Broadchurch Contends For Broadcast Awards Head-To-Head Prize

Broadchurch is one of the ten shows chosen to battle it out to determine the winner of the Timeline TV Award in this year's Broadcast Awards, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of the event.

The top ten prizewinning shows of the last 20 years have been voted for online by Broadcast subscribers. Attendees at the awards ceremony will be able to decide their winner in a live head-to-head vote from a final shortlist during the event on Wednesday 4th February at London's Grosvenor House. The final shortlist is:

Big Brother
Best new programme, 2001
Bazal (Endemol) for Channel 4

Brass Eye: Paedophilia Special
Best comedy, 2002
Talkback Productions for Channel 4

Broadchurch
Best drama series or serial, 2014
Kudos Film & TV for ITV

Educating Yorkshire
Best documentary series, 2014
Twofour for Channel 4

Gavin and Stacey
Best comedy, 2009
Baby Cow for BBC Three

I’m Alan Partridge
Best comedy, 1999
Talkback Productions for BBC Two

Life On Mars
Best original programme, 2007
Kudos Film & TV for BBC One

Storyville: Man On Wire
Best documentary programme, 2010
Wall to Wall with Red Box Films for BBC Two

The Office
Best comedy, 2003
BBC Entertainment for BBC Two

Who Do You Think You Are?
Best popular factual, 2006
Wall to Wall for BBC Two

The Broadcast Awards, now in their 20th year, celebrate the best of British creativity and  programing and reward excellence in the UK broadcasting industry.

A second series of Broadchurch starring David Tennant and Olivia Colman is currently airing on ITV on Monday nights at 9pm.