Royal Television Society Programme Awards

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.

RTS Programme Awards
Current: #2022 winners
Actor Danny Murphy in 2020 with an RTS regional award for Rising Star
Sponsored byAudio Network
DateMarch 2022 (2022-03)
LocationGrosvenor House Hotel, London
CountryUnited Kingdom and Ireland
Hosted byTom Allen
First awarded1975; 49 years ago (1975)
Websiterts.org.uk/awards/programme-awards

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

2024 winners

Presented: 26 March 2024 – Host: Tom Allen
Award Winners Nominees[6]
Arts
Breakthrough Award
Children's Program
Comedy Drama
Comedy Entertainment
Comedy Performance: Female
Comedy Performance: Male
  • Freddie Meredith - Such Brave Girls  (Various Artists Limited for BBC)
  • Hammed Animashaun - Black Ops (BBC Studios Comedy Productions and Mondo Deluxe Productions for BBC)
  • Jon Pointing - Big Boys (Roughcut TV for Channel 4)
Daytime Program
Documentary Series
Drama Series
Entertainment
Entertainment Performance
Formatted Popular Factual
History
  • Britain's Human Zoos (Red Bicycle with Milk & Honey for Channel 4)
  • The Man Who Played With Fire (Raw TV for Sky Documentaries)
  • White Nanny, Black Child (Doc Hearts/Tigerlily Productions for Channel 5)
Leading Actor: Female
Leading Actor: Male
Limited-Series
  • Best Interests  (AC Chapter One for BBC)
  • Boiling Point (Ascendant Fox, Matriarch Productions and It's All Made Up Productions for BBC)
  • The Sixth Commandment (Wild Mercury Productions and True Vision for BBC)
Live Event
  • Eurovision Song Contest 2023 (BBC Studios Entertainment Productions, Windfall Films for BBC)
  • The Coronation Concert (BBC Studios Event Productions for BBC)
  • The Coronation of TM The King and Queen Camilla (BBC Studios Event Productions for BBC)
Presenter
  • Chris Packham - Inside Our Autistic Minds (BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions for BBC)
  • Rhod Gilbert - Rhod Gilbert: A Pain in the Neck (Kailash Films & Llanbobl Vision for Channel 4)
  • Stacey Solomon - Sort Your Life Out (Optomen Television for BBC)
Science & The Natural World
  • Chimp Empire (Keo Films and Underdog Films for Netflix)
  • Inside Our Autistic Minds (BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions for BBC)
  • Planet Earth III (BBC Studios Natural History Unit, BBC America, ZDF, France Televisions and The Open University for BBC)
Scripted Comedy
  • Black Ops (BBC Studios Comedy Productions and Mondo Deluxe Productions for BBC)
  • Extraordinary (Sid Gentle Films Ltd for Disney+)
  • Such Brave Girls (Various Artists Limited for BBC)
Single Documentary
  • Anorexic (Proper Content for Channel 5)
  • Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story (Story Films; Archface Films for Sky Documentaries)
  • The Price of Truth (Oxford Film & Television for Channel 4)
Single Drama
  • Consent (Firebird Pictures for Channel 4)
  • Men Up (Quay Street Productions, Boom for BBC)
  • Partygate (Halcyons Heart Films for Channel 4)
Soap and Continuing Drama
  • Casualty (BBC Studios Drama Productions for BBC)
  • EastEnders (BBC Studios Drama Productions for BBC)
  • Waterloo Road (Rope Ladder Fiction, Wall to Wall for BBC)
Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit
Sports Program
Supporting Actor – Female
Supporting Actor – Male
  • Araloyin Oshunremi - Top Boy (Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew and SpringHill Entertainment for Netflix)
  • Mark Gatiss - Nolly (Quay Street Productions for ITVX)
  • Éanna Hardwicke - The Sixth Commandment (Wild Mercury Productions and True Vision for BBC)
Writer – Comedy
Writer – Drama
  • Emma Dennis-Edwards - Consent (Firebird Pictures for Channel 4)
  • Sally Wainwright - Happy Valley (Lookout Point in co-production with AMC for BBC)
  • Sarah Phelps - The Sixth Commandment (Wild Mercury Productions and True Vision for BBC)


2023 winners

2023 winners

This year saw the introduction of two new performance categories: supporting actor male and supporting actor female.

Presented: 28 March 2023 – Host: Tom Allen
Award Winners[7] Nominees[8]
Outstanding Achievement Award Sarah Lancashire
Judges' Award Charlotte Moore (BBC)
Arts The Evolution of Black British Music (BET UK)
  • The Ghost of Richard Harris (Sky Arts)
  • This Is Joan Collins (BBC)
Breakthrough Award Lenny RushAm I Being Unreasonable? (BBC One)
Children's Program Dodger (CBBC)
  • COP27: Six Ways to Save Our Planet (Sky Kids / Sky News)
  • Corpse Talk (YouTube Originals)
Comedy Drama Brassic (Sky Max)
Comedy Entertainment Friday Night Live (Channel 4)
Comedy Performance: Female Daisy May Cooper as Nic in Am I Being Unreasonable? (BBC One)
Comedy Performance: Male Lenny Rush as Ollie in Am I Being Unreasonable? (BBC One)
Daytime Program Loose Men (ITV)
Documentary Series Gazza (BBC Two)
  • Big Oil vs The World (BBC Two)
  • Jeremy Kyle Show: Death On Daytime (Channel 4)
Drama Series Sherwood (BBC One)
Entertainment The Traitors (BBC One)
Entertainment Performance Claudia WinklemanThe Traitors (BBC One)
Formatted Popular Factual Gogglebox (Channel 4)
History Our Falklands War: A frontline story (BBC Two)
  • Aids: The Unheard Tapes (BBC Two)
  • Italia 90: Four Weeks that Changed the World (Sky Documentaries)
Leading Actor: Female Kate Winslet as Ruth in I Am Ruth (Channel 4)
Leading Actor: Male Kit Connor as Nick Nelson in Heartstopper (Netflix)
Limited-Series Mood (BBC Three)
Live Event The State Funeral of HM The Queen Elizabeth II (BBC)
Presenter Ramita NavaiAfghanistan: No Country for Women (ITV)
Science & The Natural World The Green Planet (BBC One)
  • My Dead Body (Channel 4)
  • My Garden of a Thousand Bees (Sky Nature)
Scripted Comedy Derry Girls (Channel 4)
Single Documentary The Tinder Swindler (Netflix)
  • Dying to Divorce (Sky Documentaries)
  • Will Young: Losing My Twin Rupert (Channel 4)
Single Drama Life and Death in the Warehouse (BBC Three)
Soap and Continuing Drama Casualty (BBC One)
Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit Ade Adepitan2022 Winter Paralympics (Channel 4)
Sports Program Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games (BBC Sport)
Supporting Actor – Female Ambika Mod as Shruti Acharya in This Is Going to Hurt (BBC One)
Supporting Actor – Male Adeel Akhtar as Andy Fisher in Sherwood (BBC One)
Writer – Comedy Lisa McGee for Derry Girls (Channel 4)
Writer – Drama Lucy Prebble for I Hate Suzie Too (Sky Atlantic)

2022 winners[9][10][11]

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.

