Winners

Winning Channel 4 format Surviving The Stone Age’s producer Natalie Wilkinson

Commercially funded UK pubcaster Channel 4 took home three prizes at the annual International Format Awards, held digitally this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Surviving the Stone Age, from Renegade Pictures and Motion Content Group for Channel 4, took home the Best Factual Entertainment prize at the online event, hosted by C21Media in association with Frapa, EMC and MipFormats.

In the C4 show, which is being shopped by Passion Distribution at this week’s digital MipTV, eight experts journey across one of Europe’s last remaining wildernesses for a month, using Stone Age tribe methods of survival.

The channel’s ‘Heart Special’ of long-running hospital obs doc 24 Hours in A&E, from The Garden Productions and distributed by Banijay Rights, was this year’s Best Brand-Driven Format.

Love Productions’ format The Great Bake Off, which C4 nabbed from the BBC in 2016, was named Best Returning Format.

Elsewhere, one of US streamer HBO Max’s first forays into the formats business, floristry competition show Full Bloom, from Eureka Productions, was named Best Competition Reality Format.

The prizes were spread far and wide across the globe in 2021, with Asahi TV in Japan taking Best Comedy Format for The Secret Gameshow, France 3 winning Best Multi-Platform Format for Thriller Game, VTM Belgium’s Project Cupid scooping Best Reality Format, and US broadcast network ABC taking Best Studio-Based Gameshow Format for Don’t.

Unter Freunden Stirbt Man Nicht (You Don’t Die Among Friends), from Keshet Tresor Fiction, for TVNow in Germany, was named Best Scripted Format.

Anette Romer, who left TV2 in Denmark after three decades of service in 2020, was the recipient of this year’s Gold Award.

TO VIEW THE AWARDS SHOW, CLICK HERE.

And the winners are:

BEST FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT FORMAT

BEST MULTI-PLATFORM FORMAT

BEST SCRIPTED FORMAT

BEST COMEDY FORMAT

BEST BRAND-DRIVEN FORMAT

BEST REALITY FORMAT

BEST COMPETITION REALITY FORMAT

BEST STUDIO-BASED GAMESHOW FORMAT

BEST HOST OF A FORMAT

BEST RETURNING FORMAT

BEST INNOVATION IN THE TIME OF COVID FORMAT

THE INTERNATIONAL FORMATS BUSINESS GOLD AWARD 2022

Congratulations to all the winners!

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The Results: IFA 2021 - Winners

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Surviving The Stone Age IFA 2021 - Best Factual Entertainment Format

Nominated for: Best Factual Entertainment Format 2021

Produced by: Renegade Pictures and Motion Content Group
For: Channel 4
Distributed by: Passion Distribution

Deep in one of Europe’s last remaining wildernesses, eight experts embark on an epic journey to uncover the secrets of the Stone Age. For one month, they will attempt to follow in the footsteps of our Stone Age ancestors and survive as a tribe. MORE

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Thriller Game IFA 2021 - Best Multi-Platform Format

Nominated for: Best Multi-Platform Format 2021

Produced by: Coyote and Alphamedia
For: France 3
Distributed by: All3Media International

Can you solve the case? In each episode of Thriller Game a murder has been committed. It’s now up to viewers to find the killer! In this interactive format, which is part drama, part game show, viewers are totally immersed in the action as they are given access to all the case details in order to tr... MORE

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Unter Freunden Stirbt Man Nicht (You Don’t Die Among Friends) IFA 2021 - Best Scripted Format

Nominated for: Best Scripted Format

Produced by: Keshet Tresor Fiction
For: TV Now
Distributed by: Keshet International

Based on the Israeli black comedy Stockholm created by Noa Yedlin, this German adaptation also tells the story of a group of long-standing friends in their prime. When Hermann - a renowned scientist and hottest candidate for the Nobel Prize in Business - dies unexpectedly, the bereaved come up with a daring plan: to... MORE

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The Secret Gameshow IFA 2021 - Best Comedy Format

