🏆 Announcing the winners of the 2026 Grierson British Documentary Awards, in association with Banijay UK

See the full list of winners https://griersontrust.org/grierson-awards/past-awards/2026/?utm_source=talentmanager&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=awards_2026_winners#winners

Congratulations to everyone involved in the making and distribution of the winning films!

Thank you to the wonderful Nish Kumar for hosting, our Chair Tom McDonald and the other Grierson Trustees, our insightful reviewers and judges, and all our guests who helped make the 2026 Grierson Awards so special 🌟

Thank you also to sponsors and supporters across our categories...

ENVY for Best Single Documentary - Domestic 
Broadcast International for Best Single Documentary - International 
Televisual for Best Current Affairs Documentary 
Bleeding Fingers for Best Arts and Music Documentary 
Best Sports Documentary 
Best History Documentary 
Best Science and Natural History Documentary
Most Entertaining Documentary
Best Crime and Justice Documentary
Netflix for Best Documentary Series 
Channel 4 for Best Constructed and Formatted Documentary
Sky Documentaries for Best Cinema Documentary
Banijay UK for Best Student Documentary  
Analogue for Best Documentary Short
Best Digital Documentary
Best Documentary Presenter 
BBC for Grierson Trustees’ Award 

And to our other industry supporters, British Council, The Farm, National Geographic, Realscreen and Sargent Disc.

📸 Credits: Victor Frankowski & Mike Massaro @hello_content @frankowski @mike__massaro