The BBC won six awards at the 2021 British Documentary Awards, The Griersons.

BBC Two series, Once Upon a Time in Iraq from Keo Films won two awards for Best History Documentary and Best Documentary Series.

Four Storyville films for BBC Four also won awards: Welcome to Chechnya: The Gay Purge won Best Current Affairs Documentary; Locked In: Breaking the Silence won Best Science Documentary; and The Mole: Infiltrating North Korea was awarded Best Entertaining Documentary and Collective: Unravelling a Scandal won Best Single Documentary - International.

Patrick Holland, Director of Factual, Arts & Classical Music says: “Congratulations to all of this year’s winners, it was a fantastic night for the BBC which underscored the creative excellence of our film-making talent in showcasing important and timely stories from across the world. I’d like to thank everyone recognised for bringing audiences such powerful and inspiring documentaries over the last year.”

Full list of winners:

Best Single Documentary - International

Collective: Unravelling a Scandal

Alexander Nanau, Bianca Oana, Bernard Michaux, Hanka Kastelicova and Antoaneta Opriș

Alexander Nanau Production - BBC Four

Best Current Affairs Documentary

Welcome to Chechnya: The Gay Purge

David France, Alice Henty, Joy A. Tomchin, Askold Kurov, Tyler H. Walk and Igor Myakotin

Public Square Films - BBC Four

Best History Documentary

Once Upon a Time in Iraq

James Bluemel, Jo Abel, Miriam Walsh, Will Grayburn, Will Anderson and Andrew Palmer

KEO Films - BBC Two

Best Science Documentary

Locked In: Breaking the Silence

Xavier Alford, Colette Hodges, Sacha Mirzoeff, Poppy Goodheart, Iris Maor and Jane Zurakowski

Marble Films - BBC Four

Best Entertaining Documentary

The Mole: Infiltrating North Korea

Mads Brügger, Bjarte Mørner Tveit and Peter Engel

Piraya Film I AS - BBC Four

Best Documentary Series

Once Upon a Time in Iraq

James Bluemel, Jo Abel, Miriam Walsh, Simon Sykes, Will Anderson and Andrew Palmer

KEO Films - BBC Two

Highly Commended

Best Documentary Presenter

Dr Chris and DR Xand Van Tulleken for Surviving the Virus: My Brother & Me

Little Gem - BBC One

Best Current Affairs Documentary

Undercover in the Schools that Chain Boys

Fath Al-Rahman Al-Hamdani, Jessica Kelly, Mamdouh Akbiek, Bettina Waked, Simon Cox & Mustafa Khalili

BBC News Arabic Documentaries - BBC Arabic