Apple TV+, BBC Two take two prizes each at C21 International Drama Awards

CONTENT LONDON: US tech giant Apple’s streaming service Apple TV+ and UK pubcaster BBC Two won two prizes each at tonight’s annual C21 International Drama Awards.

Pachinko, Apple TV+’s series based on the New York Times bestseller that chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations, won Best Non-English-Language Drama Series. It is produced by Media Res and Blue Marble Pictures.

Apple TV+ also took home Best English-Language Drama Series for Slow Horses, the spy thriller based on Mick Herron’s Slough House series of novels and produced by See-Saw Films.

BBC Two’s awards came in the Best Returning Comedy-Drama Series and Best TV Movie categories. Inside No 9 (BBC Studios) took the former while My Name is Leon (Douglas Road Productions, Tiger Aspect, Ringside Studios, Vicarious Productions) took the latter.

Elsewhere, Sort Of, produced by Sphere Media for HBO Max in the US and CBC in Canada, was named Best Comedy-Drama Series, while HBO’s Succession followed up its success in Monday’s Rose d’Or Awards by taking the prize for Best Returning Drama.

The two talent awards went the way of Olivia Colman, who claimed Best Individual Performance in a Drama Series for her role in Sky Atlantic’s Landscapers, and Sarah Kendall who picked up Best Individual Performance in a Comedy-Drama Series for her work on Sky Max’s Frayed.

Welsh-language series Pigeon (Triongl, Cwmni Da, S4C) won the C21 International Drama Series Pitch Competition, while there were joint winners of the Studio21 Drama Series Script Competition: I Am Burd Girl from writer Laurence Turnbull and Clitorati from Jess Edwards.

Finally, the DQ Craft Award went to Maryland, Lucy Kirkwood’s one-off BBC drama starring Zawe Ashton and Hayley Squires.

The full list of winners is:

Best Non-English-Language Drama Series
Pachinko
Produced by: Media Res, Blue Marble Pictures
For: Apple TV+
Distributed by: Apple TV+

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Best English-Language Drama Series
Slow Horses
Produced by: See-Saw Films
For: Apple TV+
Distributed by: Apple TV+

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Best TV Movie
My Name is Leon
Produced by: Douglas Road Productions, Tiger Aspect, Ringside Studios, Vicarious Productions
For: BBC Two
Distributed by: Thirteen Films

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Best Casting of a Drama Series
Oussekine
Produced by: Itinéraire Productions
For: Disney+
Distributed by: Disney+

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Best Comedy-Drama Series
Sort Of
Produced by: Sphere Media
For: CBC (CA), HBO Max (US)
Distributed by: Sphere Media Distribution, Abacus Media Rights

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Best Individual Performance in a Comedy-Drama Series
Sarah Kendall – Frayed S2
Produced by: Merman Television, Guesswork Television
For: Sky Max
Distributed by: Sky Studios

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Best Individual Performance in a Drama Series
Olivia Colman – Landscapers
Produced by: Sister, South of the River Pictures
For: Sky Atlantic
Distributed by: Sky Studios

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Best Newform Drama Series
Disability Benefits
Produced by: Merman Television, 2LE Media
For: All 4
Distributed by: Channel 4

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Best Miniseries
Pour toi Flora (Dear Flora)
Produced by: Nish Media
For: Radio-Canada, APTN
Distributed by: Attraction Distribution

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Best Returning Comedy-Drama Series
Inside No 9
Produced by: BBC Studios
For: BBC Two
Distributed by: BBC Studios

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Best Returning Drama Series
Succession
Produced by: HBO Entertainment, Project Zeus, Hyperobject Industries, Gary Sanchez Productions
For: Sky Atlantic
Distributed by: Warner Bros Discovery Int’l Content Distribution

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DQ Craft Award
Maryland
Produced by: Century Films
For: BBC