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Royal Television Society Programme Awards
...| RTS Programme Awards | |
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| Current: #2024 winners | |
 Actor Danny Murphy in 2020 with an RTS regional award for Rising Star | |
| Sponsored by | Audio Network |
| Date | March 2022 |
| Location | Grosvenor House Hotel, London |
| Country | United Kingdom and Ireland |
| Hosted by | Tom Allen |
| First awarded | 1975 |
| Website | rts |
The Royal Television Society Programme Awards, (often referred to as the RTS Awards) seek to recognise programmes or individuals who have made a positive and material contribution to their genre: either because their content or originality in form has in some way moved the genre forward, or perhaps even created a new genre; or because their quality has set standards which other programme-makers can emulate and learn from.
In addition to the national awards and the Craft & Design Awards, the Royal Television Society also hosts a number of regional award ceremonies throughout the UK and Ireland.[1]
Award categories
The original Royal Television Society Programme Awards can be traced back to 1975, when there were just seven categories. In 1989, the categories were revised and awards in these new categories conferred for the award year of 1988. It was also in this year that nominations for some categories were introduced for the very first time. Since 2016, the awards have been primarily focussed on home-grown output, with Fargo, the final winner of the International category in 2015. In 2023, the number of award categories stood at 30.
Controversies
In February 2017 broadcaster Piers Morgan pulled out as host after only three days, citing a public campaign branding him as damaging and inappropriate for the event.[2][3]
Judging
The RTS Programme Awards winners are selected not by public vote but decided via judging panels composed of industry experts and professionals. In 2016 the make up of the judging panels was adjusted to include more women and people from minority backgrounds. From approximately 200 jurors, 52% were now female and 27% from BAME backgrounds. The move towards more diversity came in the wake of the #OscarsSoWhite campaign.[4] At the time of the 2020 awards, the overall jury composition was 56% female and 32% came from BAME backgrounds.[5]
Winners: 1998–present
2024 winners
| Award | Winners[6] | Nominees[7] |
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| Arts | Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World (BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions for BBC) |
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| Breakthrough Award | Lucy Edwards - Japan - The Way I See It – The Travel Show (BBC Current Affairs for BBC) |
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| Children's Program | A Kind of Spark (9 Story Media for BBC) |
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| Comedy Drama | Juice (Various Artists Limited for BBC) |
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| Comedy Entertainment | Rob & Romesh Vs. (CPL Productions for Sky Max) |
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| Comedy Performance: Female | Gbemisola Ikumelo - Black Ops (BBC Studios Comedy Productions and Mondo Deluxe Productions for BBC) |
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| Comedy Performance: Male | Hammed Animashaun - Black Ops (BBC Studios Comedy Productions and Mondo Deluxe Productions for BBC) |
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| Daytime Program | Scam Interceptors (BBC Studios Documentary Unit for BBC) |
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| Documentary Series | Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (KEO Films & Walk on Air Films for BBC) |
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| Drama Series | Happy Valley (Lookout Point in co-production with AMC for BBC) |
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| Entertainment | Squid Game: The Challenge (Studio Lambert & The Garden for Netflix) |
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| Entertainment Performance | Hannah Waddingham - Eurovision Song Contest 2023 (BBC Studios Entertainment Productions, Windfall Films for BBC) |
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| Formatted Popular Factual | Sort Your Life Out (Optomen for BBC) | |
| History | White Nanny, Black Child (Doc Hearts/Tigerlily Productions for Channel 5) |
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| Leading Actor: Female | Tamara Lawrance - Time (BBC Studios Drama Productions for BBC) |
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| Leading Actor: Male | Kane Robinson - Top Boy (Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew and SpringHill Entertainment for Netflix) |
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| Limited-Series | The Sixth Commandment (Wild Mercury Productions and True Vision for BBC) |
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| Live Event | Eurovision Song Contest 2023 (BBC Studios Entertainment Productions, Windfall Films for BBC) |
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| Presenter | Chris Packham - Inside Our Autistic Minds (BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions for BBC) |
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| Science & The Natural World | Chimp Empire (Keo Films and Underdog Films for Netflix) |
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| Scripted Comedy | Extraordinary (Sid Gentle Films Ltd for Disney+) |
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| Single Documentary | Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story (Story Films; Archface Films for Sky Documentaries) |
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| Single Drama | Partygate (Halcyons Heart Films for Channel 4) | |
| Soap and Continuing Drama | EastEnders (BBC Studios Drama Productions for BBC) |
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| Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit | Alex Scott - FIFA Women’s World Cup (IMG for BBC) |
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| Sports Program | All Ireland Senior Football Championship Final (BBC Northern Ireland for BBC) |
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| Supporting Actor – Female | Bella Ramsey - Time (BBC Studios Drama Productions for BBC) |
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| Supporting Actor – Male | Éanna Hardwicke - The Sixth Commandment (Wild Mercury Productions and True Vision for BBC) |
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| Writer – Comedy | Jack Rooke - Big Boys (Roughcut TV for Channel 4) |
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| Writer – Drama | Sarah Phelps - The Sixth Commandment (Wild Mercury Productions and True Vision for BBC) |
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2023 winners
This year saw the introduction of two new performance categories: supporting actor male and supporting actor female.
