2016 seems to be Michaela Coel’s year, her awards shelf is bulging and she can now add a Broadcast Digital Award for best scripted programme with Chewing Gum.
The judges showered Michaela Coel with praise, saying: “As writer, lead performer and co-writer and singer of the theme tune, Coel’s imprint was all over the series, her fourth-wall turns to camera engaging the viewer directly in every unflinching detail of a story that warmly celebrated the ups and downs of modern life. Amid all the laughs, it touched on issues of faith with rare candour and thoughtfulness, and its depiction of life on a London estate never wallowed in poverty or looked down on its characters.”
The awards took place at The Brewery in London by Broadcast magazine for shows that air on digital channels. Other winners from the night were BBC Three’s improvised Murder in Successville and Spencer Jones.
