SANDFORD ST MARTIN 2023 AWARDS SHORTLISTS
After a tough couple of years, with fears of Covid receding, there were times when 2022 almost felt like it was going to be easy. Then there was war in Ukraine. In the UK we saw three prime ministers in less than a year, a cost of living crisis, and, of course, the death of a beloved monarch. If people weren’t already teetering on the brink of an existential crisis, by the end of a tumultuous year we had had plenty of opportunities to be asking ourselves some very big questions about our responsibilities to our fellow citizens, to the planet, how to live an ethical life, and what it’s all about anyway. This mood is most definitely reflected in the the shortlists for this year’s awards which also explore who we are, how we got here and what happens next – questions that are often at the heart of faith.
On the flip side, all these questions mean it’s been a good year for religious and ethical broadcast content – if a tough one for this year’s shortlisters who have had to grapple with possibly the highest standard of entries ever received. We are extremely grateful to them for the thought, consideration and dedication they have devoted to what has been a daunting task. And while kudos are due to our finalists, I’d also like to congratulate all of this year’s entrants. The lists below are only the very tip of an iceberg of excellence.
Anna McNamee, Executive Director
20 March 2023
To meet this year’s judging panels, click HERE.
TV/Video
A BELIEVER’S GUIDE TO… (series)
Milk and Honey Productions for BBC One
Renegade Pictures for ITV
DAVID BADDIEL: JEWS DON’T COUNT
Mindhouse Productions for Channel 4
DISABILITY & ABORTION: THE HARDEST CHOICE
RDF Television/Hey Sonny for Channel 4
New Decade TV Ltd for RTÉ
The Movement for Justice and Reconciliation for Festival/Vimeo
Radio/Audio
Loftus Media for Hits Radio Pride
LIVING WITH FEELING, EPISODE 1: RETHINKING EMOTIONS
Rhubarb Rhubarb for the Queen Mary Centre for History of Emotions
Veronica Simmonds/Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4
Natalia Golysheva Deis/Whistledown Productions for BBC World Service
Tempo & Talker Productions Ltd for BBC Radio 4
THE EXCHANGE – BREAKING WITH TRADITION
Loftus Media for BBC Radio 4
Journalism
BBC Religion and Ethics for BBC World Service
A SENSE OF COMMUNITY: IZTAPALAPA
Al Jazeera English
BBC NEWS: THE DEATH OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
BBC News
BEYOND BELIEF: PUTIN’S RELIGIOUS WAR
BBC Religion and Ethics for BBC Radio 4/BBC Sounds
MUSLIM CHOIR
BBC Look North
UNREPORTED WORLD: ANTI-VAXX PREACHERS AND THE RACE TO VACCINATE SOUTH SUDAN
ITN – Channel 4 News for Channel 4
Young Audience
Top & Tail Productions and UCB for UCB 2/UCB Player
CTVC for TrueTube.co.uk
Loftus Media for Hits Radio Pride
KMTV Ltd for KMTV – Freeview Channel 7
BBC Audio Religion and Ethics for BBC World Service
Social Broadcasts for Fun Kids Radio