The AIBs 2022 – winners revealed at gala event in London
The winners of the 18th annual international competition for journalism and factual productions across TV, radio and digital platforms were announced at the AIBs gala dinner in London on 11 November.
The gala at Church House Westminster was the first in-person awards event for three years and was attended by guests from countries across Asia, Europe, and North America.
This year’s event partner was Radio Taiwan International, and the President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-Wen, gave an opening address from Taipei highlighting the country’s remarkable transformation over the past few decades to open democracy and a free media.
The evening’s host, Rana Rahimpour, senior presenter at BBC News Persian, spoke of the ever more pressing need for free and impartial information – the type that entries to the AIBs represent so vividly.
The winners in each of the 19 categories are:
BREAKING NEWS TV/VIDEO
Winner – CNN – Ukraine
CONTINUING NEWS COVERAGE TV/VIDEO
Winner – ITN – ITV News – Partygate coverage
Highly commended – AFP – A War from All Angles: AFPTV Coverage in Ukraine
Highly commended – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – Russia’s War on Ukraine
NEWS COVERAGE breaking or continuing RADIO/AUDIO
Winner – BBC Long Form Audio for BBC Sounds – Ukrainecast – 100 Days
SPECIALIST FACTUAL TV/VIDEO
Winner – Al Jazeera I Unit – Al Jazeera Investigations: The Truth Illusion
Highly Commended – Nutopia, Protozoa, Westbrook and National Geographic – Welcome to Earth
Highly Commended – Storyteller Films for CNA, Mediacorp Pte Ltd – A League of Extraordinary Makers
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY TV/VIDEO
Winner – Zandland Films for Channel 4 – The Cult of Conspiracy: QAnon
Highly Commended – Evan Williams Productions for Channel 4 – China: The Search for the Missing
Highly Commended – VRT – Syria, The Toxic War
FACTUAL PODCAST
Winner – Whistledown Productions for Audible – Deepest Dive: The Search for MH 370
Highly Commended – BBC Long Form Audio – The Coming Storm
HISTORICAL TV/VIDEO
Winner – OR Media – The Iran-Iraq War: A Tragedy That Changed History
Highly Commended – ViacomCBS – Channel 5 – 1000 Years a Slave
Highly Commended – Yeti Television for Channel 4 – Edward VIII: Britain’s Traitor King
HUMAN INTEREST RADIO/AUDIO
Winner – RTÉ – Documentary on One: Felix-Life and Limb
Highly Commended – Tortoise Media – Sweet Bobby
HUMAN INTEREST TV/VIDEO
Winner – Flicker Productions for ITV – Kate Garraway: Caring for Derek
Highly Commended – Just Another Production for CNA, Mediacorp Pte Ltd – Never Out of Reach
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS DOCUMENTARY TV/VIDEO
Winner – ITN for ITV News & Current Affairs – Surviving Squalor: Britain’s Housing Shame
Highly Commended – Finestripe Productions for Channel 4 – Davina McCall: Sex, Mind and the Menopause
Highly Commended – Artlab Films for Channel 5 – Warship: Life at Sea
INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY TV/VIDEO
Winner – Flicker Productions for Channel 4 – Hunting the Football Trolls – Jermaine Jenas
Highly Commended – BBC Africa Eye – Black Axe
Highly Commended – RTÉ Investigates – The Accountant, the Con, the Lies
SPECIALIST FACTUAL RADIO/AUDIO
Winner – ABC & CBC – STUFF THE BRITISH STOLE – The Abductions
Highly Commended – Lepus and Sparklab – Love, Spit and Valve Oil
Highly Commended – Loftus Media for BBC Radio 4 – Fungi: The New Frontier
SHORT FEATURE TV/VIDEO
Winner – Bloomberg News – The Pay Check – Kenya: The Lost Girls
Highly Commended – Channel 5 News | ITN – Child to Parent Abuse
Highly Commended – Al Jazeera Digital – Start Here: NATO’s Eastern Front
SPORTS JOURNALISM TV/VIDEO
Winner – Al Jazeera I Unit – Al Jazeera Investigations: The Men Who Sell Football
INVESTIGATIVE RADIO/AUDIO
Winner – A Tortoise Studio Production for Audible Originals – Finding Q: My Journey into QAnon
Highly Commended – BBC World Service – The Documentary: Who Killed My Grandfather?
NATURAL WORLD TV/VIDEO
Winner – NHK/ARTE France/NHK Enterprises – SATOYAMA – Niigata: Living with Snow
Highly Commended – Melt Studios for Al Jazeera English – Witness: Capturing Change
Highly Commended – Voice of America News – Weathering the Storm
SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY TV/VIDEO
Winner – Wondrium and Blue Chalk Media – Solving for Zero
Highly Commended – Flicker Productions for BBC One – Ellie Simmonds: A World Without Dwarfism?
STREAMING DOCUMENTARY
Winner – WildBear Entertainment & Chrysaor Productions – Hating Peter Tatchell
Highly Commended – 歪脑|WHYNOT – Caught in the Crossfire
Highly Commended – Passion Pictures – Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story
POLITICS and BUSINESS TV/VIDEO
Winner – ITN – ITV News – Partygate Coverage
Highly Commended – CNA, Mediacorp Pte Ltd – In Bad Faith
Highly Commended – Al Jazeera English in partnership with Reveal from the Centre for Investigative Reporting – Fault Lines: Unrelinquished
The AIBs 2022 winners book is available at: https://theaibs.tv/AIBs-2022/Gala-evening/The-AIBs-22-winners-book.pdf