Presented: 29 March 2022 – Host: Tom Allen
Award Winners Nominees[12]
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)
Actor: Male Callum Scott Howells as Colin "Gladys Pugh" Morris-Jones in It's a Sin (Channel 4)
Arts Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story (BBC)
Breakthrough Award Adjani Salmon – Dreaming Whilst Black (BBC Three)
Children's Programme The Rubbish World of Dave Spud (CITV)
Comedy Entertainment The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan (Channel 4)
Comedy Performance: Female Anjana Vasan as Amina in We Are Lady Parts (Channel 4)
Comedy Performance: Male Samson Kayo as Maleek in Bloods (Sky Comedy)
Daytime Programme The Great House Giveaway (Channel 4)
Documentary Series 9/11: One Day in America (National Geographic / Hulu)
  • Undercover Police: Hunting Paedophiles (Channel 4)
  • Liverpool Narcos (Sky Documentaries)
Drama Series In My Skin (BBC Three)
Entertainment The Big Breakfast (Channel 4)
Entertainment Performance AJ Odudu and Mo GilliganThe Big Breakfast (Channel 4)
Formatted Popular Factual The Dog House (Channel 4)
History Uprising (BBC Two)
Live Event The Earthshot Prize 2021 (BBC)
Limited Series It's a Sin (Channel 4)
Presenter Munya ChawawaRace Around Britain (YouTube Originals)
RTS Network of the Year BBC One
Science & Natural History David Harewood – Why is Covid Killing People of Colour? (BBC)
  • Horizon: "The Vaccine" (BBC Two)
  • Baby Surgeons: Delivering Miracles (Channel 4)
Scripted Comedy Alma's Not Normal (BBC Two)
Single Documentary Rape: Who's on Trial? (Channel 4)
Single Drama Help (Channel 4)
Soap and Continuing Drama Hollyoaks (Channel 4)
Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit Gary NevilleSky Sports Premier League (Sky Sports)
Sports Programme Tokyo 2020 Olympics (BBC Sport)
Writer: Comedy Nida Manzoor for We Are Lady Parts (Channel 4)
Writing: Drama Russell T Davies for It's a Sin (Channel 4)

2021 winners[13][14]

For the second year running, due to COVID-19 related restrictions the 2021 winners ceremony was held behind closed doors and without a live audience. In 2021 a new award category for comedy entertainment programme was established. A special award was bestowed on John McVay, Sara Geater, Max Rumney, Hakan Kousetta and their team at PACT (Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television) in this year to recognise the difficulties and challenges for the independent production sector during the pandemic year.

Presented: 16 March 2021 (livestreamed event)[15] – Host: Jonathan Ross
Award Winners Nominees[16]
Outstanding Achievement Award Russell T Davies
Judges' Award Anne Mensah
Special Award PACT (John McVay, Sara Geater, Max Rumney, Hakan Kousetta and team)
Actor: Female Michaela Coel as Arabella Essiedu in I May Destroy You (BBC One)
Actor: Male Shaun Parkes as Frank Crichlow in Small Axe (BBC One)
Arts Grayson's Art Club (Channel 4)
Breakthrough Award Mae MartinFeel Good (Channel 4)
Children's Programme IRL with Team Charlene (CITV)
Comedy Entertainment The Ranganation (BBC Two)
Comedy Performance: Female Gbemisola Ikumelo as various characters in Famalam (BBC Three)
Comedy Performance: Male Youssef Kerkour as Sami Ibrahim in Home (Channel 4)
Daytime Programme Loose Women (ITV)
Documentary Series Once Upon a Time in Iraq (BBC Two)
Drama Series In My Skin (BBC Three)
Entertainment The Masked Singer (ITV)
Entertainment Performance Big Narstie & Mo GilliganThe Big Narstie Show (Channel 4)
Formatted Popular Factual Joe Lycett's Got Your Back (Channel 4)
History Damilola: The Boy Next Door (Channel 4)
  • Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany (BBC Four)
  • The World's Biggest Murder Trial: Nuremberg (Channel 5)
Live Event The Third Day: "Autumn" (Sky Atlantic / HBO)
Mini Series I May Destroy You (BBC One)
Presenter Joe LycettThe Great British Sewing Bee (BBC One)
RTS Channel of the Year BBC One
Science & Natural History The Surgeon's Cut (Netflix)
  • Surviving the Virus: My Brother & Me (BBC One)
  • Brain Surgeons: Between Life and Death (Channel 4)
Scripted Comedy The Young Offenders (BBC Three / RTÉ)
Single Documentary Anton Ferdinand: Football, Racism & Me (BBC One)
  • Surviving Covid (Channel 4)
  • The Family Secret (Channel 4)
Single Drama Elizabeth Is Missing (BBC One)
Soap and Continuing Drama Casualty (BBC One)
Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit Michael HoldingEngland v West Indies (Sky Sports)
Sports Programme England v West Indies First Test: "Black Lives Matter" (Sky Sports)
Writer: Comedy Mae Martin and Joe Hampson for Feel Good (Channel 4)
Writing: Drama Michaela Coel for I May Destroy You (BBC One)

2020 winners[17]

Due to COVID-19 related restrictions the 2020 winners ceremony was held behind closed doors and without a live audience.[18] The outstanding achievement award was not awarded as comedian Graham Norton had COVID-19, (it would be retroactively awarded in 2022 once the ceremony returned as a live audience event).

Presented: 17 March 2020 (livestreamed event)[19] – Host: Paul Merton
Award Winners Nominees
Outstanding Achievement Award Graham Norton (not awarded)
Judges' Award Jane Featherstone
Actor: Female Tamara Lawrance as July in The Long Song (BBC One)
Actor: Male Stephen Graham as Joseph in The Virtues (Channel 4)
Arts Bros: After the Screaming Stops (BBC Four)
  • Imagine: "James Graham - In the Room Where It Happens" (BBC One)
  • Superkids: Breaking Away From Care (Channel 4)
Breakthrough Award Tanya MoodieMotherland (BBC Two)
Children's Programme Zog (BBC One)
Comedy Performance: Female Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Erin Quinn in Derry Girls (Channel 4)
Comedy Performance: Male Ncuti Gatwa as Eric Effiong in Sex Education (Netflix)
Daytime Programme The Repair Shop (BBC Two)
Documentary Series The Choir: Our School By The Tower (BBC Two)
  • Crime and Punishment (Channel 4)
  • Hometown: A Killing (BBC Three)
Drama Series Gentleman Jack (BBC One)
Entertainment RuPaul's Drag Race UK (BBC Three)
Entertainment Performance London HughesDon't Hate The Playaz (ITV2)
Formatted Popular Factual The British Tribe Next Door (Channel 4)
History Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain (Channel 4)
Live Event Stormzy at Glastonbury 2019 (BBC Two)
Mini Series The Long Song (BBC One)
Presenter Mobeen AzharHometown: A Killing (BBC Three)
RTS Channel of the Year Channel 5
Science & Natural History The Parkinson's Drug Trial: A Miracle Cure? (BBC Two)
  • 8 Days: To the Moon and Back (BBC Two)
  • The Planets (BBC Two)
Scripted Comedy Fleabag (BBC One)
Single Documentary War in the Blood (BBC Two)
Single Drama The Left Behind (BBC Three / BBC Wales)
Soap and Continuing Drama Casualty (BBC One)
Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit Alex Scott2019 FIFA Women's World Cup (BBC One)
Sports Programme ICC Cricket World Cup Final (Sky Sports)
Writer: Comedy Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Fleabag (BBC One)
Writing: Drama Craig Mazin for Chernobyl (Sky Atlantic / HBO)

2019 winners[20][21]

In 2019 the comedy performance award was split into two (male and female) for the first time.

