Deluxe 142 Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme - Domestic
- Dispatches: Britain’s Sex Gangs
- Anna Hall for True Vision Productions; first shown: Channel 4
- The Four Year Plan
- Mat Hodgson for Ad Hoc Films; first shown: General theatrical release
- My Child the Rioter
- Olly Lambert; first shown: BBC Two
- Panorama: Undercover Care - The Abuse Exposed
- Joe Plomin for BBC Productions; first shown: BBC One
- Protecting Our Children: Damned if they do, damned if they don’t
- Sacha Mirzoeff for BBC Bristol; first shown: BBC Two
- Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die
- Charlie Russell for Keo North; first shown: BBC Two
- Transplant
- Nic Blower for Lion TV; first shown: BBC One
- We Need to Talk About Dad
- Elizabeth Stopford for Rare Day; first shown: Channel 4
Shell Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme - International
- Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark
- May Ying Welsh for Al Jazeera English; first shown: Al Jazeera English
- A Cry from the Rainforest
- Phil Agland for River Films; first shown: BBC Two
- Children of the Tsunami
- Dan Reed for Renegade Pictures (UK) Ltd; first shown: BBC Two
- Crime After Crime
- Yoav Potash for Life Sentence Films; first shown: Jewish Film Festival, London
- For Neda
- Antony Thomas for Mentorn Media in association with Antony Thomas PR; first shown: More 4
- Hell and Back Again
- Danfung Dennis for Roast Beef Productions; first shown: More 4
- The Life and Loss of Karen Woo
- Ursula Macfarlane for Century Films; first shown: ITV1
- Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields
- Callum McRae for ITN; first shown: Channel 4
The Open University Best Arts Documentary
- Beyond the Notes
- Dick Fontaine for BeBop Productions; first shown: BBC Four
- The Camera That Changed the World
- Mandy Chang for Lambent Productions; first shown: BBC Four
- Crucifixion
- Srik Narayanan for The Garden Productions; first shown: Channel 4
- Jeremy Deller: Middle Class Hero – A Culture Show Special
- Jack Cocker for BBC Scotland; first shown: BBC Two
- Graffiti Wars
- Jane Preston for Twofour; first shown: Channel 4
- Lucian Freud: Painted Life
- Randall Wright for Blakeway Productions; first shown: BBC Two
- Queen: Days of Our Lives
- Matt O’Casey for Globe Productions; first shown: BBC Two
- Rostropovich: The Genius of the Cello
- John Bridcut for ITN Productions; first shown: BBC Four
ITN Source Best Historical Documentary
- 9/11: Day that Changed the World
- Leslie Woodhead for Brook Lapping Productions; first shown: ITV1
- Britain’s Greatest Codebreaker
- Clare Beavan, Nic Stacy for Furnace Productions & Story Center Productions, Story Centre Productions; first shown: Channel 4
- Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story
- Stephen Walker for Walker George Films; first shown: BBC Two
- Fight to Save the World: Sergio
- Greg Barker for Passion Pictures, Silverbridge; first shown: BBC Four
- The King and the Playwright: A Jacobean History - Equivocation
- Steven Clarke for Green Bay Media; first shown: BBC Four
- The Love of Books: A Sarajevo Story
- Sam Hobkinson for Oxford Film and Television; first shown: BBC Four
- The Plot to Bring Down Britain’s Planes
- Ben Chanan for Raw; first shown: Channel 4
- World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel
- Russell Barnes for Barnes Hassid Productions; first shown: BBC Four
Best Science Documentary
- After Life: The Strange Science of Decay
- Fred Hepburn, Dani Carlaw for BBC Scotland; first shown: BBC Four
- The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space Odyssey
- Jonathan Sahula, Graham Judd, Sabin Streeter; first shown: National Geographic
- Earthflight - North America
- Rob Pilley for John Downer Productions; first shown: BBC One
- Frontline Medicine: Survival
- Paul Overton for BBC Scotland; first shown: BBC Two
- Frozen Planet: On Thin Ice
- Vanessa Berlowitz for BBC Natural History Unit; first shown: BBC One
- Inside Nature’s Giants - Sperm Wale
- Tom Mustill for Windfall Films; first shown: Channel 4
- Mummifying Alan
- Kenny Scott for Blink FIlms in association with Media Lab ; first shown: Channel 4
- My Life as a Turkey
