The selection includes productions from Apple TV, BBC, HBO, Netflix and Prime Video, among other platforms and broadcasters. The winners will be announced on November 30 in London.
The Rose d’Or Awards have announced the 78 finalists for their 65th edition, featuring productions from 19 countries and a selection that reflects the diversity of formats and content across the international audiovisual industry.
Among the selected titles are Pluribus from Apple TV; The Celebrity Traitors from BBC; Half Man, a co-production between BBC and HBO; The Gentlemen from Netflix; and The Grand Tour from Prime Video.
The Drama category features six productions, including Pluribus, from Sony Pictures Television in association with Apple; Half Man, from Mam Tor Productions (Banijay UK) in association with Thistledown Pictures; and Japan’s NHK production The Man Who Carried the Voices of August.
In Comedy Drama and Sitcom, highlights include BBC titles Amandaland and Small Prophets; Netflix’s The Gentlemen; Australia’s Colin From Accounts; and Apple TV productions Widow’s Bay and Margo’s Got Money Troubles.
Meanwhile, the Reality and Competition category includes titles such as The Celebrity Traitors and Celebrity Race Across the World from BBC One; Denmark’s Alone; Japan’s DUAL²; and South Korea’s Street Restaurant Fighter.
The Soap or Telenovela category features a strong international presence, with three Turkish productions: Deep in Love, Different Lives and Sins and Roses. Also competing are Brazil’s To Love is to Care (Quem Ama Cuida), Portugal’s Amor à Prova and the UK’s Corriedale.
The selection also includes productions across entertainment, documentary, factual, children’s and youth programming, news and current affairs, multiplatform formats and audio, among other categories.
An international jury of industry experts selected the finalists from more than 500 submissions, assessing criteria such as concept, production values and the impact of each entry.
The winners will be announced on Monday, November 30, at a ceremony held at Kings Place in London, hosted by Ania Magliano, a cast member of Saturday Night Live UK.
In its 65th edition, the Rose d’Or Awards continue to recognize excellence and innovation in television and entertainment worldwide.
Full list of the 2026 Rose d’Or finalists:
Arts
Farruquito, a Flamenco Dynasty
Capa España, Jondo Productions, Documentales en Canarias / Capa España / Movistar Plus+ / Spain
Free Nelson Mandela – Episode 3: The Whole World Is Watching
Rogan Productions / WPP Media Motion Entertainment / BBC Studios / Channel 4 / UK
LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes
Wall to Wall Media / BBC / BBC Two / UK
One Shot with Ed Sheeran: A Music Experience
Fulwell Entertainment / Netflix / US
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Sir Ian McKellen
Mindhouse / Sky / Sky Arts / UK
The Force of Destiny
Federation Studios / MDE Films / Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana / France Télévisions / France
Audio
First Conviction
RTÉ / Ireland
Hometown Boys
Australian Broadcasting Corporation / Australia
Hunting the Suicide Salesman
CBC / Canada
I’m Not A Monster Presents… Where Is Austin Tice?
BBC / NPR / UK
Roles to Play
NTR / Netherlands
The Birth Keepers
The Guardian / UK
Children and Youth
Chameleon
NRK / Norway
Crookhaven
BBC Studios Kids & Family / BBC Studios Distribution / BBC One / CBBC / UK
Dexter Procter The Ten-Year-Old Doctor
Terrible Productions / Various Artists Limited / CBBC / UK
Quest Heroes
Nordisk Film TV / DR Ramasjang / Denmark
Tales From Outer Suburbia
Highly Spirited and Flying Bark Productions / Australian Children’s Television Foundation / ABC / BYUtv / Australia
The Scarecrows’ Wedding
Magic Light Pictures / BBC / BBC One / UK
Comedy Drama and Sitcom
Amandaland
Merman Television / BBC / Lionsgate / UK
Colin From Accounts (Season 3)
Easy Tiger Productions / CBS Studios / Binge / Foxtel / Australia
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
A24 in association with Apple / Apple TV / US
Small Prophets
Treasure Trove Productions & Blue House Productions / Sphere Abacus / BBC Two / UK
The Gentlemen
Moonage Pictures, part of ITV Studios, and Miramax Television for Netflix / Netflix / UK
Widow’s Bay
Apple Studios / Chum Films / Apple TV / US
Comedy Entertainment
Don’t Panic!