Presented: 19 March 2019 – Host: Shappi Khorsandi
Award Winners Nominees[22]
Outstanding Achievement Award Lorraine Kelly
Judges' Award Ben Frow
Actor: Female Jodie Comer as Oksana Astankova / Villanelle in Killing Eve (BBC Three)
Actor: Male Lucian Msamati as Tobi Akindele Kiri (Channel 4)
Arts The Art of Drumming (Sky Arts)
Breakthrough Award Nabhaan RizwanInformer (BBC One)
Children's Programme Prosiect Z (S4C)
Comedy Performance: Female Lesley Manville as Cathy Walker in Mum (BBC Two)
Comedy Performance: Male Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith as various characters in Inside No. 9 (BBC Two)
Daytime Programme The Repair Shop (BBC Two)
Documentary Series Prison (Channel 4)
  • Drugsland (BBC Three)
  • Love and Hate Crime (BBC One)
Drama Series Save Me (Sky Atlantic)
Entertainment The Last Leg (Channel 4)
Entertainment Performance Big Narstie & Mo GilliganThe Big Narstie Show (Channel 4)
Formatted Popular Factual The Real Full Monty: Ladies Night (ITV)
History A Dangerous Dynasty: The House of Assad (BBC Two)
Live Event The Royal Wedding: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (BBC)
Mini Series A Very English Scandal (BBC One)
Presenter Romesh RanganathanThe Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan (BBC Two)
RTS Channel of the Year CBeebies
Science & Natural History Drowning in Plastic (BBC One)
  • Blue Planet II (BBC One)
  • The Secret Life of Landfill: A Rubbish History (BBC Four)
Scripted Comedy Derry Girls (Channel 4)
Single Documentary Raped: My Story (Channel 5)
  • Grenfell (BBC One)
  • Married to a Paedophile (Channel 4)
Single Drama Killed by My Debt (BBC Three)
Soap and Continuing Drama Hollyoaks (Channel 4)
Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit Osi UmenyioraThe NFL Show/NFL This Week (BBC Two)
Sports Programme MOTD: "2018 World Cup - Quarter Final – England v Sweden" (BBC One)
Writer: Comedy Stefan Golaszewski for Mum (BBC Two)
Writing: Drama Lennie James for Save Me (Sky Atlantic)

2018 winners[23][24][25]

In 2018 Netflix's historical drama The Crown was bestowed a special recognition award.

Presented: 20 March 2018 – Host: Vernon Kay
Award Winners Nominees
Lifetime Achievement Award Jimmy McGovern
Judges' Award Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones
Special Recognition Award The Crown (Netflix)
Actor: Female Sinéad Keenan as Melanie Jones in Little Boy Blue (ITV)
Actor: Male Stephen Graham as Detective Superintendent Dave Kelly in Little Boy Blue (ITV)
Arts Paula Rego, Secrets & Stories (BBC Two)
Breakthrough Award Daniel Lawrence TaylorTimewasters (ITV2)
Children's Programme Newsround: "Inside My Head" (CBBC)
Comedy Performance Daisy May Cooper as Kerry Mucklowe and Charlie Cooper as Lee "Kurtan" Mucklowe in This Country (BBC Three)
Daytime Programme Moving On: "Eighteen" (BBC One)
Documentary Series Hospital (BBC Two)
Drama Series The End of the F***ing World (Channel 4 / Netflix)
Entertainment Love Island (ITV2)
Entertainment Performance Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh WiddicombeThe Last Leg (Channel 4)
Formatted Popular Factual Muslims Like Us (BBC One)
History Elizabeth I's Secret Agents (BBC Two)
Live Event World War One Remembered: Passchendaele – For The Fallen (BBC Two)
Mini Series Three Girls (BBC One)
Presenter Anita RaniMy Family, Partition and Me: India 1947 (BBC One)
RTS Channel of the Year BBC One
Science & Natural History Planet Earth II
Scripted Comedy This Country (BBC Three)
Single Documentary Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad (BBC One)
Single Drama Murdered for Being Different (BBC Three)
Soap and Continuing Drama Coronation Street (ITV)
Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit Michael JohnsonWorld Athletics Championships (BBC Sport)
Sports Programme Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko (Sky Sports)
Writer: Comedy Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper for This Country (BBC Three)
Writing: Drama Nicole Taylor for Three Girls (BBC One)

2017 winners[26][27][28]

This year saw the drama serial award retired to make way for two new awards: the mini-series award and the RTS channel of the year award.

Presented: 21 March 2017 – Host: Sandy Toksvig
Award Winners Nominees[29][30]
Lifetime Achievement Award Julie Walters
Judges' Award Sally Wainwright
Actor: Female Sophie Okonedo as Maya Cobbina in Undercover (BBC One)
Actor: Male Robbie Coltrane as Paul Finchley in National Treasure (Channel 4)
Arts Grayson Perry: All Man (Channel 4)
Breakthrough Award Phoebe Waller-BridgeFleabag (BBC Three)
  • Nadiya HussainThe Chronicles of Nadiya (BBC One)
  • Phillip Wood – Chasing Dad: A Lifelong Addiction (BBC Three)
Children's Programme CBeebies A Midsummer Night's Dream (CBeebies)
Comedy Performance Asim Chaudhry as Chabud "Chabuddy G" Gul in People Just Do Nothing (BBC Three)
Daytime Programme Find it, Fix it, Flog it (Channel 4)
Documentary Series Exodus: Our Journey to Europe (BBC Two)
Drama Series Happy Valley (BBC One)
Entertainment Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)
Entertainment Performance Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh WiddicombeThe Last Leg (Channel 4)
History The Aberfan Young Wives' Club (ITV)
  • Secret History: "Saddam Goes to Hollywood" (Channel 4)
  • Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes (National Geographic)
Live Event Stand Up to Cancer (Channel 4)
Mini Series National Treasure (Channel 4)
Popular Factual and Features Employable Me (BBC Two)
Presenter Grayson PerryGrayson Perry: All Man (Channel 4)
RTS Channel of the Year BBC Three
Science & Natural History First Contact: Lost Tribe of the Amazon (Channel 4)
  • The Hunt: "The Hardest Challenge" (BBC One)
  • The Secret Life of 4, 5 & 6 Year Olds (Channel 4)
Scripted Comedy People Just Do Nothing (BBC Three)
Single Documentary The Murder of Sadie Hartley (ITV)
Single Drama Murdered by My Father (BBC One)
Soap and Continuing Drama Emmerdale (ITV)
Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit Osi UmenyioraRace to Super Bowl 50, The NFL Show/NFL This Week (BBC Two)
Sports Programme Rio Paralympics (Channel 4)
Writer: Comedy Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Fleabag (BBC Three)
Writing: Drama Sally Wainwright for Happy Valley (BBC One)

2016 winners[31][32][33]

In 2016 a single breakthrough award was revived to replace the two awards (behind the scenes and on-screen) that were last bestowed in 2008. The children's fiction award was retired as was the international award.

Presented: 22 March 2016 – Host: Richard Madeley
Award Winners Nominees[34][4][35]
Lifetime Achievement Award Joan Bakewell
Judges' Award Lenny Henry
Actor: Female Suranne Jones as Dr. Gemma Foster in Doctor Foster (BBC One)
Actor: Male Anthony Hopkins as "Sir" in The Dresser (BBC Two)
Arts Handmade (BBC Four)
  • Grayson Perry's Dream House (Channel 4)
  • Hockney (BBC Two)
Breakthrough Award Michaela CoelChewing Gum (E4)
Children's Programme My Life: "I Am Leo" (CBBC)
Comedy Performance Michaela Coel as Tracey Gordon in Chewing Gum (E4)
Daytime Programme Judge Rinder (ITV)
Documentary Series The Romanians are Coming (Channel 4)
Drama Serial The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies (ITV)
Drama Series No Offence (Channel 4)
Entertainment Release the Hounds (ITV2)
Entertainment Performance Ant & DecI'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! / Britain's Got Talent / Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)
History Holocaust: Night Will Fall (Channel 4)
Live Event VE Day 70: The Nation Remembers (BBC One)
Popular, Factual and Features DIY SOS: "Homes For Veterans" (BBC One)
Presenter Reggie YatesReggie Yates' Extreme Russia (BBC Three)
Science & Natural History Oak Tree: Nature's Greatest Survivor (BBC Four)
Scripted Comedy Catastrophe (Channel 4)
Single Documentary Storyville: "India's Daughter" (BBC Four)
Single Drama Coalition (Channel 4)
Soap and Continuing Drama Emmerdale (ITV)
Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit David Coulthard (BBC Sport)
Sports Programme Monday Night Football (Sky Sports)
Writer: Comedy Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan for Catastrophe (Channel 4)
Writing: Drama Peter Morgan for The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies (ITV)

2015 winners[36][37][38]

