Pact Members Dominate 2025 Broadcast Awards

Studio Lambert was crowned Best Independent Production Company and many more Pact members were also celebrating at the ceremony hosted in London last week.

12 Feb 2025

Studio Lambert was crowned Best Independent Production Company at the Broadcast Awards, which took place in London on Wednesday 5th February. The Race Across the World and The Traitors producer also walked away with the Best Entertainment Programme Award for Squid Game: The Challenge, which it co-produced with fellow Pact member, The Garden.

Meanwhile, Dare Pictures won Emerging Indie of the Year, with Broadcast recognising the Black-led indie for having 'firmly established its presence and reputation in the domestic and international TV markets.'

ITV Studios' impactful drama, Mr Bates vs the Post Office (co-produced with Little Gem) won both the Special Recognition Award and TV Moment of the Year Award. Gavin & Stacey, co-produced by Pact members Baby Cow and Tidy Productions alongside Fulwell 73, became the inaugural inductee into Broadcast's Hall of Fame, being recognised as a programme that has made 'an indelible mark on British life and has been influential and acclaimed within the industry.'

Other Pact members celebrating on the night were:

72 Films - Best Specialist Factual Programme for The Zelensky Story (co-produced with The Open University)

Big Talk Studios & That Mitchell & Webb Company - Best Comedy Programme for Ludwig

BlackLight Television - Best Single Drama for On The Edge: Letting Go

Blast Films - Best Multichannel Programme for High: Surviving a Dubai Drugs Bust

ITV Studios - Best Soap/Continuing Drama for Coronation Street

Lion Television - Best Children’s Programme for Horrible Histories: The Gruesome Gunpowder Plot

Love Productions - Best Popular Factual Programme for The Piano

Magic Light Pictures - Best Pre-School Programme for Tabby McTat

ScreenDog Productions - Best Original Programme for The Jury: Murder Trial

Two Cities TV - Best Drama or Serial for Blue Lights (co-produced with Gallagher Films)

Whisper - Best Sports Programme for Paralympic Games Paris 2024

Sony Pictures Television for Bad Wolf - Best International Programme Sales for Red Eye    


Congratulations to them, and to all the winners on the night.
A full list of winners can be found on the Broadcast website.


Image credit: Alicia Clarke/Broadcast