Extraordinary wins at Broadcast Digital Awards

Thursday 6th July 2023, 8:30am

Extraordinary. Image shows left to right: Carrie (Sofia Oxenham), Jizzlord (Luke Rollason), Jen (Mairead Tyers), Kash (Bilal Hasna). Credit: Joseph Sinclair, Disney+

The winners of the Broadcast Digital Awards 2023 - for prize giving ceremony for TV programmes on non-terrestrial channels - were announced last night.

Disney+ comedy Extraordinary was picked by judges as the winner of the Best Comedy Programme trophy.

Created and written by Emma Moran, the show is set in a world where everyone has a superpower, apart from Jen, a painfully self-aware 25-year-old woman, who is still waiting to get hers.

The comedy stars Mairead Tyers as Jen, with the cast list also featuring Sofia Oxenham, Bilal Hasna, Luke Rollason and Siobhán McSweeney.

British Comedy Guide revealed in January that filming has already taken place on a second series.

Extraordinary was shortlisted in the category alongside Ellie & Natasia, Funny Woman, Live At The Moth Club, Plebs and We Are Not Alone.

Elsewhere in the awards...

Don't Hate The Playaz. Jordan Stephens

ITV2 panel show Don't Hate The Playaz won in the Best Entertainment Programme category. The shortlist had also included Never Mind The Buzzcocks and Rob And Romesh Vs alongside Harry Pinero's Worst In Class, Love In The Flesh and RuPaul's Drag Race UK.

Big Zuu's Big Eats. Image shows from L to R: Tubsey, Big Zuu, Hyder

The Best Popular Factual Programme title was awarded to Big Zuu's Big Eats.

Red Flag. Image shows from L to R: Emily Lloyd Saini, Kemah Bob, Jason York, Kiell Smith-Bynoe

The Best Short-Form Scripted trophy went to Red Flag, the Channel 4 Comedy Blap sketch show created by Kiell Smith-Bynoe.

Elsewhere in the awards, Dave took the Channel Of The Year title. The full list of winners across all genres can be seen via broadcastdigitalawards.co.uk

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