Presented: 17 March 2015 – Host: John Sargeant
Award Winners Nominees
Lifetime Achievement Award Melvyn Bragg
Judges' Award Ben Stephenson
Actor: Female Sarah Lancashire as Sgt Catherine Cawood in Happy Valley (BBC One)
Actor: Male Tom Hollander as Dylan Thomas in A Poet in New York (BBC Two)
Arts Grayson Perry: Who Are You? (Channel 4)
Children's Fiction 4 O'Clock Club: "Christmas" (CBBC)
Children's Programme The Big Performance: "Finale" (CBBC)
  • Marrying Mum and Dad (CBBC)
  • Swashbuckle: "Pirate Pampering" (Cbeebies)
Comedy Performance Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton as various characters in Inside No. 9 (BBC Two)
Daytime Programme Couples Come Dine with Me (Channel 4)
Documentary Series Life and Death Row (BBC Three)
  • Bedlam (Channel 4)
  • Protecting Our Parents (BBC Two)
Drama Serial The Honourable Woman (BBC Two)
Drama Series Line of Duty (BBC Two)
Entertainment The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
Entertainment Performance Claudia WinklemanStrictly Come Dancing (BBC One)
History Our World War (BBC Three)
International Fargo (Channel 4)
Live Event D-Day: The Heroes Return (BBC One)
Popular Factual and Features The Island with Bear Grylls (Channel 4)
Presenter Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly's Big Send Off (ITV)
  • Lucy WorsleyThe First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain (BBC Four)
  • Grayson PerryGrayson Perry: Who Are You? (Channel 4)
Science & Natural History Live From Space: Lap of the Planet (Channel 4)
  • Life Story (BBC One)
  • The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins (BBC Four)
Scripted Comedy Harry & Paul's Story of the Twos (BBC Two)
Single Documentary The Paedophile Hunter (Channel 4)
Single Drama Murdered by My Boyfriend (BBC Three)
Soap and Continuing Drama Casualty (BBC One)
Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit Gary Neville (Sky Sports)
Sports Programme The 2014 Ryder Cup (Sky Sports)
Writer: Comedy Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson for Harry & Paul's Story of the Twos (BBC Two)
Writing: Drama Peter Bowker for Marvellous (BBC Two)

2014 winners[39][40][41]

In 2014 the nations & regions programme award was dropped to make room for two sports-related awards; sports programme and sports presenter, commentator or pundit.

Presented: 18 March 2014 – Host: Tim Vine
Award Winners Nominees[42]
Lifetime Achievement Award David Suchet
Judges' Award Janice Hadlow
Actor: Female Olivia Colman as DR Ellie Miller in Broadchurch (ITV) / as Carol in Run (Channel 4)
Actor: Male Idris Elba as DCI John Luther in Luther (BBC One)
Arts Imagine: "Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?" (BBC One)
Children's Fiction The Dumping Ground (CBBC)
Children's Programme Newsround: "Hard Times" (CBBC)
Comedy Performance Brendan O'Carroll as Agnes Brown in Mrs. Brown's Boys (BBC One)
Daytime Programme Four Rooms (Channel 4 / More4)
Documentary Series Educating Yorkshire (Channel 4)
Drama Serial Broadchurch (ITV)
Drama Series Peaky Blinders (BBC Two)
Entertainment The Last Leg (Channel 4)
Entertainment Performance Alan CarrAlan Carr: Chatty Man (Channel 4)
History Richard III: King in the Car Park (Channel 4)
International Game of Thrones (Sky Atlantic)
Live Event The Ashes – 2013 (Sky Sports)
  • Bollywood Carmen Live (BBC Three)
  • Wimbledon: "Men's Final" (BBC Sport)
Popular Factual and Features Gogglebox (Channel 4)
Presenter Stephen FryStephen Fry: Out There (BBC Two)
Science & Natural History Africa (BBC One)
  • How To Win The Grand National (Channel 4)
  • Planet Ant: Life Inside the Colony (BBC Four)
Scripted Comedy Plebs (ITV2)
Single Documentary The Murder Trial (Channel 4)
  • Dogging Tales (Channel 4)
  • The Unspeakable Crime: Rape (BBC One)
Single Drama The Challenger (BBC Two)
Soap and Continuing Drama Coronation Street (ITV)
Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit Gary Neville (Sky Sports)
Sports Programme World Athletics: "Mo Farah's Double Gold Win (BBC Sport)
Writer: Comedy James Corden, Mathew Baynton and Tom Basden for The Wrong Mans (BBC Two)
Writing: Drama Marlon Smith and Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan for Run (Channel 4)

2013 winners[43][44][45]

In 2013 the award for live event was revived having been lasted bestowed in 2004. This year was also notable for the RTS television awards in that two judges' awards were bestowed for the very first time.

Presented: 19 March 2013 – Host: Jo Brand
Award Winners Nominees[46]
Lifetime Achievement Award Dave Gordon (Head of sporting events: BBC)
Judges' Award Danny Boyle
Judges' Award London Paralympics 2012 (Channel 4)
Actor: Female Olivia Colman as Sue in Accused (BBC One)
Actor: Male Sean Bean as Simon / Tracie in Accused (BBC One)
Arts Lucian Freud: Painted Life (BBC Two)
Children's Drama Wolfblood (CBBC)
  • Mr Stink (BBC One)
  • Teulu Tŷ Crwn (The 'Tŷ Crwn' Family) (S4C)
Children's Programme Room on the Broom (BBC One)
Comedy Performance Jessica Hynes as Siobhan Sharpe in Twenty Twelve (BBC Two)
Daytime Programme Remembrance Week (BBC One)
Documentary Series Protecting Our Children (BBC Two)
Drama Serial Good Cop (BBC One)
Drama Series Sherlock (BBC One)
Entertainment Celebrity Juice (ITV2)
Entertainment Performance Ant & DecI'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (ITV)
History The Secret History of Our Streets (BBC Two)
International Girls (Sky Atlantic)
Live Event The London Olympics 2012 (BBC Sport)
Nations and Regions Programme The Bank of Dave: "Episode 1" (Channel 4)
Popular Factual and Features Long Lost Family (ITV)
Presenter Clare BaldingThe Olympics (BBC)
Science & Natural History Operation Iceberg (BBC Two)
Scripted Comedy Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life (Sky Atlantic)
Single Documentary 7/7: One Day in London (BBC Two)
  • Fy Chwaer A Fi / My Sister and Me (S4C)
  • Lifers (Channel 4)
Single Drama The Hollow Crown: "Richard II" (BBC Two)
  • Everyday (Channel 4)
  • My Murder (BBC Three)
Soap and Continuing Drama Coronation Street (ITV)
Writer: Comedy Writing Team for The Thick of It (BBC Two)
Writing: Drama Steven Moffat for Sherlock (BBC One)

2012 winners[47][48][49]

Presented: 20 March 2012 – Host: Rob Brydon
Award Winners Nominees[50][51]
Lifetime Achievement Award Beryl Vertue
Judges' Award Laura Mackie (Director of drama: ITV)
Actor: Female Emily Watson as Janet Leach in Appropriate Adult (ITV)
Actor: Male Dominic West as Fred West in Appropriate Adult (ITV)
Arts Graffiti Wars (Channel 4)
Children's Drama The Story of Tracy Beaker (CBBC)
Children's Programme Newsround: "My Autism & Me" (CBBC)
Comedy Performance Russell Tovey as Steve Marshall and Sarah Solemani as Becky Williams in Him & Her (BBC Three)
Daytime Programme Deal or No Deal (Channel 4)
Documentary Series 24 Hours in A&E (Channel 4)
Drama Serial Top Boy (Channel 4)
Drama Series Luther (BBC One)
Entertainment Derren Brown: The Experiments (Channel 4)
Entertainment Performance Ant & DecI'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! / Red or Black? /
Push the Button / Britain's Got Talent (ITV)
History Dambusters: Building The Bouncing Bomb (Channel 4)
International Modern Family (Sky1)
Nations and Regions Programme The Scheme (BBC One Scotland)
Popular Factual and Features Hugh's Big Fish Fight (Channel 4)
Presenter Gareth MaloneThe Choir: Military Wives (BBC Two)
Science & Natural History Mummifying Alan: Egypt's Last Secret (Channel 4)
Scripted Comedy Fresh Meat (Channel 4)
Single Documentary Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die
Single Drama Eric and Ernie (BBC Two)
  • Random (Channel 4)
  • United (BBC Two)
Soap and Continuing Drama Coronation Street (ITV)
Writer: Comedy Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong for Fresh Meat (Channel 4)
Writing: Drama Peter Bowker for Eric and Ernie (BBC Two)

2011 winners[52][53][54][55][56]

2011 saw a reversal of the 2009 decision with two documentary categories reinstated and the constructed factual series award removed along with the multi-channel programme award.

