Venice TV Award-winners have been announced, with the UK leading

Celebrating global television excellence, this year’s Venice TV Award-winners have been announced, with the UK leading. The BBC stood out in 2024 by winning three Gold Medals, as it did the previous year. The broadcaster claimed top honours in the Light Entertainment category for "The Eurovision Song Contest". It also triumphed in Animation with "A Bear Named Wojtek". Additionally, "Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods", the documentary which provided unprecedented access to Ukrainian soldiers, won Gold in Cinematography.

The UK emerged as the most successful country in this year’s awards, with a total of seven wins. In addition to the BBC’s successes, Sky UK won the Documentary category for "Hatton", which chronicles the journey of former boxer Ricky Hatton. In TV Series ITV was successful with "Mr Bates vs The Post Office".

The Children & Youth category saw Apple TV+ UK take home Gold in with "Lovely Little Farm" (Season 2), while Channel 4 secured victory in the Reality TV category with "Tempting Fortune."

Outside of the UK, French channel TV one earned gold in the TV Film category with "On the Run", a heart warming story of a bank robber who forms an unexpected bond with an abandoned boy. German broadcaster ZDF got a Special Jury Prize in the TV Series category with "The Zweiflers", a drama centred on Holocaust survivor Symcha Zweifler. Meanwhile, Globo TV Brazil secured two Gold Medals in the Branded Entertainment and Program Promotion categories.

Other international wins included entries from CBS America, Disney+, Record TV Brazil, RTVE Spain, 3sat and SP Portugal, reflecting the worldwide reach of the Venice TV Award.

GLOBAL RECOGNITION
The jury for the awards is made up of distinguished figures from the global TV industry, who are tasked with recognising the best television across 19 categories. "I thoroughly enjoyed the process and was impressed by the exceedingly high standard and diversity of entries this year,” said juror Alan Holland, Head of Specialist Factual Productions at BBC Studios, as he reflected on this year’s entries.

FOSTERING NEW TALENT
The Venice TV Award also remains committed to fostering new talent. The Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti in Italy won 2024’s New Talent category with "Vision d’été",.