Roses Are Blue / Primitives / VRT 1 / Belgium
Last One Laughing UK (Series 2)
Zeppotron & Initial / Prime Video / UK
Rundfunk: Schwalbe
BlazHoffski / NPO 3 / NPO Start / Netherlands
Saturday Night Live UK
UTAS UK Productions and Broadway Video / Sky / Sky One / UK
The 00s for Teenagers (De jaren 00 voor tieners)
Panenka / VRT / Belgium
Zero Stars
CPL Productions / Seven.One Studios International / TLC / UK
Competition Reality
Alone (Alene i vildmarken)
ITV Studios Denmark / DR / Denmark
Celebrity Race Across the World
Studio Lambert / Banijay Rights / BBC One / UK
DUAL²
TV Asahi Corporation / Japan
Reality Queens in the Jungle: The Family Edition
Warner Bros. ITVP Netherlands / Videoland / Netherlands
Street Restaurant Fighter
CJ ENM / tvN / South Korea
The Celebrity Traitors
Studio Lambert Scotland / Banijay Rights / BBC One / UK
Documentary
70 Up
MultiStory Media, part of ITV Studios, in association with Lafcadia Productions / ITV Studios / ITV1 / ITVX / UK
Evolution
BBC Studios Science Unit with NOVA and GBH for BBC, PBS and The Open University / BBC Two / PBS NOVA / UK
Inside Iran: War & Revolution
Zandland / ITV / UK
Milou’s Battle Continues
RB&H Mediaprojecten / NTR / NPO 2 / Netherlands
The Darkest Web
BBC World Service Investigations / BBC / BBC Four – Storyville / UK
The Deal with Iran
Diplodokus / Espresso Media / VRT Canvas / Belgium
Drama
Burden of Justice
Strive Stories / DR Sales / SVT / Sweden
Dirty Business
Halcyons Heart Films / Banijay Rights / Channel 4 / UK
Half Man
Mam Tor Productions (a Banijay UK company) in association with Thistledown Pictures / Banijay Rights / BBC / BBC Scotland / HBO / UK
Pluribus
Sony Pictures Television in association with Apple / Apple TV / US
The Man Who Carried the Voices of August
NHK / WOWOW / NHK General TV / Japan
Trespasses
Wildgaze Films / Banijay Rights / Channel 4 / UK
Factual Entertainment and Reality
Building Sweden (Så byggdes Sverige)
SVT / Sweden
Educating Yorkshire
Twofour / ITV Studios / Channel 4 / UK
Marshmallow Counseling
SBS / South Korea
Stuff the British Stole
Wildbear Entertainment / Wooden Horse / Artemis Media / Fremantle / ABC / Australia
Tattoorist
De Hofleveranciers / TVF International / VRT Canvas / Belgium
The Grand Tour
Studio Lambert / Banijay Rights / Prime Video / UK
Multiplatform Series
Big Sister’s Advice: Puberty (Conseils de grande soeur: la puberté)
MAJ / Radio-Canada / Canada
Homebodies
Mad Ones / SBS / Australia
On Top of the World Tree: Origins and Beyond
BesTV Network Television Technology Development Co. and Shanghai Museum / BesTV / SMG BesTV IPTV/OTT / China
Recall Me Maybe
Financial Times / UK
TERRAIN – Battle of the Flags
Roses Are Blue DE / Primitives / ZDF / Germany
The Last Summer
Every Media / NPO Zapp / KRO-NCRV / Netherlands
News and Current Affairs
Code of Misconduct
Urbania / Cineflix Media / Super Channel / Canada
Hila Beyond the Taliban
AVROTROS / Netherlands
Into the Void: Putin’s Foreign Fighters
BBC Eye Investigations / BBC World Service / BBC iPlayer / BBC News Arabic / UK
Panorama: Undercover in the Police
BBC / BBC One / UK
Shot Like Enemies: Inside Nepal’s Gen Z Uprising
BBC World Service / UK
Will AI Take My Job? (Dispatches)
Kalel Productions / Passion Distribution / Channel 4 / UK
Soap or Telenovela
Amor à Prova
Plural Entertainment Portugal / ONZA / TVI / Portugal
Corriedale
ITV Studios / ITV1 / ITVX / UK
Deep in Love (Taşacak Bu Deniz)
OGM Pictures / OGM Universe / TRT 1 / Türkiye
Different Lives
NTC Medya / ATV Distribution / ATV / Türkiye
Sins and Roses
NGM Yapım / Kanal D International / Kanal D / Türkiye
To Love is to Care (Quem Ama Cuida)
Estúdios Globo / Globo / TV Globo / Brazil
Studio Entertainment
Mission Accomplished?
Woestijnvis / Primitives / VRT / Belgium
Parents’ Evening
Ranga Bee Productions / ITV Studios / ITV / UK
Stacks of Cash
Eureka Studios / Fremantle / TVI / Portugal
The Way Out
Roses Are Blue / Be-Entertainment / VTM (DPG Media) / Belgium
Who’s Guilty
Metronome Productions / Banijay Entertainment / DR / Denmark
Wisdom of the Crowd
Magnum Productions / BBC Studios / BBC / UK
