2025 Nominees

The Assembly

Rockerdale Productions, BBC One

UK

- Comedy & Variety

The BBC commissioned The Assembly as a pilot to air during Autism Acceptance Week in April 2024. The format adapts French show Les Rencontres Du Papotin (a.k.a The A Talks), which launched in 2022 on France 2, and quickly became their most watched unscripted show of the year. In this show, gone is the flattery and junket PR of the usual celeb fare; in its place, a mix of mischievous prodding, leftfield quizzing and profound exchanges. The mantra: ‘no filter’. The superstars left completely off guard. Together with the BBC, Rockerdale worked with national and local autistic and neurodivergent organisations to ensure every element of the series works for and with autistic and neurodivergent voices.