Documentaries on TV and radio are often powerful pieces of factual story-telling. They should help audiences make sense of major stories across politics, religion, science and many other subjects.
We are looking for single documentaries, or an extended themed programme sequence or series, that has covered a topical subject in an interesting and perhaps unusual way.
The programme should provide the audience with an insight that is difficult to get elsewhere.
For television only, there are two TV awards for long form documentaries: best international current affairs documentary and best domestic current affairs documentary.
What’s the difference for television?
In the international award, your entry might be a documentary that reports on a major international occurrence or it might shed light on a particular part of the world that’s under-reported by news programmes.
For the domestic award, your entry might cover the reaction to a particular situation in your country and its aftermath.
We’re looking for superior production values, clear and understandable presentation and first rate editing.
Of course, the story must be explained without bias and provide contextual information so that people who are unfamiliar with the story can understand what is being discussed.
All documentaries entered must have been transmitted or distributed online between 1 June 2011 and 30 June 2012.
See the checklist on this website for full information on what you need to submit for this category.