VLV Awards for Excellence 2024

April 30, 2025
News, Recent Events, The VLV Awards

Now in their 33rd year, the VLV Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting were held on 30th April 2025 at The Geological Society in central London presented by broadcaster and impressionist Jon Culshaw and broadcaster, former BBC Director and VLV Patron, Helen Boaden.

We were delighted to see so many of the winners at the ceremony, including; Fiona Bruce, Lyse Doucet, Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis of The Now Show, the teams behind Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Mr Bates Versus the Post Office and Desert Island Discs – plus special guests from Super Surgeons: A Chance at Life and Surgeons: A Matter of Life or Death[ programmes which showcase cutting edge healthcare, and who both jointly took home our Naomi Sargant award.

Celebrating television and audio that contributed to broadcasting excellence in 2024, the awards are nominated and voted for by VLV’s members, the listeners and viewers, making them all the more meaningful to those broadcasters who receive them.

To view the ceremony in full, please click here.

You can download a full list of the winners and nominations here .

WINNERS VLV AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN BROADCASTING 2024

Television Awards

Best TV Drama 2024

Mr Bates Versus the Post Office

Little Gem / ITV

Best TV Arts/Entertainment Programme 2024

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Aardman / BBC One

Best TV News and Factual Programme 2024

The Zelensky Story

72 Films / BBC Two

Best TV Contributor 2024

Fiona Bruce

Radio Awards

Best Radio Comedy 2024

The Now Show

BBC Radio 4

Best Radio Drama 2024

Our Man in Havana

BBC Radio 4

Best Radio News and Factual Programme 2024

From Our Own Correspondent

BBC Radio 4

Best Radio Music and Arts Programme 2024

Desert Island Discs

BBC Radio 4

Best Contributor to Audio 2024

Lyse Doucet

Special Awards

Best Children’s Programme 2024

Tweedy & Fluff

Channel 5 Milkshake!

Naomi Sargant Award 2024 – Joint Winners

Super Surgeons: A Chance at Life & Surgeons: A Matter of Life or Death

Public Service Broadcasting

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