Channel 4 Celebrates 126 TV Award Wins In 2023

Channel 4 is celebrating a cumulative 126 TV Award wins across 2023, beating all previous records in its 41-year-old history as a broadcaster including:

• Nine British Academy Television Awards – Channel 4's best haul of TV BAFTAs in 22 years (since 2001)
Best Factual Channel (More4) and Best Entertainment Channel (4.0) at the Broadcast Digital Awards
• Six Edinburgh TV Awards, including a record-breaking 29 nominations
A Peabody Award (Ukraine: Life Under Attack)
An International Emmy® (Derry Girls)
Some of Channel 4's programmes also collected multiple Award wins including:

• Derry Girls won 13 awards (BAFTA winning)
• Children of the Taliban won seven awards (BAFTA winning)
• Lyra won six awards
• Taskmaster won six awards
• I am Ruth won four awards (BAFTA winning)
• Gogglebox won four awards (including RTS Programme Award and NTA)

Ian Katz, Chief Content Officer at Channel 4 commented: "I'm thrilled to see so many Channel 4 programmes collecting trophies this year, across all areas of our output. The channel is unique – both in our remit to challenge the status quo and in our role in supporting brilliant independent producers – and this year's record haul reflects that distinctiveness. While it has been a challenging year for the broadcasting industry, it’s great to see the hard work and creative brilliance of the people who make our shows recognised by the awards juries."

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