Winner of the Prix Italia 2006 for Best Current Affairs
Winner of the Emmy Best Documentary
Winner Prix Italia Best Documentary
Winner Prix Europa Best Documentary (twice)
Winner of the Royal Television Society Best Documentary Series
Winner of the Royal Television Society Best International Current Affairs (twice)
Winner of The Grierson Best Documentary (twice)
Winner Foreign Press Association Award The Story of the Year
Winner of the BAFTA Flaherty Award Best Documentary
Winner of the UNICEF Award for the Advancement of Children's Rights
Winner of the Golden Eagle CINE Award
Winner Best New Director BAFTA
Winner Golden Hugo Best International Documentary, Chicago
Winner of the Gold Award Charleston International Festival
Winner of the Golden Spire San Francisco Film Festival
Winner of the Indie Award Best Documentary (twice)
Winner of the Indie Award Best Current Affairs Programme (twice)
Winner Best Documentary The British Media Awards
Winner of the Canadian Academy Gemini Best Documentary
Winner North South International Film Festival Geneva Best Documentary
Winner of the BAFTA Best Photography
Winner of the BAFTA Best Editing
Winner of the Royal Television Society Best Educational Television
Winner Royal Television Society Best Team
Winner Royal Television Society Best Photography
Winner Royal Television Society Best Editing (twice)
Winner Classic Doc Award Chicago International Documentary Festival
Winner of the President's Award LODZ Film Festival
Winner Bronze World Award UNESCO
Winner Foreign Press Association Journalist of the Year
Winner Amnesty International Media Awards Best Documentary
Winner Bronze Achievement Award BMA
Winner Grand Prize International Science Television Festival
Winner Directors Guild of GB Award Best Director, Documentaries
Winner Chicago international documentary festival Film Critics Award
Winner Wellcome Media Trust Award for Biology and Medicine
Winner Glaxo Association of British Science Writers Award
Winner Silver Award Flagstaff International Festival Best Documentary
Winner Science in Television Festival, Paris Grand Prize
Winner Gold Special Jury Award Worldfest Houston

Nominated for the Emmy Award Best Direction
Nominated for The Flaherty Award, Best Documentary BAFTA
Nominated for Royal Television Society Best Single Documentary
Nominated for the Royal Television Society Best Documentary Series
Nominated for the Royal Television Society Best Editing
Nominated for the Grierson Best Documentary Series Award
Nominated for the Grierson Best Documentary Award (twice)
Nominated for the BAFTA Best Sound
Nominated Silver Wolf, IDFA Festival, Amsterdam
Nominated for the BBC2 Awards Most Original Documentary
Nominated British Broadcasting Press Guild Best Documentary Series
Nominated for the CINE Awards Master Series Best US Television Programme
Nominated for IDFA Festival, Amsterdam Best Documentary Film
Nominated for the ICRC Dignity in Conflict Award
Nominated for the Gemini Canadian Academy Best Documentary Series
Nominated for the Leipzig International Film Festival Best International Film of the Year
Nominated for the Gemini Canadian Academy Producer's Award Best Documentary
Nominated for the Echo Award European Humanitarian Office
Nominated for the Kodak Award for Best Documentary on Film
Nominated for the BANFF Best Arts Documentary