The TV Foundation, in association with the Edinburgh TV Festival, has announced the winners of the 2024 New Voice Awards.
The New Voice Awards recognise emerging creatives and the organisations that back them
Big wins on the evening came for ITV who received the Best Broadcaster For New Talent award for the third year running. The Victor Adebodun Award for Debut Director in Scripted went to David Allain for his work on Series 4 of ITV1’s The Bay (Episodes 4, 5 & 6).
Channel 4, who dominated this year’s shortlist with 13 nominations, scooped three awards on the night including the Debut Writer award which went to Bridget Christie for her work on Channel 4 comedy-drama series The Change. The Victor Adebodun Award for Debut Director (Unscripted) went to Ben Cheetham for Channel 4’s Pete Doherty, Who Killed My Son?, and Emily Victoria won the Debut Presenter award for the Channel 4 documentary A Paedophile in My Family: Surviving Dad.
Holly Newson picked up the award for Future Presenter, while the award for Best Social Series went to Dom A Lloyd: Cymru Heddiw. Further awards for New Talent went to Big Deal Films for Best Production Company, and Middleweek Newton Talent Management for Best Agency. The 2024 Mentor of the Year award was presented to producer Jules Hussey of Brazen Productions.
The TV Foundation Programme Director, Gemma Bradshaw said: “We are delighted to have the New Voice Awards return for the seventh annual ceremony. It’s a privilege to recognise and celebrate the remarkable emerging talent, and to acknowledge the broadcasters who champion new voices. This is the future of the TV industry – the writers, directors, presenters and companies about to set the industry alight.”
The full list of nominees and winners is below.
BEST BROADCASTER FOR NEW TALENT
Channel 4
ITV – WINNER
Prime Video
FUTURE PRESENTER
Anna Scott
Charlotte Frazer
Holly Newson – WINNER
Jessica Venner
Shana Gujral
Stacey Olika
DEBUT PRESENTER
Adeola Patronne – Ready Or Not, Episode 1 (Channel 4.0, Youtube)
David Navarro – The Secrets Of UK Prisons (Channel 4)
Emily Victoria – A Paedophile in My Family: Surviving Dad (Channel 4) – WINNER
Sian Eleri – Paranormal: The Girl, The Ghost and The Gravestone (BBC iPlayer)
Daniel Ashville – Building Impossible With Daniel Ashville (National Geographic)
Jackie Adedeji – UNTOLD: My Big Boobs (Channel 4)
DEBUT WRITER
Louis Paxton – Calamity James – BBC Short (BBC3/BBC IPlayer/BBC Scotland)
Bridget Christie – The Change (Channel 4) – WINNER
Jamie Davis – You & Me, Episodes 1-3 (ITVX / ITV1)
Jacqui Honess-Martin – Maternal, Episodes 1-6 (ITV1)
Dillon Mapletoft and Oliver Taylor – Everyone Else Burns, Episode 1 (Channel 4)
David Macpherson – The Rig, Episode 1 (Prime Video)
THE VICTOR ADEBODUN AWARD FOR DEBUT DIRECTOR (SCRIPTED)
Aurora Fearnley – Hollyoaks (Channel 4)
David Allain – The Bay – Season 4, Episodes 4, 5, 6 (ITV1) – WINNER
Jacob Topen and Ibrahim Clayton – A Better Place (BBC THREE/BBC iPlayer/BBC Scotland)
THE VICTOR ADEBODUN AWARD FOR DEBUT DIRECTOR (UNSCRIPTED) SUPPORTED BY PICTURE SHOP
Ben Cheetham – Pete Doherty, Who Killed My Son? (Channel 4) – WINNER
Aodh Breathnach – Scars: Surviving a Stabbing (BBC Three)
Jordan Pitt and Fola Evans-Akingbola – Untold Stories: Hair on Set (Sky Documentaries)
Monique Needham – Black Britain Unspoken – Food, Music & Vibes (Discovery+)
Jordan Kenton Thomas – Fresh Cuts – For Crown and Country (ITVX / ITV1)
Jessicah North – Fresh Cuts – Black Boys Can Cry with Alex Beresford (ITVX / ITV1)
BEST PRODUCTION COMPANY FOR NEW TALENT
Bad Wolf
BBC Studios
Big Deal Films – WINNER
Fully Focused Productions
Dancing Ledge Produtions
Wildstar Films – SPECIAL MENTION
BEST AGENCY FOR NEW TALENT
Gritty Talent
Insanity Talent Management
InterTalent
Fillingham Weston Associates
Imagine Talent Ltd
Middleweek Newton Talent Management – WINNER
BEST SOCIAL SERIES
Dom a Lloyd: Cymru Heddiw (Youtube – Hansh) – WINNER
Life Uncovered (YouTube – Channel 4 Documentaries)
Teens On Cons (YouTube – Channel 4 Documentaries)
The Filly & Harry Show (YouTube – Channel 4.0)
Ask The Mask (YouTube – Channel 4 Documentaries)
Overthinking It (YouTube)
MENTOR OF THE YEAR
Henrietta Colvin (Sid Gentle)
James Capel (Scribe Lounge)
Jules Hussey (Brazen Productions) – WINNER
Khurrum M. Sultan (McDonald & Dodds) – SPECIAL MENTION
Nelesh Dhand (Netflix)
Yeota Imam-Rashid (Rondo Media)
Jon Creamer
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