2025 Nominees

Amanda & Alan's Italian Job

Voltage TV Productions, BBC

UK

- Lifestyle

Amanda and Alan’s Italian job was a huge hit, averaging over 3 million viewers across the series and nearly four times the BBC1 channel average for iPlayer viewings. This original hybrid genre of property and travelogue, shows these well-known celebrities in a whole new light as they tackle a genuine house renovation in just 3 months. Wanting to breathe new life into a town that suffers from depopulation brings real heart to the series and purchasing a house for one euro makes it an accessible premise for the audience. By spending a whole summer in Tuscany, Amanda and Alan immerse themselves into a real community which organically reveals a true slice of local life. The countless design dilemmas and DIY tasks provide the perfect canvas for comedy and the friendship between Amanda and Alan offers real intimacy as they open up to each other, often revealing some of life’s truths. All these factors combined allows the series to hit a perfect note of warmth, humour and escapism.