Presented: 15 March 2011 – Host: Dara Ó Briain
Award Winners Nominees
Lifetime Achievement Award Peter Bennett-Jones
Judges' Award Steven Moffat
Actor: Female Vicky McClure as Frances Lorraine "Lol" Jenkins in This Is England '86 (Channel 4)
Actor: Male Jim Broadbent as Logan Mountstuart in Any Human Heart (Channel 4)
Arts Alan Bennett and the Habit of Art (More4)
Children's Drama The Sarah Jane Adventures (CBBC)
Children's Programme Horrible Histories (CBBC)
  • Something Special (CBeebies)
  • Diwrnod Mawr – Sion Pyrs (My Big Day – Sion Pyrs) (S4C)
Comedy Performance Miranda Hart as Miranda in Miranda (BBC One)
Daytime / Early-peak Programme The Indian Doctor (BBC One)
Documentary Series Welcome to Lagos (BBC Two)
Drama Serial Five Daughters (BBC One)
Drama Series Sherlock (BBC One)
Entertainment The X Factor (ITV)
Entertainment Performance Ant & DecI'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! / Britain's Got Talent (ITV)
Features and Lifestyle Series Pineapple Dance Studios (Sky1)
History The Secret Life of the National Grid (BBC Four)
International True Stories: "The Cove" (Channel 4)
Nations and Regions Programme Breaking the Silence (BBC One Northern Ireland)
Presenter Brian CoxWonders of the Solar System (BBC Two)
Science & Natural History Wonders of the Solar System (BBC Two)
Scripted Comedy Miranda (BBC One)
Single Documentary Between Life and Death (BBC One)
Single Drama The Road to Coronation Street (BBC Four)
Soap and Continuing Drama EastEnders (BBC One)
Writer: Comedy Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine and Joanna Scanlan for Getting On (BBC Four)
Writing: Drama Jack Thorne and Shane Meadows for This Is England '86 (Channel 4)

2010 winners[57][58][59]

Presented: 16 March 2010 – Host: Rob Brydon
Award Winners Nominees[60]
Lifetime Achievement Award Tony Warren
Judges' Award Norma Percy
Actor: Female Naomie Harris as Hortense Roberts in Small Island (BBC One)
Actor: Male David Oyelowo as Gilbert Joseph in Small Island (BBC One)
Arts Baroque! (BBC Four)
Children's Drama Roy (CBBC)
Children's Programme Big & Small: "Blame it on the Drain" (Cbeebies)
Comedy Performance Miranda Hart as Miranda in Miranda (BBC Two)
Constructed Factual Series Famous, Rich and Homeless (BBC One)
Daytime / Early-peak Programme Come Dine with Me (Channel 4)
Documentary Wounded (BBC One)
Drama Serial Unforgiven (ITV)
Drama Series The Street (BBC One)
Entertainment Newswipe with Charlie Brooker (BBC Four)
Entertainment Performance Harry HillHarry Hill's TV Burp (ITV)
Features and Lifestyle Series Heston's Feasts: "Heston's Victorian Feast" (Channel 4)
History Garrow's Law (BBC One)
International Mad Men (BBC Four)
Multi-Channel Programme Award Dating in the Dark (Living)
  • True Stories: "Here's Johnny" (More 4)
  • Micro Men (BBC Four)
Nations and Regions Programme A History of Scotland (BBC One Scotland)
  • Deep Wreck Mysteries: Death of a Battleship (UTV)
  • Shameless (Channel 4)
Presenter Louis TherouxA Place for Paedophiles (BBC Two)
Science & Natural History Inside Nature's Giants (Channel 4)
  • The Great Sperm Race (Channel 4)
  • Yellowstone: "Winter" (BBC Two)
Scripted Comedy The Thick of It (BBC Two)
Single Drama Five Minutes of Heaven (BBC Two)
  • A Short Stay in Switzerland (BBC One)
  • Endgame (Channel 4)
Soap and Continuing Drama EastEnders (BBC One)
Writer: Comedy Iain Morris and Damon Beesley for The Inbetweeners (E4)
Writing: Drama Peter Bowker for Occupation (BBC One)

2009 winners[61][62][63]

In 2009 the two separate awards for documentaries were merged to make room for an award for constructed factual series, created to recognise the growth and popularity of the reality TV series genre.

Presented: 17 March 2009 – Host: Rory Bremner
Award Winners Nominees
Lifetime Achievement Award Bruce Forsyth
Judges' Award Richard Holloway
Actor: Female Andrea Riseborough as Angelica Fanshawe in The Devil's Whore (Channel 4)
Actor: Male Ben Whishaw as Ben Coulter in Criminal Justice (BBC One)
Arts Arena: "The Agony and The Ecstasy of Phil Spector" (BBC Two)
Children's Drama M.I. High (CBBC)
Children's Programme ABC (S4C)
Comedy Performance Peter Kay as Geraldine McQueen in Britain's Got the Pop Factor... (Channel 4)
Constructed Factual Series The Choir: Boys Don't Sing (BBC Two)
Daytime / Early-peak Programme The Estate We're In (BBC One)
Digital Channel Programme Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (BBC Four)
Documentary The Fallen (BBC Two)
Drama Serial The Devil's Whore (Channel 4)
Drama Series The Fixer (ITV)
Entertainment Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV)
Entertainment Performance Alan Carr and Justin Lee CollinsThe Sunday Night Project (Channel 4)
Features and Lifestyle Series How to Look Good Naked (Channel 4)
History Victorian Sex Explorer (Channel 4)
International Mad Men (BBC Four)
Nations and Regions Programme A Poem for Harry (BBC West)
Presenter Bruce ParryAmazon with Bruce Parry (BBC Two)
Science & Natural History Lost Land of the Jaguar (BBC One)
Scripted Comedy Outnumbered (BBC One)
Single Drama The Curse of Steptoe (BBC Four)
Soap and Continuing Drama EastEnders (BBC One)
Writer: Comedy Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong for Peep Show (Channel 4)
Writing: Drama Peter Flannery for The Devil's Whore (Channel 4)

2008 winners[64][65][66]

In 2008 the RTS Gold Medal was superseded by the lifetime achievement award. The two breakthrough awards (behind the scenes and on-screen) were retired in this year as was the award for nations & regions presenter.

Presented: 19 March 2008 – Host: Eamonn Holmes
Award Winners Nominees[67]
Lifetime Achievement Award Sir David Attenborough
Judges' Award Glenwyn Benson
Actor: Female Sally Hawkins as Anne Elliot in Persuasion (ITV)
Actor: Male Matthew Macfadyen as Charlie in Secret Life (Channel 4)
Arts Genius of Photography (BBC Four)
Children's Drama My Life as a Popat (CITV)
Children's Programme Serious Andes (CBBC)
Comedy Performance David Mitchell as Mark Corrigan / Robert Webb as Jeremy "Jez" Usborne in Peep Show (Channel 4)
Daytime Programme Come Dine with Me (Channel 4)
Digital Channel Programme Fonejacker (E4)
Drama Serial Britz (Channel 4)
Drama Series The Street (BBC One)
Entertainment QI (BBC Two)
Entertainment Performance Harry HillHarry Hill's TV Burp (ITV)
Features and Lifestyle Series Top Gear (BBC Two)
Formatted Documentary Meet the Natives (Channel 4)
History Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain (BBC Two)
International Flight of the Conchords (BBC Four)
Nations and Regions Programme Boys Behind Bars (BBC Scotland)
Observational Documentary You're Not Splitting Up My Family (Channel 4)
Presenter Andrew MarrAndrew Marr's History of Modern Britain (BBC Two)
Science & Natural History Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives (BBC Four)
  • Horizon: "Everest – Doctors in the Death Zone" (BBC Two)
  • The Human Footprint (Channel 4)
Single Drama Stuart: A Life Backwards (BBC Two)
Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama The Mighty Boosh (BBC Three)
Soap and Continuing Drama The Bill (ITV)
Writer: Comedy Graham Linehan for The IT Crowd (Channel 4)
Writing: Drama Heidi Thomas for Cranford (BBC One)

