It’s that time of year again folks, welcome to the first part of the 2025 OSCAS (On-Screen Community Awards)!

Unsurprisingly, it has been another epic year of television that has provided a wide range of quality across the small-screen, whether it be on different channels like BBC and ITV or streaming services like Netflix, Disney+ and Apple TV.

The past year saw alpha mum Amanda find herself in new surroundings in the well-received Motherland spin-off Amandaland, while South Park went there with their gruelling depiction of maligned US President Donald Trump.

Elsewhere, Joanna Scanlan and West End star Rosalie Craig led an all-female and menopausal rock band in BBC’s Riot Women, while fixer Tom Hardy locked horns with criminal couple Pierce Brosnan and Dame Helen Mirren in the explosive MobLand.

In terms of comebacks, Matt Murdock and his alter-ego Matt Murdock made a positive return to television with Daredevil: Born Again, while Hank Hill and his friends and family found a new home on Disney+ in the long-awaited return of King of the Hill.

Additionally, audiences were introduced to a number of new stories and characters, including an overburdened studio executive, an autistic criminologist, a former golf professional, a deaf lipreader, and a moody former detective based in Edinburgh.

Once again, Merseyside took centre stage as James Nelson-Joyce became a household name with multiple appearances across the small-screen including notable roles in A Thousand Blows and This City is Ours, while Ellis Howard made an impressive breakthrough with his portrayal of trans teenager Byron in the fact-based miniseries What It Feels Like for a Girl.

In the case of other true-life events, the Lockerbie disaster was covered twice in two compelling dramas; Lockerbie: A Search for Truth and The Bombing of Pan Am 103, while the impulsive killing of Brazilian man Jean Charles de Menezes was explored in the exceptional miniseries Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.

Other real-life figures to see their stories brought to life on the small-screen ranged from Margaret Thatcher, Belle Gibson, Ruth Ellis, and William the Conqueror, to Ann Ming, Ed Gein and the Guinness family.

Additionally, we bid farewell to revered characters Helen Norville, Dale Jennings, Jack, Danny, Cassian Andor, June Osborne and Vinnie O’Neill, while continuing to follow the adventures of Mark Scout, Reece Duffy, Deborah Vance, Ava Daniels, Chef “Carmy” Berzatto, Mandy Carter, Alan Partridge, the SAS, the teachers of Abbott Elementary, the Slough House team and the coppers of Blackthorn police station.

And of course, who can forget the remarkable feat of Netflix’s powerful single-shot drama Adolescence, which touched many a nerve with its gut-punch power and staggering performances. Inevitably, Emmys came aplenty for all involved with Stephen Graham finally earning the recognition he had long deserved, while aided by the stunning debut of teenage newcomer Owen Cooper.

With all said and done, here are the first set of winners from this year’s On-Screen Community TV Awards….

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BEST USE OF A SONG

RIOT WOMEN | “Seeing Red”

 OTHER NOMINEES:

• ADOLESCENCE | “Through the Eyes of a Child”
• BIG BOYS | “The Magic Position”
• SEVERANCE | “The Windmills of Your Mind”
• THIS CITY IS OURS | “The House of Bamboo”
• WELCOME TO WREXHAM | “The Mighty Rio Grande”

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BEST NEW OPENING TV CREDITS

A THOUSAND BLOWS

OTHER NOMINEES:

• DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN
• DEATH BY LIGHTNING
• MOBLAND
• PATIENCE
• STICK

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MOST EMOTIONAL TV DEATH

Elden Hanson | DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN

OTHER NOMINEES:

• Kamar de los Reyes | DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN
• Francis Lovehall | A THOUSAND BLOWS
• Stellan Skarsgård | ANDOR
• Hannah Walters | WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL
• Bradley Whitford | THE HANDMAID’S TALE

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BEST TV SERIES PILOT

DEPT. Q | ‘#1.1’

OTHER NOMINEES:

• AMANDALAND | House Party
• DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN | Heaven’s Half Hour
• PATIENCE | Paper Mountain Girl: Part 1
• RIOT WOMEN | #1.1
• THE STUDIO | The Promotion
• THIS CITY IS OURS | #1.1
• A THOUSAND BLOWS | #1.1

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BEST TV SERIES FINALE

THE NEWSREADER | ‘The Fall’

OTHER NOMINEES:

• ANDOR | Jedha, Kyber, Erso
• BIG BOYS | #3.6
• THE GOLD | #2.6
• THE HANDMAID’S TALE | The Handmaid’s Tale
• MALPRACTICE | #2.6

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BEST TV PARTNERSHIP (COMEDY/ANIMATION)

Jean Smart & Hannah Einbinder | HACKS

OTHER NOMINEES:

• Paul W. Downs & Megan Stalter | HACKS
• Dylan Llewellyn & Jon Pointing | BIG BOYS
• Lucy Punch & Philippa Dunne | AMANDALAND
• Kat Sadler & Lizzie Davidson | SUCH BRAVE GIRLS
• Seth Rogen & Ike Barinholtz | THE STUDIO

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BEST TV PARTNERSHIP (DRAMA/LIMITED)

Joanna Scanlan & Rosalie Craig | RIOT WOMEN

OTHER NOMINEES:

• Matthew Goode & Alexej Manvelov | DEPT. Q
• Matthew Gurning & Lara Peake | REUNION
• Ellis Howard & Hannah Jones | WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL
• Stellan Skarsgård & Elizabeth Dulau | ANDOR
• Anna Torv & Sam Reid | THE NEWSREADER

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BEST TV COUPLE

Stephen Graham & Christine Tremarco | ADOLESCENCE

OTHER NOMINEES:

