix

Oak Tree: Nature's Greatest Survivor

Nic Stacey for Furnace TV; first shown: BBC Four

Ten Billion

Peter Webber for Oxford Film & Television; first shown: Sky Atlantic

 

Best Natural History Documentary

Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur

Charlotte Scott for BBC Natural History Unit / PBS ; first shown: BBC One

Bear with Me

Yana Yerlashova; first shown: RT

Big Cats: An Amazing Animal Family

Alex Williamson for Offspring Films; first shown: Sky 1

Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough - Episode 3: Survival

Mike Davis and Anthony Geffen for Atlantic Productions; first shown: BBC One

The Great Polar Bear Feast

Nick Clark-Powell, Andrew Graham-Brown for Renegade Pictures (UK) Ltd; first shown: Channel 4

The Hunt: The Hardest Challenge

Alastair Fothergill, Huw Cordey for Silverback Films; first shown: BBC One

Loch Lomond: Spring - The Season of New Life

Duncan Chard for Tigress Productions and GroupM; first shown: Channel 5

Shark - programme 1

Steve Greenwood for BBC; first shown: BBC One

 

Nyman Libson Paul Best Entertaining Documentary

100 Year-Old Drivers Ride Again

Harry Beney for RDF Television; first shown: ITV

Being Ginger

Scott P. Harris; first shown: Netflix

Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America - Ep 3

Mike Reilly for 7 Wonder; first shown: ITV

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon

Douglas Tirola for 4th Row Films; first shown: Sky Atlantic

Secret Life of 4, 5 and 6 Year Olds - Ep 2

Nicola Brown (Series Director), Harjeet Chhoker, Kathryn Tregidgo, Rachel Harvie. for RDF Media; first shown: Channel 4

The Secret World of Lego

Christian Trumble for Waddell Media; first shown: Channel 4

The Tribe - Ep 2

Paddy Wivell for Renegade; first shown: Channel 4

A Very British Brothel

Michael Beilinson for Transparent Television; first shown: Channel 4

 

Envy Best Documentary Series

Dementiaville

Pamela Gordon (Series Director) for TwoFour /GroupM Entertainment / The Open University; first shown: Channel 4

The Detectives

James Newton for Minnow Films; first shown: BBC Two

The Hunt

Alastair Fothergill, Huw Cordey for Silverback Films; first shown: BBC One

Inside Obama's White House

Norma Percy, Paul Mitchell, Sarah Wallis, Delphine Jaudeau, Mick Gold for Brook Lapping Productions; first shown: BBC Two

Life and Death Row

Marina Parker, Jonathan Taylor, Ellena Wood, Francine Shaw for BBC Documentaries Production; first shown: BBC Three

The Met: Policing London

Abigail Priddle, Clare Richards, Holly Challinor for BBC Documentaries Production; first shown: BBC One

The Murder Detectives

Dave Nath - Series Director for Films of Record; first shown: Channel 4

The Tribe

Paddy Wivell for Renegade Pictures; first shown: Channel 4

 

Evolutions Best Constructed Documentary Series

Back in Time for The Weekend

Tom McCarthy, Victoria Bell, Kim Maddever, Emma Frank for Wall To Wall; first shown: BBC Two

First Dates

Gilly Goshawk and Richard Mills for Twenty Twenty; first shown: Channel 4

Gogglebox

Stephen Lambert, Tania Alexander, Chantal Boyle, Tom Whitrow for Studio Lambert; first shown: Channel 4

Hunted

Tim Whitwell, Matt Bennett, Kelly Webb-Lamb for Shine TV; first shown: Channel 4

Long Lost Family

 

Freddie Foss-Smith, Page Shepherd, Claire Lewis, Caroline Matthews, Sarah Feltes, Leo Burley for Wall To Wall Media; first shown: ITV