2007 winners

Presented: 14 March 2007 – Host: Mark Austin
Award Winners[68] Nominees[69]
RTS Gold Medal Clive Jones (MD: ITV network)
Judges' Award Richard Curtis
Actor: Female Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect (ITV)
Actor: Male Michael Sheen as Kenneth Williams in Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (BBC Four)
Arts 9/11: Out of the Blue (Channel 5)
Breakthrough Award – Behind the Scenes Lee Mack and Andrew CollinsNot Going Out (BBC One)
Breakthrough Award – On Screen Sacha Dhawan as Karim in Bradford Riots (Channel 4)
Children's Drama Young Dracula (CBBC)
Children's Programme Newsround: "The Wrong Trainers" (CBBC)
Comedy Performance Stephen Merchant as Darren Lamb in Extras (BBC Two)
Daytime Programme Through Hell and High Water (BBC One)
Documentary Series Anatomy of a Crime (BBC Two)
Digital Channel Programme Death of a President (More4)
Drama Serial Low Winter Sun (Channel 4)
Drama Series The Street (BBC One)
Entertainment How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria? (BBC One)
Entertainment Performance Simon AmstellNever Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC Two)
Features and Factual Entertainment The Apprentice (BBC Two)
History Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC One)
International Entourage (ITV2)
Nations and Regions Presenter Jim McColl – The Beechgrove Garden (BBC One)
Nations and Regions Programme Inside Out: "Iceman" (BBC Yorkshire)
Presenter Bruce ParryTribe (BBC Two)
Science & Natural History Planet Earth: "From Pole to Pole" (BBC One)
Single Documentary True Stories: "Sisters in Law" (More4)
Single Drama Housewife, 49 (ITV)
Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama The Royle Family: "The Queen of Sheba" (BBC Two)
Soap and Continuing Drama Coronation Street (ITV)
Writer: Comedy Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash and Phil Mealey for The Royle Family (BBC Two)
Writing: Drama Peter Morgan for Longford (Channel 4)

2006 winners (Programme Awards 2005)[70][71][72]

In 2006 the two newcomer awards (behind the scenes and on-screen) were each renamed as the breakthrough awards. No RTS Gold Medal recipient is recorded for this year.

Presented: 14 March 2006 – Host: Phillip Schofield
Award Winners Nominees[73]
Judges' Award Jon Plowman
Actor: Female Lesley Sharp as Alison Mundy in Afterlife (ITV)
Actor: Male David Threlfall as Frank Gallagher in Shameless (Channel 4) / & The Queen's Sister)
Arts Holocaust: A Music Memorial Film from Auschwitz (BBC Two)
Breakthrough Award – Behind the Scenes Jonathan Smith – Only Human: "Make Me Normal" (Channel 4)
Breakthrough Award – On Screen Phil Beadle – The Unteachables (Channel 4)
Children's Drama My Parents Are Aliens (CITV)
Children's Programme Serious Arctic (CBBC)
  • Charlie and Lola: "I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed" (Cbeebies)
  • Sticks and Stones (Channel 4)
Comedy Performance Catherine Tate as various characters in The Catherine Tate Show (BBC Two)
Daytime Programme Deal or No Deal (Channel 4)
Documentary Series Jamie's School Dinners (Channel 4)
  • Cocaine (Channel 4)
  • Tribe (BBC Two)
Digital Channel Programme Brainiac (Sky One)
Drama Serial Bleak House (BBC One)
Drama Series Bodies (BBC Three)
Entertainment The Catherine Tate Show (BBC Two)
Entertainment Performance Paul O'GradyThe Paul O'Grady Show (ITV)
Features and Factual Entertainment Springwatch with Bill Oddie (BBC Two)
History Trafalgar Battle Surgeon (Channel 4)
International Weeds (Sky One)
Nations and Regions Presenter Stephen NolanNolan Live (BBC Northern Ireland)
Nations and Regions Programme From Belfast to Dachau (BBC Northern Ireland)
  • New Found Land: "Elephant Boy" (STV and Grampian)
  • New Found Land: "IM" (STV and Grampian)
Presenter Lorraine KellyLK Today, GMTV (GMTV)
Science & Natural History Anatomy for Beginners (Channel 4)
Single Documentary Children of Beslan (BBC Two)
  • Make Me Normal (Channel 4)
  • Taxidermy: Stuff the World (BBC Two)
Single Drama The Government Inspector (Channel 4)
Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama The Thick of It (BBC Four)
Soap and Continuing Drama Emmerdale (ITV)
Writer: Comedy Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong for Peep Show (Channel 4)
Writing: Drama Andrew Davies for Bleak House (BBC One)

2005 winners (Programme Awards 2004)[74][75][76][77]

In 2005 the event award was once again dropped to make way for a new digital channel programme award and the writing award was split into two awards; writer: comedy, and writer: drama. No RTS Gold Medal recipient is recorded for this year.

Presented: 15 March 2005 – Host: Kate Thornton
Award Winners Nominees[78]
Judges' Award Paul Abbott
Actor: Female Anamaria Marinca as Elena Visinescu in Sex Traffic (Channel 4)
Actor: Male Gerard McSorley as Michael Gallagher in Omagh (Channel 4)
Arts The South Bank Show: "Robert Frank" (ITV)
Children's Drama Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me (Channel 4)
Children's Programme No Girls Allowed (Shake!)
Comedy Performance Tamsin Greig as Dr. Caroline Todd in Green Wing (Channel 4)
Daytime Programme The Paul O'Grady Show (ITV)
Documentary Series The Power of Nightmares (BBC Two)
  • My Crazy Parents (Channel 4)
  • The Trouble with Black Men (BBC Three)
Digital Channel Programme Virtual History: Secret Plot to Kill Hitler (Discovery Channel)
  • Flashmob The Opera (BBC Three)
  • The Heart of a Lioness (Animal Planet)
Drama Serial Sex Traffic (Channel 4)
Drama Series Shameless (Channel 4)
Entertainment Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)
Entertainment Performance Ant & DecAnt & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)
Features and Factual Entertainment Supernanny (Channel 4)
History The Guinea Pig Club (BBC Four)
  • D-Day: The Ultimate Conflict (Channel 5)
  • Virtual History: Secret Plot to Kill Hitler (Discovery Channel)
International The Sopranos (Channel 4)
Nations and Regions Presenter Stephen NolanNolan Live / Fair Play / The Right Move (BBC Northern Ireland)
Nations and Regions Programme My Name is Paul (BBC Northern Ireland)
Newcomer – Behind the Scenes Patrick Collerton – The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off (Channel 4)
Newcomer – On Screen Catherine Tate as various characters in The Catherine Tate Show (BBC Two)
Presenter Michael PalinHimalaya with Michael Palin (BBC One)
Science & Natural History Your Life in Their Hands (BBC One)
  • Horizon: "Atkins Diet" (BBC Two)
  • Secret Intersex (Channel 4)
Single Documentary Stealing a Nation: A Special Report by John Pilger (ITV)
Single Drama Dirty Filthy Love (ITV)
Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama Nighty Night (BBC Three)
Soap and Continuing Drama Coronation Street (ITV)
Writer: Comedy Julia Davis for Nighty Night (BBC Three)
Writing: Drama Paul Abbott for Shameless (Channel 4)

2004 winners (Programme Awards 2003)[79][80][81]

In 2004 the acquired award introduced the previous year was redesignated as the international award and the serials & single drama award was once again split back into two separate awards, namely the drama serial award and the single drama award. No RTS Gold Medal recipient is recorded for this year.