• Quinta Brunson & Tyler James Williams | ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
• Siân Brooke & Martin McCann | BLUE LIGHTS
• Michelle Lim Davidson & Stephen Peacocke | THE NEWSREADER
• James Nelson-Joyce & Hannah Onslow | THIS CITY IS OURS
• Chris O’Dowd & Rashida Jones | BLACK MIRROR: COMMON PEOPLE

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BEST GUEST ACTOR (COMEDY)

Martin Scorsese | Himself | THE STUDIO

OTHER NOMINEES:

• Bryan Cranston | Griffin Mill | THE STUDIO
• Charlie Day | Charlie Kelly | ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
• Ron Howard | Himself | THE STUDIO
• Bob Odenkirk | Uncle Lee | THE BEAR
• Rob Reiner | Albert Schner | THE BEAR

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BEST GUEST ACTRESS (COMEDY)

Julianne Nicholson | Mary “Dance Mom” Alice | HACKS

OTHER NOMINEES:

• Carol Burnett | Herself | HACKS
• Jamie Lee Curtis | Donna Berzatto | THE BEAR
• Zoë Kravitz | Herself | THE STUDIO
• Sarah Polley | Herself | THE STUDIO
• Meryl Streep | Loretta Durkin-Puttnam | ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING

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BEST GUEST ACTOR (DRAMA)

Kamar de los Reyes | Hector Ayala / White Tiger | DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN

OTHER NOMINEES:

• Jon Bernthal | Frank Castle / The Punisher | DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN
• Phil Davis | Joey Wilkins | THE GOLD
• Toby Jones | Colin Tattersall | MOBLAND
• Ben Mendelsohn | Orson Krennic | ANDOR
• Bradley Whitford | Todd Penn | THE DIPLOMAT

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BEST GUEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)

Gwendoline Christie | Lorne | SEVERANCE

OTHER NOMINEES:

• Jane Alexander | Celestine “Sissy” Cobel | SEVERANCE
• Jamelia | Fake Jackie | JUST ACT NORMAL
• Cherry Jones | Holly Maddox | THE HANDMAID’S TALE
• Janet McTeer | Kat McAllister | MOBLAND
• Deborah Ann Woll | Karen Page | DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN

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BEST BODY OF TV WORK

James Nelson-Joyce (A THOUSAND BLOWS, THIS CITY IS OURS, BLACK MIRROR, SUSPECT: THE SHOOTING OF JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES & THE GOLD)

OTHER NOMINEES:

• Erin Doherty | A THOUSAND BLOWS & ADOLESCENCE
• Stephen Graham | A THOUSAND BLOWS & ADOLESCENCE
• Kaitlin Olson | ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, HACKS, IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA & HIGH POTENTIAL
• Bobby Schofield | SAS ROGUE HEROES, THIS CITY IS OURS & UNFORGIVABLE
• Hannah Walters | A THOUSAND BLOWS, ADOLESCENCE & WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL

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BEST TV EPISODE (LIMITED DRAMA)

ADOLESCENCE | #4

 OTHER NOMINEES:

• ADOLESCENCE | #1
• ADOLESCENCE | #2
• ADOLESCENCE | #3
• SUSPECT: THE SHOOTING OF JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES | The Hunt
• WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL | #8

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BEST TV EPISODE (COMEDY/ANIMATION)

THE STUDIO | The Oner

 OTHER NOMINEES:

• ABBOTT ELEMENTARY | Rally
• THE BEAR | Bears
• HACKS | I Love LA
• SOUTH PARK | Sermon on the ‘Mount
• SOUTH PARK | Sora Not Sorry
• THE STUDIO | CinemaCon
• THE STUDIO | The Golden Globes

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BEST TV EPISODE (DRAMA SERIES)

BLUE LIGHTS | World of Our Own

 OTHER NOMINEES:

• ANDOR | Who Are You?
• BLUE LIGHTS | The Parting Glass
• DEPT Q. | #1.9
• THE NEWSREADER | The Fall
• SEVERANCE | Cold Harbor

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BEST TV VILLAIN

Matt Stone | President Donald Trump | SOUTH PARK

OTHER NOMINEES:

• Ben Batt | Rudy | RIOT WOMEN
• Josh Charles | Commander Wharton | THE HANDMAID’S TALE
• Vincent D’Onofrio | Wilson Fisk / Kingpin | DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN
• William McInnes | Lindsay Cunningham | THE NEWSREADER
• Steven Miller | Sam Haig / Lyle Jennings | DEPT. Q
• Helen Mirren | Maeve Harrigan | MOBLAND
• Tramell Tillman | Seth Milchick | SEVERANCE

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BEST TV HERO

Alexej Manvelov | Akram Salim | DEPT. Q

OTHER NOMINEES:

• Charlie Cox | Matt Murdock / Daredevil | DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN
• Diego Luna | Cassian Andor | ANDOR
• Genevieve O’Reilly | Mon Mothma | ANDOR
• Kaitlin Olson | Morgan Gilroy | HIGH POTENTIAL
• Ella Maisy Purvis | Patience Evans | PATIENCE

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BEST TV MOMENT

DEPT. Q | Akram kills Lyle

OTHER NOMINEES:

• ADOLESCENCE | Eric breaks down in Jamie’s bedroom
• ANDOR | Cassian fights Syril
• BLUE LIGHTS | Grace talks about her time in care
• HACKS | Deborah quits her late night show
• THE NEWSREADER | Lindsay gets his comeuppance
• RIOT WOMEN | Kitty reveals her secret to Beth
• SEVERANCE | Mark S chooses Helly