The Grierson Trust Unveils British Documentary Awards Winners

The Grierson Trust, in association with All3Media, has crowned the winners of the 2023 British Documentary Awards.

The awards were handed out at a ceremony hosted by comedian Nish Kumar at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London. Awards were spread across seven broadcasters and streamers, alongside theatrically released features and online platforms.

In addition to the program awards, this year’s BBC Grierson Trustees Award was presented to Anna Hall, and the Sky Documentaries Grierson Hero of the Year Award to Deaf and Disabled People in TV was won by Bryony Arnold, Caroline O’Neill and Charlie Pheby.

The award for best single documentary—domestic was conferred to Lyra. The international award for the same category was won by All That Breathes.

Retrograde won for best current affairs doc. The best arts documentary was Sr., while the music, sports and history categories were won by Moonage Daydream, The Real Mo Farah and episode three of Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland, respectively.

The best science documentary was episode one of Inside Our Autistic Minds, while best natural history or environmental documentary was Big Oil vs. the World—Denial. Best entertaining documentary was Pepsi, Where’s My Jet—The Kid from Seattle.

Best constructed doc series was Monster Factory. Best documentary series was taken by Netflix’s Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland, its second award at the ceremony. All that Breathes was the best cinema documentary.

Best student doc was With Woman, while best documentary short was Lady of the Gobi from Fullwell 73.

Best documentary presenter was Hannah Fry for her work on Making Sense of Cancer with Hannah Fry.