Nominated for: Best Comedy Format 2021

Produced by: Asahi Broadcasting TV Corporation and NBCUniversal Formats
For: ABC Japan
Distributed by: NBCUniversal Formats

Unsuspecting workers sit down at their desks to find themselves the star of a gameshow, needing to perform a series of challenges to win a life changing amount of money. The catch? No one in the office can know what they’re up to. MORE

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24 Hours in A&E: Heart Special IFA 2021 - Best Brand-Driven Format

Nominated for: Best Brand-Driven Format 2021

Produced by: The Garden Productions
For: Channel 4
Distributed by: Banijay Rights

This special episode of the award-winning series in partnership with British Heart Foundation, follows the stories of three patients treated for cardiac problems at St. George’s Hospital in south west London. MORE

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Project Cupid IFA 2021 - Best Reality Format

Nominated for: Best Reality Format

Produced by: Roses are Blue
For: VTM
Distributed by: Be-Entertainment

The new Diversity Dating format that helps people with a mental challenge to find love. Two hosts open a temporary dating agency in order to help our Daters to find their perfect match. Starting with an intake where we get to know the 'Dater', followed by a special date designed to make them feel at ease in order to increase the ... MORE

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Full Bloom IFA 2021 - Best Competition Reality Format

Nominated for: Best Competition Reality Format 2021

Produced by: Eureka Productions
For: HBOMax
Distributed by: HBOMax

HBO Max’s Full Bloom is a visually stunning, joyous competition where the best budding florists from across America create Willy Wonka-esque floral installations and arrangements. From decorating vintage cars, to giant birthday cakes, our florists let their imagination blossom as they select, cut and arrange truly s... MORE

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Don't IFA 2021 - Best Studio-Based Gameshow Format

Nominated for: Best Studio-Based Format

Produced by: Banijay Studios North America
For: ABC
Distributed by: Banijay Rights

From Hollywood superstar and Executive Producer, Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), and host Adam Scott (Parks And Rec, Big Little Lies) comes a new show where families can win money by following one simple rule: DON'T. MORE

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Alan Carr - Epic Gameshow IFA 2021 - Best Host of a Format

Nominated for: Best Host of a Format 2021

Produced by: Talkback
For: ITV
Distributed by: Fremantle

Bigger and better than ever before! All-time favourite gameshows are brought together and updated in an EPIC way. MORE

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The Great Bake Off IFA 2021 - Best Returning Format

Nominated for: Best Returning Format

Produced by: Love Productions
For: Channel 4
Distributed by: BBC Studios Distribution

This format, licensed to 35 territories world wide, sees a group of passionate amateur bakers pushed to their limits, in a bid to impress the judges and be crowned the nation’s Best Amateur Baker. MORE

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Drive Thru-Oke IFA 2021 - Best Format Innovation In The Time Of COVID

Nominated for: Best Format Innovation in the Time of COVID

Produced by: Space Rabbit Ltd
For: MBN
Distributed by: NBCUniversal Formats

The car becomes a stage as members of the public and celebrities are judged on their singing skills at a talent-driven Drive Thru. The aim of the show is to get through the three gates operated by the three hosts along the track using only your vocal chords. If you impress the three judges and all thr... MORE

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  Surviving The Stone Age IFA 2021 - Best Factual Entertainment Format
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  Thriller Game IFA 2021 - Best Multi-Platform Format
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  Unter Freunden Stirbt Man Nicht (You Don’t Die Among Friends) IFA 2021 - Best Scripted Format
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  The Secret Gameshow IFA 2021 - Best Comedy Format
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  24 Hours in A&E: Heart Special IFA 2021 - Best Brand-Driven Format
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  Project Cupid IFA 2021 - Best Reality Format
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  Full Bloom IFA 2021 - Best Competition Reality Format
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  Don't IFA 2021 - Best Studio-Based Gameshow Format
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  Alan Carr - Epic Gameshow IFA 2021 - Best Host of a Format
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  The Great Bake Off IFA 2021 - Best Returning Format
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  Drive Thru-Oke IFA 2021 - Best Format Innovation In The Time Of COVID

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