D'Or opens for British comedies | Shows up for prestigious international TV awards

D'Or opens for British comedies

Shows up for prestigious international TV awards

The nominations have been announced for the prestigious international Rose d’Or TV awards, with a number of British TV comedies in the running.

In the comedy-drama and sitcom category, Amandaland, Small Prophets, and The Gentlemen are up against Australia’s Colin From Accounts, Margo's Got Money Troubles, and Widow's Bay from America.  The latter won a record 14 Emmy Awards earlier this year.

Meanwhile, Saturday Night Live UK (pictured), Last One Laughing UK and Roisin Conaty and Sara Pascoe’s travelogue Zero Stars have been shortlisted in the comedy entertainment category. 

Also nominated were Belgium’s Don't Panic!, in which  comedian Philippe Geubels becomes an unlikely anxiety coach; the Dutch mockumentary series Rundfunk: Schwalbe; and De Jaren 00 Voor Tieners, also from Belgium, in which teenagers are taken back to experience the pop culture of the early 2000s

John Bishop-fronted Wisdom Of The Crowd and Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening have been given the nod in the studio entertainment category alongside several overseas shows.

Adam Kay’s Dexter Procter: The 10-Year-Old Doctor is nominated in the children and youth category alongside Crookhaven,  The Scarecrows’ Wedding and others.

And The Celebrity Traitors is nominated for best reality competition show.

The winners will be revealed on Monday November 30 at Kings Place in London, at a ceremony hosted by SNL UK's Ania Magliano.

The full list of  78 finalists from 19 countries across all genres is on the Rose d’Or website.

Published: 10 Nov 2026

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