The True Crime Awards 2026 Presents:

THE SHORTLIST 

  • I Fought The Law from Hera Pictures
  • The Jury from Screendog Productions
  • Cold Case Solved from Channel 4 News
  • Get My Bike Back from Hearst Networks
  • My Child Killed from Hearst Networks
  • The Punch from Sky News
  • A Deadly American Marriage from Sandpaper Films
  • Cold Case Justice: Solving the Murder of Louisa Dunne from ITV News West Country
  • Manhunt: The Liar, The Thief, The Conman from ITN Productions
  • Matched with a Predator from BBC Disclosure & BBC Scotland
  • Surviving the Tunisia Beach Attack from Yeti Media
  • The Crossbow Cannibal from Woodcut Media
  • The Facebook Honeytrap: Catching a Killer from Middlechild Productions
  • The Julie Ward Mystery: The Murder Kenya Tried To Cover Up from The Telegraph
  • The Murder of Joanna Yeates from Woodcut Media
  • UK Prisons Exposed - Sex, Drugs & Corruption from DARE Pictures
  • Brianna: A Mother's Story from Multistory Media
  • My Boyfriend the Rapist: The Secret Footage from Paramount (5)
  • My Wife, My Killer & the Secret Footage from Coming Up Roses
  • Prince Andrew & The Epstein Email Scandal from Paramount (5)
  • Prince Andrew: On Trial from Good TV
  • The Crossbow Murders: The Killings That Shocked Britain from Paramount (5)
  • The Plot To Kill Holly Willoughby from Title Role
  • The Punch from Sky News
  • The Push: Murder on A Cruise from Title Role
  • You Be The Judge from Good TV
  • Ashley Cain: into the Danger Zone from True North Productions
  • Britain's Countryside Killers from TRUE CRIME (AMC Networks International - UK)
  • Fatal Fall: Murder or Accident from Coming Up Roses, part of Objective Media Group
  • Katie Piper: Locked Up in Louisiana from Flicker Productions
  • Laura Whitmore on Britain's Killer Teens from Woodcut Media
  • Love Con Revenge from Twenty Twenty Television
  • Murder in Mind from TRUE CRIME (AMC Networks International - UK)
  • Murder: Point of Contact from TRUE CRIME (AMC Networks International - UK)
  • Prime Suspect: Hunting The Predators from Paramount (5)
  • Donal MacIntyre's UK Killer Evidence from TRUE CRIME (AMC Networks International - UK)
  • Killers: Caught on Camera from back2back Productions
  • Missing: Dead or Alive? From Blast Films
  • Murder Scene: The Incident Room from True North Productions
  • Murder Suspect No1 from Paramount (5)
  • Prime Crime with Jesse Weber from Law&Crime
  • 24 Hours in Police Custody: Murder Is No Game from The Garden
  • Brianna: A Mother's Story from Multistory Media
  • Cold Case Justice: Solving the Murder of Louisa Dunne from ITV News West Country
  • Hunting the Whisky Bandits from BBC Disclosure & BBC Scotland
  • Laura Whitmore on Britain's Killer Teens from Woodcut Media
  • Murder in Mind from TRUE CRIME (AMC Networks International - UK)
  • Murder: Point of Contact from TRUE CRIME (AMC Networks International - UK)
  • My Boyfriend, My Rapist: The Secret Footage from FirstLookTV
  • The Disappearance of Jay Slater from Candour Productions
  • The Julie Ward Mystery: The Murder Kenya Tried To Cover Up from The Telegraph
  • 24 Hours in Police Custody: Murder is No Game from The Garden
  • Cannabis Cove: Operation Seal Bay from Lazerbeam
  • Child Snatcher 3: Who Took Lynda & Dawn? From ITN Productions
  • Ed Gein: Original Psycho from Spirit Studios & BossaNova Media
  • Heist: Robbing the Bank of England from Soho Studios, Homecoming Studios, Krempelwood & BossaNova Media
  • Murder in Concrete from Woodcut Media
  • Poisoned: Killer In The Post from Wonderhood Studios
  • The Essex Millionaire Murders from Candour Productions
  • The Sycamore Gap Mystery from Candour Productions
  • Twisted Sisters: Madness and Manslaughter from Paramount (5) & Mentorn Media
  • Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers from The Garden
  • Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park from True Vision Productions
  • Death of a Showjumper from Walk on Air Films
  • Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law from Paramount (5)
  • Hollywood Demons from Ample Entertainment
  • Inside the Kim Kardashian Heist from Wall to Wall
  • Operation Dark Phone: Murder by Text from The Garden
  • The Jury from Screendog Productions
  • The Killer Clown: Murder on the Doorstep from Flicker Productions & BossaNova Media
  • Candour Productions
  • Good TV
  • The Garden
  • Woodcut Media

Please Note: Broadcaster of the Year will be announced at the ceremony on 4th June, no shortlist will be released. 

The True Crime Awards will take place on 4th June 2026 at the Hilton, London Bankside. If you'd like to join us for this prestigious event, tickets are currently available for purchase for either individuals, tables of ten or tables of twelve. 

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