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Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind UK,’ ‘Love on the Spectrum’ Among Winners in Realscreen Unscripted Awards Competition
February 3, 2026
MIAMI — Netflix streaming favorites “Love Is Blind UK” and “Love on the Spectrum” were among the top reality shows honored Feb. 3 in the 2026 Realscreen Awards Program Competition.
The ceremony, held on day two of the Realscreen Summit, was hosted by comedian and two-time Emmy nominee Michael Yo.
Now in its 16th year, the Realscreen Awards honors unscripted content from around the world in 23 genre-specific categories — including competition, lifestyle, nonfiction, reality, talent and podcast — along with five Awards of Excellence for the overall category winners. A panel of over 150 senior international industry professionals from 21 countries evaluated entries across multiple genres.
This year’s competition included 96 nominees and recognized winners with Awards of Excellence in the following key categories:
Competition:
“The Box”
Produced for TV 2 Norway
Production company, Seefood TV
“David Blaine Do Not Attempt”
Produced for National Geographic
Production company, Imagine Documentaries
Non-Fiction:
“Sally”
Produced for National Geographic
Production company, Muck Media & A Story Syndicate Production
Reality:
“Love Is Blind UK”
Produced for Netflix
Production company, CPL Productions
Talent:
The cast of “Love on the Spectrum”
Produced for Netflix
Production company, Northern Pictures
“The Realscreen Awards continue to showcase the depth, ambition, and global reach of today’s unscripted storytelling,” said Mary Maddever, senior EVP of Realscreen and chief content officer for Brunico, producer of both the Realscreen Summit and NATPE Global. “This year’s honorees exemplify the creative excellence, innovation, and leadership shaping the future of the genre.”
See the full list of winners here
Special honors were also given to Jane Turton, who was inducted into the Realscreen Hall of Fame; John McVay, given the Realscreen Impact Award; and the late Dr. Jane Goodall, honored posthumously with the Realscreen Action Award.
Turton has shepherded All3Media into an important global content provider, overseeing more than 40 award-winning companies producing 4,000 hours of content a year that is sold to more than 1,000 broadcasters worldwide. She has also grown Little Dot Studios into a leading digital content network. Turton is also chair of RTS.
McVay is the outgoing CEO of Pact. He was honored for his contributions to the U.K. production community and his advocacy for U.K. producers — work that has helped build companies and careers, transformed the U.K. television landscape, and left a lasting imprint on programming worldwide.
And Goodall, the world-renowned ethologist, conservationist, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, was recognized for her work in the field as a pre-eminent scientist and animal behavior expert, and as a global voice for community-centered conservation and biodiversity protection. She has been the focal point of scores of documentary films and series, dating back to 1965’s Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees, narrated by Orson Welles for National Geographic. Most recently she was the subject of Brett Morgen’s 2017 documentary Jane, also for Nat Geo.
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