Presented: 16 March 2004 – Host: Jimmy Carr
Award Winners Nominees[82]
Judges' Award Greg Dyke
Actor: Female Kate Ashfield as Sadie MacGregor in This Little Life (BBC Two)
Actor: Male David Morrissey as Gordon Brown in The Deal (Channel 4)
Arts Operatunity (Channel 4)
Children's Drama Girls in Love (CITV)
Children's Programme UP2U (BBC)
Comedy Performance David Walliams and Matt LucasLittle Britain (BBC Three)
Daytime Programme Britain's Secret Shame (BBC One)
Documentary Series The Last Peasants (Channel 4)
Drama Serial State of Play (BBC One)
Drama Series Spooks (BBC One)
Entertainment Little Britain (BBC Three)
Entertainment Performance Jonathan RossFriday Night with Jonathan Ross (BBC One)
Event Comic Relief: "The Big Hair Do" (BBC Two) -
Features and Factual Entertainment Holiday Showdown (ITV)
History Georgian Underworld: "Invitation to a Hanging" (Channel 4)
International Award 24 (BBC Two / BBC Three)
Nations and Regions Presenter Gerry AndersonAnderson in... (BBC Northern Ireland)
Nations and Regions Programme Christine's Children (BBC Northern Ireland)
Newcomer – Behind the Scenes Sarah GavronThis Little Life (BBC Two)
Newcomer – On Screen Katie Lyon as Joanna Mosscroft in Pleasureland (Channel 4)
Presenter - Factual Melvyn BraggThe Adventure of English (ITV) / The South Bank Show (ITV)
Science & Natural History Motherland (BBC Two)
Single Documentary The Secret Policeman (BBC One)
Single Drama This Little Life (BBC Two)
Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama The Office: "Christmas Specials" (BBC Two)
Soap and Continuing Drama Coronation Street (ITV)
Writing Paul Abbott for State of Play (BBC One)

2003 winners (Programme Awards 2002)[83][84][85]

2003 saw two completely new categories introduced in the shape of the acquired programme award and the comedy performance award. An event award was also reintroduced, similar to the live event award that had been last bestowed in 1998. The team award was retired in this year.

Presented: 18 March 2003 – Host: Kirsty Young
Award Winners Nominees[86]
RTS Gold Medal David Liddiment
Judges' Award Peter Bazalgette
Acquired Programme Six Feet Under (HBO / Channel 4)
  • In Memoriam (HBO)
  • My Sperm Donor Dad (BBC Four)
Actor: Female Julie Walters as Angela Maurer in Murder (BBC Two)
Actor: Male Christopher Eccleston as Joe Broughton in Flesh and Blood (BBC Two)
Arts The Strange World of Barry Who? (BBC Four)
Children's Factual Serious Jungle (CBBC)
  • RAD: The Grommets Tour (Channel 5)
  • Stuff: "Episode 2" (CITV)
Children's Fictional Double Act (4Learning)
Comedy Performance Ricky Gervais as David Brent in The Office (BBC Two)
Daytime Programme Today with Des and Mel (ITV)
Documentary Series The Hunt for Britain's Paedophiles (BBC Two)
Drama Series Clocking Off (BBC One)
Entertainment Pop Idol: "The Final" & "Results Show" (ITV)
Entertainment Performance Jonathan RossFriday Night with Jonathan Ross (BBC One) / They Think It's All Over (BBC One)
Event The Jubilee Weekend (BBC One)
Features Primetime Lads' Army (ITV)
History Dambusters: Revealed (Channel 5)
Nations and Regions Presenter Dewi Pws – Byd Pws (S4C)
Nations and Regions Programme Ar Y Stryd (S4C)
  • Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs? (BBC Northern Ireland)
  • Silence of the Lambs (Yorkshire Television)
Newcomer – Behind the Scenes David ModellYoung, Nazi and Proud (Channel 4)
Newcomer – On Screen Jimmy CarrYour Face or Mine? (E4)
Presenter Susannah Constantine and Trinny WoodallWhat Not to Wear (BBC Two)
Science & Natural History Superfly (BBC Four)
  • Death (Channel 4)
  • Weird Nature: "Marvellous Motion" (BBC One)
Serials and Single Drama Out of Control (BBC One)
Single Documentary House of War (Channel 4)
Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama Phoenix Nights (Channel 4)
Soap and Continuing Drama Coronation Street (ITV)
Writing Peter Bowker for Flesh and Blood (BBC Two)

2002 winners (Programme Awards 2001)[87][88]

In 2002 three new awards were introduced; the soap and continuing drama award; the science & natural history award; and the history award. Other changes saw the children's drama and the children's entertainment categories merged to become the children's fictional award; and the drama serial award merged with the single drama award. Awards for documentary strand and regional documentary were retired.

Presented: 19 March 2002 – Host: Graham Norton
Award Winners Nominees[89]
RTS Gold Medal BBC Natural History Unit
Judges' Award Nick Elliott (ITV network head of drama)
Actor: Female Diane Parish as Lesley Bailey in Babyfather (BBC Two)
Actor: Male David Suchet as Augustus Melmotte in The Way We Live Now (BBC One)
Arts Arena: "James Ellory's Feast of Death" (BBC Two)
Children's Factual Nick News: "WisedUp" (Nickelodeon)
Children's Fictional My Parents Are Aliens (CITV)
Daytime Programme The Weakest Link (BBC Two)
Documentary Series Living with Cancer (BBC One)
Drama Series Clocking Off (BBC One)
Entertainment Banzai (E4)
Entertainment Performance Alistair McGowanAlistair McGowan's Big Impression (BBC One)
Features Primetime Faking It (Channel 4)
History Fire, Plague, War and Treason (Channel 4)
  • Endgame in Ireland (BBC Two)
  • Time of Our Lives (ITV)
Nations and Regions Presenter Tam CowanTaxi for Cowan / Offside (BBC Scotland)
Nations and Regions Programme Tartan Shorts: "Cry for Bobo" (BBC Scotland)
Newcomer – Behind the Scenes Marc IsaacsThe Lift (Channel 4)
Newcomer – On Screen Johnny Vegas as Charlie Doyle in Happiness (BBC Two)
  • Holly Scourfield as Chloe in When I Was 12 (BBC Two)
  • Omid Djalili in Bloody Foreigners (Channel 4)
Presenter Ant & DecSMTV Live (ITV)
Science & Natural History Congo (BBC Two)
Serials and Single Drama Perfect Strangers (BBC Two)
Single Documentary Kelly and Her Sisters (ITV)
  • Cutting Edge: "Brian's Story" (Channel 4)
  • One Day of Terror: New York Witnesses (BBC Two)
Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama The Office (BBC Two)
Soap and Continuing Drama EastEnders (BBC One)
Team Kumbh Mela: The Greatest Show on Earth (Channel 4)
Writing Stephen Poliakoff for Perfect Strangers (BBC Two)

2001 winners (Programme Awards 2000)[90][91]

No RTS Gold Medal recipient is recorded for this year.