The Real Marigold Hotel

Series Director: Tom Currie for Twofour; first shown: BBC Two

SAS Who Dares Wins

Production team for Minnow Films; first shown: Channel 4

Secret Life of 4,5 and 6 Year Olds

Teresa Watkins, Emily Lawson, Nicola Brown (Series Director), Harjeet Chhoker, Kathryn Tregidgo, Rachel Harvie. for RDF Television; first shown: Channel 4

 

Bertha DocHouse Best Cinema Documentary

Amy

Asif Kapadia for On the Corner; first shown: General theatrical release

Best of Enemies

Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon; first shown: General theatrical release

Cartel Land

Matthew Heineman; first shown: General theatrical release

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Alex Gibney for Jigsaw Productions; first shown: General theatrical release

How to Change the World

Jerry Rothwell for Met Film Production, Daniel Films, Insight Production Ltd; first shown: General theatrical release

The Look of Silence

Joshua Oppenheimer, co-director: Anonymous; first shown: General theatrical release

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato; first shown: General theatrical release

Sherpa

Jennifer Peedom for Arrow Media/Felix Media; first shown: General theatrical release

 

Channel 4 Best Newcomer Documentary

16 Years Till Summer

Lou McLoughlan for Loumclou Films Ltd; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest

Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story

Emma Oastler for BBC Science Scotland; The Open University; BBC Worldwide; first shown: BBC Four

Chasing Dad: A Lifelong Addiction

Phillip Wood for Rare Day; first shown: BBC Three

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

Adam Benzine for Jet Black Iris Productions UK / Jet Black Iris Corporation / Jet Black Iris America LLC; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest

Colours of the Alphabet

Alastair Cole for Lansdowne Productions Ltd; first shown: 2016 Glasgow Film Festival

The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis

Leonardo Machado for Twofour; first shown: Channel 4

Muslim Drag Queens

Marcus Plowright for Swan Films; first shown: Channel 4

Where You're Meant to Be

Paul Fegan for Better Days Ltd; first shown: Glasgow Film Festival

 

Sky Atlantic Best Student Documentary

AWA: Zimbabwe's Rap Queen

Max Thurlow for London College of Communication; first shown: University/College screening

Coalville Gold

Ross Bolidai for National Film And Television School; first shown: University/College screening

Forest Gate Girls

Tariq Elmeri for National Film And Television School; first shown: University/College screening

The Pacemaker

Selah Hennessy for National Film And Television School; first shown: University/College screening

The Sunflower Inn

Miriam Ernst for National Film And Television School; first shown: University/College screening

Transindia

Meera Darji for Coventry University; first shown: University/College screening

Uprooted

Ross Domoney for National Film And Television School; first shown: University/College screening

Women in Sink

Iris Zaki for Royal Holloway, University of London; first shown: UK Jewish Film Festival

 

Warner Bros TV Production UK Documentary Presenter of the Year

ADAM PEARSON for Adam Pearson: Freak Show & The Ugly Face of Disability Hate Crime

Nick Poyntz for betty; first shown: BBC Three

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH for Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur

Charlotte Scott for BBC Natural History Production / PBS America; first shown: BBC One

DAVID OLUSOGA for Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

James Van Der Pool, Ben Crichton for BBC Studios first shown: BBC Two

DAVINA MCCALL for Long Lost Family

Freddie Foss-Smith, Page Shepherd, Claire Lewis, Caroline Matthews, Sarah Feltes, Leo Burley for Wall to Wall Media; first shown: ITV

HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL for Hugh's War on Waste

Minoo Bhatia and Callum Webster for KEO Films; first shown: BBC One

LOUIS THEROUX for Louis Theroux: Drinking To Oblivion

Tom Barrow, Jamie Pickup (Series Producer) for BBC Documentaries Production; first shown: BBC Two

MARY BEARD for Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit

Chris Mitchell for Lion Television; first shown: BBC Two

PAUL MAYHEW-ARCHER for Parkinson's: The Funny Side

Jane Goddard for BBC South; first shown: BBC One