| Award | Winners[8] | Nominees[9] |
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| Outstanding Achievement Award | Sarah Lancashire | – |
| Judges' Award | Charlotte Moore (BBC) | – |
| Arts | The Evolution of Black British Music (BET UK) |
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| Breakthrough Award | Lenny Rush – Am I Being Unreasonable? (BBC One) |
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| Children's Program | Dodger (CBBC) |
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| Comedy Drama | Brassic (Sky Max) |
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| Comedy Entertainment | Friday Night Live (Channel 4) |
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| Comedy Performance: Female | Daisy May Cooper as Nic in Am I Being Unreasonable? (BBC One) |
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| Comedy Performance: Male | Lenny Rush as Ollie in Am I Being Unreasonable? (BBC One) |
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| Daytime Program | Loose Men (ITV) |
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| Documentary Series | Gazza (BBC Two) |
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| Drama Series | Sherwood (BBC One) |
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| Entertainment | The Traitors (BBC One) |
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| Entertainment Performance | Claudia Winkleman – The Traitors (BBC One) |
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| Formatted Popular Factual | Gogglebox (Channel 4) |
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| History | Our Falklands War: A frontline story (BBC Two) |
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| Leading Actor: Female | Kate Winslet as Ruth in I Am Ruth (Channel 4) |
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| Leading Actor: Male | Kit Connor as Nick Nelson in Heartstopper (Netflix) |
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| Limited-Series | Mood (BBC Three) | |
| Live Event | The State Funeral of HM The Queen Elizabeth II (BBC) |
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| Presenter | Ramita Navai – Afghanistan: No Country for Women (ITV) | |
| Science & The Natural World | The Green Planet (BBC One) |
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| Scripted Comedy | Derry Girls (Channel 4) |
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| Single Documentary | The Tinder Swindler (Netflix) |
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| Single Drama | Life and Death in the Warehouse (BBC Three) |
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| Soap and Continuing Drama | Casualty (BBC One) |
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| Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit | Ade Adepitan – 2022 Winter Paralympics (Channel 4) |
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| Sports Program | Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games (BBC Sport) |
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| Supporting Actor – Female | Ambika Mod as Shruti Acharya in This Is Going to Hurt (BBC One) |
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| Supporting Actor – Male | Adeel Akhtar as Andy Fisher in Sherwood (BBC One) |
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| Writer – Comedy | Lisa McGee for Derry Girls (Channel 4) |
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| Writer – Drama | Lucy Prebble for I Hate Suzie Too (Sky Atlantic) |
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This year saw the return to a live audience event after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. Comedian Graham Norton was presented the outstanding achievement award for 2020 which he had been unable to collect at that time due to having COVID-19.
| Award | Winners | Nominees[13] |
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| Outstanding Achievement Award 2020 | Graham Norton (awarded retroactively) | – |
| Outstanding Achievement Award | Jack Thorne | – |
| Judges' Award | Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One) | – |
| Actor: Female | Gabrielle Creevy as Bethan in In My Skin (BBC Three) |
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| Actor: Male | Callum Scott Howells as Colin "Gladys Pugh" Morris-Jones in It's a Sin (Channel 4) |
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| Arts | Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story (BBC) | |
| Breakthrough Award | Adjani Salmon – Dreaming Whilst Black (BBC Three) |
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| Children's Programme | The Rubbish World of Dave Spud (CITV) | |
| Comedy Entertainment | The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan (Channel 4) |
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| Comedy Performance: Female | Anjana Vasan as Amina in We Are Lady Parts (Channel 4) |
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| Comedy Performance: Male | Samson Kayo as Maleek in Bloods (Sky Comedy) |
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| Daytime Programme | The Great House Giveaway (Channel 4) |
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| Documentary Series | 9/11: One Day in America (National Geographic / Hulu) |
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| Drama Series | In My Skin (BBC Three) |
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| Entertainment | The Big Breakfast (Channel 4) |
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| Entertainment Performance | AJ Odudu and Mo Gilligan – The Big Breakfast (Channel 4) |
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| Formatted Popular Factual | The Dog House (Channel 4) |
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| History | Uprising (BBC Two) |
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| Live Event | The Earthshot Prize 2021 (BBC) |
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| Limited Series | It's a Sin (Channel 4) | |
| Presenter | Munya Chawawa – Race Around Britain (YouTube Originals) |
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| RTS Network of the Year | BBC One | |
| Science & Natural History | David Harewood – Why is Covid Killing People of Colour? (BBC) |
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| Scripted Comedy | Alma's Not Normal (BBC Two) |
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| Single Documentary | Rape: Who's on Trial? (Channel 4) |
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