Mercury Prize - Episode Guide

Jo Whiley and Jools Holland present the awards ceremony from the Grosvenor House Hotel as a group of judges pick the best homegrown album of the year. Amy Winehouse, nu-ravers Klaxons, Dizze Rascal, jazz experimentalists Basquiat Strings and young Irish troubadour Fionn Regan are among those on the short list of twelve.

Jools Holland hosts the prestigious award ceremony from London's Grosvenor House Hotel. Including live performances from Amy Winehouse, Klaxons, Irish singer-songwriter Fionn Regan and other nominees.

In this hour long programme, Lauren Laverne hosts BBC Four's Best Album of the Year 2016 - Mercury Prize Live from the awards ceremony at London's Eventim Apollo.

This year, for the first time, the television programme will feature the announcement of six finalists from the shortlisted 12 albums - one of which has been chosen by public vote and the rest by the panel of judges who selected the shortlist and who will decide the ultimate winner of the Prize tonight. Lauren will introduce performances on stage, and the programme will also reflect back across 25 years of the Mercurys, marking this milestone anniversary of the prestigious Prize, and culminating in the thrilling moment the winner is announced live.

Lauren Laverne hosts this year's prestigious Mercury Music Prize from the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London. Each year, an esteemed collection of artists, broadcasters and tastemakers decide on what they believe to be the outstanding albums of the year from the UK and Ireland. This shortlist is seen as reflecting and highlighting the diversity of the UK music scene and this year features grime, pop, jazz, rap and indie guitar. As ever the albums and artists are an eclectic bunch which include previous winners alt-J and The xx, grime star Stormzy, poet Kate Tempest and the interesting choice that has had the critics talking, a certain Mr Ed Sheeran. During this show, all the shortlisted albums will be celebrated through special performances, culminating in the live announcement of this year's winner.

Live coverage of this year's music awards ceremony from London's Eventim Apollo, featuring all of the shortlisted albums through special performances.

Live coverage of the 2019 Hyundai Mercury Prize for Album of the Year show at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, featuring performances from many of the shortlisted artists.

A celebration of the 12 albums making up the shortlist for the much-coveted Mercury Prize 2020. Lauren Laverne guides viewers through each record on the eve of the announcement of the winner.

Hosted by BBC Radio 6 Music's Lauren Laverne, BBC Four provides live coverage of the Mercury Prize 2021 from the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London.

The Mercury Prize Albums Of The Year celebrates and promotes the best of British music annually, recognising artistic achievement across a range of contemporary music genres. For the first time since September 2019, the awards ceremony returns to Hammersmith and the BBC will provide live coverage of the event. The programme will feature live performances from the shortlisted artists and will culminate in the live announcement of this year's winner.

Lauren Laverne hosts live coverage of this year's Mercury Prize Album of the Year from the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London.

2022's eclectic shortlist, which was announced live on BBC Radio 6 Music in July, is a reflection of the UK and Ireland's rich musical landscape over the last 12 months. All the shortlisted albums will be reflected through live performance, building to the announcement of this year's winner as selected by the judges, a panel of music experts from broadcasters to industry heavyweights and artists including Anna Calvi, Loyle Carner and Annie Macmanus.

This year's 12 shortlisted albums are:

Fergus McCreadie's Forest Floor, the third album from the acclaimed Scottish pianist and composer, whose unique blend of jazz and Scottish folk have earned him his first place on the Mercury shortlist.

Welsh native Gwenno also receives a first nod with Tresor, a deeply personal offering exploring the impact of motherhood on the psyche and written almost entirely in Cornish.

Global pop phenomenon Harry Styles, who since launching a solo career in 2017, makes the list with his huge No 1 record Harry's House.

Academy Award-nominated actress and singer Jessie Buckley and previous Mercury Prize winner Bernard Butler, who have teamed up for a unique collection of mesmerising songs entitled For All Our Days That Tear the Heart.

Proud south Londoner Joy Crookes, who released her debut album Skin in 2021. She used the project to traverse familial love, generational trauma, breakups and politics, while paying homage to those who taught her valuable lessons about each of these topics.

Another proud Londoner, rapper Kojey Radical, released his long-awaited debut Reason to Smile in March, which has been dubbed an era-defining Black British work. It features contributions from the likes of Kelis, Wretch 32 and his own mother.

Little Simz returns to the Mercury shortlist for a second time with Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, the rapper's fourth and most personal offering yet. It covers complex themes of race, womanhood, gang violence, loss, childhood and trauma throughout the album.

Heavy alternative rock renegades Amy Love and Georgia South aka Nova Twins, who blurred punk, rap, pop, hard rock and beyond to create Supernova' their second album.

Continuing the theme of sophomore albums, North Shields's Sam Fender released Seventeen Going Under in 2021, his second to hit No 1 and what he claims to be his ‘coming-of-age story.

Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem, who has fast become the unapologetic pop star she always wanted to be, makes the list with Prioritise Pleasure, an album that outlines the absurd contradictions of modern womanhood.

Isle of Wight duo Wet Leg rose to prominence last year with their viral single Chaise Longue before their eponymous debut album, which has been described as ‘sad music for party people', hit the top of the charts in April.

Completing the 12 is Leeds outfit Yard Act, whose culturally astute record The Overload ties together observations from all walks of modern British life with satirical spoken-word humour.

Lauren Laverne presents live coverage of the annual music ceremony from the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, west London, which sees the album of the year decided from a shortlist of 12 bands and artists - Arctic Monkeys, Ezra Collective, Fred Again, J Hus, Jessie Ware, Jockstrap, Lankum, Loyle Carner, Olivia Dean, Raye, Shygirl and Young Fathers.