Presented: 20 March 2001
Award Winners Nominees
Judges' Award John Willis (MD: LWT & United Productions)
Actor: Female Katy Murphy as Lucy Pannick in Donovan Quick (BBC Scotland)
Actor: Male Steven Mackintosh as Davey Younger in Care (BBC One)
Arts Arena: "Wisconsin Death Trip" (BBC Two)
Children's Drama My Parents Are Aliens (CITV)
Children's Entertainment SMTV Live (ITV)
Children's Factual Blue Peter (BBC One)
Documentary Series 15 (Channel 4)
Documentary Strand Correspondent (BBC Two)
Drama Serial Nature Boy (BBC Two)
Drama Series Clocking Off (BBC One)
Entertainment Da Ali G Show (Channel 4)
Features Daytime Watercolour Challenge (Channel 4)
Features Primetime Big Brother (Channel 4)
Newcomer – Behind the Scenes Liza Marshall – The Sins (BBC One)
Newcomer – On Screen Rob Brydon in Marion and Geoff (BBC Two)
Presenter Graham NortonSo Graham Norton (Channel 4)
Regional Documentary Spotlight: "Capitol Hill" (BBC Northern Ireland)
Regional Presenter Stephen Jardine (STV)
Regional Programme 'New Found Land: "I Saw You" (STV / Grampian)
Single Documentary True Stories: "100% White" (Channel 4)
  • News from Number 10 (BBC Two)
  • The Man Who Bought Mustique (Channel 4)
Single Drama Storm Damage (BBC Two)
  • Care (BBC One)
  • Donovan Quick (BBC Scotland)
Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama The Royle Family (BBC Two)
Team Big Brother (Channel 4)
Television Performance Julia DavisHuman Remains (BBC Two)
Writing Paul Abbott for Clocking Off (BBC One)

2000 winners (Programme Awards 1999)[92][93]

Presented: 21 March 2000
Award Winners Nominees[94]
RTS Gold Medal BSkyB
Judges' Award Peter Symes (BBC director)
Actor: Female Thora Hird as Annie in Lost for Words (ITV)
Actor: Male Michael Gambon as Squire Hamley in Wives and Daughters (BBC One)
Arts This is Modern Art (Channel 4)
Children's Drama See How They Run (BBC)
Children's Entertainment SMTV Live (ITV)
Children's Factual Nick News: "WisedUp" (Nickelodeon)
  • North Hollywood High (Channel 4)
  • Wise Up (Channel 4)
Documentary Series The Decision (Channel 4)
Documentary Strand Horizon (BBC Two)
Drama Serial Shooting the Past (BBC Two)
Drama Series The Cops (BBC Two)
Entertainment The League of Gentlemen (BBC Two)
Features Daytime Show Me the Money (Channel 4)
Features Primetime The 1900 House (Channel 4)
Newcomer – Behind the Scenes David WolstencroftPsychos (Channel 4)
Newcomer – On Screen Jamie Oliver presenting The Naked Chef (BBC Two)
  • Eric Byrne as Daniel Letts in Kid in the Corner (Channel 4)
  • Nigel Marven presenting Giants (ITV)
Presenter Johnny VaughanThe Big Breakfast (Channel 4)
Regional Documentary Spinners and Losers (STV)
Regional Presenter Roy NobleCommon Ground / The Shed (BBC Wales)
Regional Programme Nuts and Bolts (HTV)
  • Soul Music (Carlton Central)
  • Voices of a Nation (BBC Wales)
Single Documentary Malcolm and Barbara: A Love Story (ITV)
Single Drama Warriors (BBC One)
Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama People Like Us (BBC Two)
Team Walking with Dinosaurs (BBC One)
Television Performance Rory BremnerBremner, Bird and Fortune (Channel 4)
Writing Caroline Aherne & Craig Cash for The Royle Family (BBC Two)

1999 winners (Programme Awards 1998)[95]

This year saw a special recognition award for the Channel 4 comedy series Father Ted to mark Dermot Morgan's passing in February 1998. The features award was split into two categories: Daytime and Primetime, and the live event award was discontinued.

Presented: 29 March 1999 – Host: Trisha Goddard
Award Winners Nominees
RTS Gold Medal Roger Laughton
Judges' Award Andrea Wonfor
Special Recognition Award Father Ted
Actor: Female Thora Hird as Violet in Talking Heads: "Waiting for the Telegram" (BBC Two)
Actor: Male Ray Winstone as Woody Williamson in Our Boy (BBC One)
Arts Close Up: "This England" (BBC Two)
Children's Drama Microsoap (CBBC)
Children's Entertainment The First Snow of Winter (BBC)
Children's Factual The Fame Game (BBC One)
Documentary Series Windrush (BBC Two)
  • The Clintons: A Marriage of Power (Channel 4)
  • The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (BBC Two)
Documentary Strand Natural World (BBC Two)
  • Inside Story (BBC One)
  • Return of the Ba Ba Zee (Channel 4)
Drama Serial The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star (Channel 4)
Drama Series Jonathan Creek (BBC One)
Entertainment Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (ITV)
Features Daytime City Hospital (BBC One)
  • Lowri (BBC Two)
Features Primetime Time Team (Channel 4)
Newcomer – Behind the Scenes Damien O'DonnellThirty Five Aside (BBC Two)
Newcomer – On Screen Tony Maudsley as Stefan Kiszko in A Life for A Life (ITV)
Presenter David AttenboroughThe Life of Birds (BBC One)
Regional Documentary Put to the Test (BBC Northern Ireland)
Regional Presenter Noel Thompson (BBC Northern Ireland)
  • Marsali Stewart – Up For It! (BBC Scotland)
  • Vincent KaneKane / Week In Week Out Special (BBC Wales)
Regional Programme A Light in the Valley (BBC Wales)
  • Making a Difference (BBC Northern Ireland)
  • Scotland's Larder: "From Angus to Andalucia" (STV)
Single Documentary Modern Times: "Drinking for England" (BBC Two)
Single Drama A Rather English Marriage (BBC Two)
Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama Cold Feet (ITV)
Team Goodness Gracious Me (BBC Two)
Television Performance Rory BremnerRory Bremner, Who Else? (Chanel 4)
Writing Peter Berry for A Life for A Life (ITV)

1998 winners (Programme Awards 1997)[96]

In 1998 the following new awards were instituted: Documentary strand; Features; Newcomer – behind the scenes; and Newcomer – on screen.

Presented: March 1998
Award Winners Nominees
RTS Gold Medal Trevor McDonald -
Judges' Award Michael Wearing -
Actor: Female Sinéad Cusack as Charlotte Dawson in Have Your Cake and Eat It (BBC One)
Actor: Male Simon Russell Beale as Widmerpool in A Dance to the Music of Time (Channel 4)
Arts The South Bank Show: "Gilbert & George" (LWT)
Children's Drama Sunny's Ears (Carlton)
Children's Entertainment Teletubbies (BBC Two)
Children's Factual Newsround: "Bullying" (BBC One)
  • As Seen On TV: "Reading" (BBC Two)
  • The Lowdown: "Strictly Wimbledon" (BBC One)
Documentary Series Breaking Point (BBC Two)
Documentary Strand Witness (Channel 4)
  • Equinox (Channel 4)
  • Picture This (BBC Two)
Drama Serial Holding On (BBC Two)
Drama Series This Life (BBC Two)
Entertainment Harry Enfield & Chums (BBC One)
Features Back to the Floor (BBC Two)
Live Event Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales (BBC One)
Newcomer – Behind the Scenes Paul McGuiganThe Granton Star Cause (Channel 4)
Newcomer – On Screen Adam Buxton & Joe CornishThe Adam and Joe Show (Channel 4)
Presenter Jeremy ClarksonTop Gear (BBC Two)
Regional Documentary Tales from the Health Service: A Doctor's Tale (BBC Wales)
Regional Presenter Noel ThompsonHearts and Minds (BBC Northern Ireland)
Regional Programme Food For Ravens (BBC Wales)
  • Northern Lights: "The Freesia of Eden" (BBC Northern Ireland)
  • Tartan Shorts: "Gasman" (BBC Scotland)
Single Documentary True Stories: "The Grave" (Channel 4)
  • Dunblane: Remembering our Children (Meridian)
Single Drama The Granton Star Cause (Channel 4)
Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama The Vicar of Dibley (BBC One)
Team Time Team Live (Channel 4)
Television Performance Chris MorrisBrass Eye (Channel 4)
Writing Tony Marchant for Holding On (BBC Two)

Winners: 1989–1997 edit

In 1989 the awards categories underwent a major revision and several new categories were created. These new awards were retrospectively conferred for the award year of 1988. It was also in 1989 that nominations were introduced in certain categories for the very first time.[97]

Winners: 1975–1988 edit

These are the list of winners since the establishment of the RTSP.[97]

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