- David Allen for Passion Pictures; first shown: BBC Two
Most Entertaining Documentary
- The Bengali Detective
- Phil Cox for Native Voice Films; first shown: Cambridge Film Festival
- The Choir 4: Military Wives - episode 1
- Lucy Hillman for Twenty Twenty TV; first shown: BBC Two
- Elizabeth Taylor - Auction of a Lifetime
- Michael Waldman for Silver River Productions; first shown: Channel 4
- A Hasidic Guide to Love, Marriage and Finding a Bride
- Paddy Wivell; first shown: BBC Two
- Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder
- Christian Trumble for RDF Television; first shown: Channel 4
- Perfume: Something Old, Something New
- Ian Denyer for The Garden Productions; first shown: BBC Four
- Rich Hall’s Continental Drifters
- Chris Cottam, Rich Hall for Open Mike Productions; first shown: BBC Four
- Timothy Spall: All at Sea - The Last Splash
- Paul Crompton for Barge Pole Productions; first shown: BBC Four
Envy Best Documentary Series
- Catholics
- Richard Alwyn for Wingspan Productions; first shown: BBC Four
- Earthflight
- John Downer, Philip Dalton, Rob Pilley and Tilly Parker for John Downer Productions; first shown: BBC One
- Educating Essex
- David Clews for TwoFour Productions; first shown: Channel 4
- Frozen Planet
- Vanessa Berlowitz for BBC Natural History Unit; first shown: BBC One
- Money
- Vanessa Engle for BBC; first shown: BBC Two
- Our War
- Bruce Goodison, John Douglas, Stuart Bernard for BBC Productions; first shown: BBC Three
- Protecting Our Children
- Sacha Mirzoeff, Emma Burman for BBC Productions; first shown: BBC Two
- Putin, Russia & The West
- Paul Mitchell, Norma Percy for Brook Lapping Productions; first shown: BBC Two
DocHouse and The Bertha Foundation Best Cinema Documentary
- Bobby Fischer Against the World
- Liz Garbus for Moxie Firecracker Films; first shown: General theatrical release
- Dreams of a Life
- Carol Morley for Cannon and Morley Productions, Soho Moon Pictures; first shown: General theatrical release
- Knuckle
- Ian Palmer for Rise Films; first shown: General theatrical release
- Marley
- Kevin Macdonald for Shangri-La Ent. Tuff Gong Pictures, Cowboy Films; first shown: General theatrical release
- Project Nim
- James Marsh for Red Box Films, Passion Pictures, BBC Films; first shown: General theatrical release
- Samsara
- Ron Fricke for Magidson Productions; first shown: Bradford Film Festival
- Tabloid
- Errol Morris for Air Loom Enterprises; first shown: General theatrical release
- You’ve Been Trumped
- Anthony Baxter for Montrose Pictures; first shown: Sheffield Doc/Fest
CTVC Best Newcomer Documentary
- Barbaric Genius
- Paul Duane for Screenworks; first shown: Chapter & Verse Festival, The Bluecoat, Liverpool
- Gypsy Blood
- Leo Maguire for ClearStory; first shown: Channel 4
- Holding the Line
- Patrick Wells; first shown: Al Jazeera English
- How to Start a Revolution
- Ruaridh Arrow for Lion TV, The Big Indy; first shown: Current TV
- Panorama: The Truth about Adoption
- Clare Johns for Films of Record; first shown: BBC One
- The Sinking of the Concordia: Caught on Camera
- Vanessa Colosi for Dragonfly Film and Television Productions; first shown: Channel 4
- Up in Smoke
- Adam Wakeling for Notion Pictures; first shown: More 4
- When I Die
- Adrian Steirn; first shown: BBC One
Sky Arts Best Student Documentary
- The Betrayal
- Karen Winthe r for National Film & Television School; first shown: BFI Southbank, London
- Kirkcaldy Man
- Julian Schwanitz for Edinburgh College of Art; first shown: Glasgow International Short Film Festival
- The Marble Village
- Ioana Dorobantu for London College of Communication; first shown: London College of Communication
- The Men in White Coats
- Rob Harper for National Film & Television School; first shown: BFI Southbank, London
- Missing Piece
- Lucas Barr, George Ellis, Matt Hyland for Liverpool John Moores University; first shown: Liverpool John Moores University
- Mostar
- Sebastian Feehan, Josh Bamford for Newport Film School; first shown: Graduation Screening, Newport Film School
- One More Kiss
- Chris Christodoulou for National Film & Television School; first shown: BFI Southbank, London
- Streets in the Sky
- Leon Seth; first shown: Sheffield Institute of Arts