Vote for the Radio Times Readers' Award in the Sandford St Martin Awards 2026

This June will once more see the return of the Sandford St Martin Awards, which honour UK radio, TV and online programming that explores religious, spiritual and ethical themes across all genres.

Radio Times has the honour of inviting readers to vote for their favourite entry in the Radio Times Readers' Award.

These include a Louis Theroux documentary, a moving special of Long Lost Family, a factual show about motorbike racers in Ireland and Amol Rajan's trip to the Ganges.

Plus, there's also Secrets of the Conclave and Jimmy McGovern's powerful series, Unforgivable.

The vote is open until 10 May at 11:59pm with the winner being announced at the ceremony on 16 June at London's Lambeth Palace.

Choose your pick in the poll below – and don't click until you're really sure who you want to win, as once you've clicked, your vote will be submitted!

Read on for this year's nominees and instructions on how to cast your vote.

Ride or Die – available now on BBC iPlayer

At one level this was a documentary about motorbike racers in Ireland, but at another it explored faith, grief and living life on the limit. Do you really understand what living is if you never put your life at risk, wonders race chaplain, Reverend John Kirkpatrick.

Louis Theroux: the Settlers – available now on BBC iPlayer

Travelling to the West Bank, Theroux met some of the ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers to discover what drives them to live the way they do.

Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges – available now on BBC iPlayer

Born in India to a practising Hindu family, Rajan returned to the land of his birth on a pilgrimage to the largest religious festival in the world, the Kumbh Mela, where he tried to find out if faith can help heal the pain of losing his father.

Unforgivable – available now on BBC iPlayer

A gripping story by Jimmy McGovern, exploring the themes of Catholic faith and broken humanity that have dominated his work. This drama posed a question that remains taboo and mostly unanswered: how is it possible to forgive people who sexually abuse children?

Long Lost Family Special: The Mother and Baby Home Scandal – available now on ITVX

A two-part documentary about the 200,000 young women who were forced to give away their babies for adoption in Mother and Baby homes run by Christian denominations in England from the 1940s to the 70s.

Secrets of the Conclave – available now on BBC iPlayer

Featuring unseen footage and with exclusive access to the Vatican, this one-off documentary revealed the inside story of the papal conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, told by the cardinals who were there.

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