

Laurence won the History Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards in 2006 for Auschwitz: The Nazis & the ‘Final Solution’
Emmy award
British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award (BAFTA)
George Foster Peabody Award
BANFF festival award
2 International Documentary Awards
Broadcasting Press Guild Award
Grierson Award
Historical Film of the Year (History Today)
Televisual ‘Bulldog’ Award for the best of British television
In New York in January 2009, Laurence was presented with the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ by ‘History Makers’, the worldwide congress of History and Current Affairs programme makers.
In
2005 Laurence was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of
Sheffield