BBC Leads Nominations for RTS Craft & Design Awards 2023

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The BBC leads the way in the nominations for the RTS Craft & Design Awards 2023, sponsored by Apple TV+, which take place on December 4^th.

Across the 28 categories, the BBC has 42 nominations including three for its hit historical drama series SAS Rogue Heroes, and three for its broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, hosted in the UK.

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The BBC leads the way in the nominations for the RTS Craft & Design Awards 2023

Sky garnered 16 nods, three of which were for British drama series Funny Woman, and Channel 4 received 10 nominations across categories from Editing – Non-scripted to Production Management.

BBC’s The English received the most nominations for one programme overall, earning nods across Costume Design – Scripted, Design – Titles, Music Original Score – Scripted and Production Design - Scripted categories.

Also celebrating multiple nominations are Channel 4’s Somewhere Boy, which received nods across the Casting Award, Director – Scripted and Picture Enhancement categories, and Sky’s I Hate Suzie Too, with nominations in the Director – Scripted, Editing – Scripted and Music Original Score – Scripted categories.

For scripted series, Channel 4’s Somewhere Boy, Sky’s I Hate Suzie Too and BBC’s SAS Rogue Heroes all received multiple nominations in a range of categories.

Chair of the Awards, Ade Rawcliffe, said: “This year’s shortlist of nominees demonstrates the exceptional breadth of talent from across the production cycle, from the most preliminary stages of a series to the final touches in post-production. In a year which has seen UK television placed on a global stage, the RTS Craft & Design Awards spotlights the extraordinary work that has gone into this content from people from a range of backgrounds and skillsets. We’re looking forward to celebrating all of the nominees and crowning our winners next month!”

The awards ceremony will be held on Monday 4^th December at the London Hilton on Park Lane.

2023 RTS Craft & Design Award nominations

Casting Award

Heather Basten Dreaming Whilst Black Big Deal Films / A24 for BBC
Catherine Willis Somewhere Boy Clerkenwell Films for Channel 4
Julie Harkin & Nathan Toth The Sixth Commandment Wild Mercury Productions / True Vision for BBC

Costume Design – Non-scripted

Shereen Shimmin, Abbie Williams, Jackie Young & Jonathan Skinner Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway Lifted Entertainment (Part of ITV Studios) in co-production with Mitre Studios for ITV1
Plunge Creations / Bandicoot Scotland The Masked Singer (S4) Bandicoot Scotland for ITV
Zaldy & Eve Collins RuPaul’s Drag Race UK World of Wonder for BBC

Costume Design - Scripted

Pam Downe Funny Woman Potboiler Productions and Rebel Park Productions in association with Sky Studios for Sky Max
Charlotte Morris Silo AMC Studios in association with Apple for Apple TV+
Phoebe de Gaye The English Drama Republic / Eight Rooks for BBC

Design - Programme Content Sequences

Made in Colour North Korea: The Insiders BBC News for BBC
Production Team Princess Anne: The Plot To Kidnap A Royal ClockWork Films / GroupM Motion Entertainment for Channel 4
Made in Colour Ukraine: The Children’s Story BBC Newsround for BBC

Design – Titles

Manddy Wyckens & Joe Dennis Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story Studio AKA for Shondaland for Netflix
Chris Billig, Stephen Fuller, Colin Hess & Danny Kamhaji The English Drama Republic / Eight Rooks for BBC
Ed Kevill-Davies & Lucas Roche The Gallows Pole Element Pictures in association with Big Arty Productions for BBC in association with A24

Director - Multicamera

James Morgan & Chris Whiterod Springwatch 2023 BBC Studios / BBC Public Service for BBC
Simon Staffurth The Coronation of TM King Charles III and Queen Camilla BBC Studios for BBC
Directing Team The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II BBC Studios for BBC

Director - Non-scripted

Marcel Mettelsiefen & Jordan Bryon Children of the Taliban Moon Dogs Films for Channel 4
Benedict Sanderson Dublin Narcos Blast! Films for Sky Documentaries
Joe Myerscough & Emma Jones Inside Our Autistic Minds BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions / The Open University for BBC

Director - Scripted

Dawn Shadforth I Hate Suzie Too Bad Wolf for Sky Atlantic
Junior Okoli Jungle Nothing Lost for Prime Video
Alex Winckler Somewhere Boy Clerkenwell Films for Channel 4

Editing - Entertainment and Comedy

Jamie Pearson & Helena Evans Am I Being Unreasonable? Boffola Pictures and Lookout Point for BBC
Ashley White Dreaming Whilst Black Big Deal Films / A24 for BBC
Gareth Heal There She Goes: 414 Merman Television for BBC

Editing - Non-scripted

Bradley Manning & Bruce Law Dublin Narcos Blast! Films for Sky Documentaries
Paul Holland Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World (Ep 1) BBC Studios for BBC
Chloe Lambourne LYRA Erica Starling Productions for Channel 4

Editing - Scripted

Peggy Koretzky Blue Lights Two Cities Television / Gallagher Films for BBC
David Charap I Am Ruth Me+You Productions in association with Juggle Productions for Channel 4
Fin Oates, Jo Walker & Joe Randall-Cutler I Hate Suzie Too Bad Wolf for Sky Atlantic

Editing – Sport

Sam Bergson Hatton Noah Media Group in association with Sky Studios for Sky
Steve Wakeford The Ashes Sky Sports Cricket for Sky
Ian Grech Villeneuve Pironi Noah Media Group in association with Sky Studios for Sky

Effects - SFX

Paul Dimmer Hijack 60Forty Films / Idiotlamp Productions in association with Apple for Apple TV+
Stefano Corridori SAS Rogue Heroes (S1) Kudos / Nebulastar for BBC
Frankie Waite / Ignite SFX World on Fire 2 A Mammoth Screen production Co-produced with Masterpiece for BBC

Effects - VFX

Effects Team His Dark Materials Bad Wolf for BBC
Elliot Newman, Kirstin Hall, Andy Hargreaves & the MPC Team Prehistoric Planet (S2) BBC Studios in association with Apple for Apple TV+
Union Team The Power SISTER for Prime Video

Lighting for Multicamera

Tim Routledge, James Scott & Morgan Evans Eurovision Song Contest 2023 BBC Studios for BBC
Nigel Catmur The Coronation Concert BBC Studios for BBC
James Tinsley The Traitors Studio Lambert for BBC

Make Up Design - Non-scripted

Nicola Coleman Fantasy Football League Avalon Television for Sky Max
David Petruschin, Julie Cooper & Sam Regan RuPaul’s Drag Race UK World of Wonder for BBC
Lisa Armstrong & Lisa Davey Strictly Come Dancing (S20) BBC Studios for BBC & BBC iPlayer

Make Up Design - Scripted

Sue Michael Funny Woman Potboiler Productions and Rebel Park Productions in association with Sky Studios for Sky Max
Samantha Kininmonth & Suzi Battersby Litvinenko ITV Studios and Tiger Aspect for ITVX
Nic Collins & Giorgio Galliero Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story Shondaland for Netflix

Multicamera Work

Camera Team Eurovision Song Contest 2023 BBC Studios for BBC
Multicamera Team The Coronation of TM King Charles III and Queen Camilla BBC Studios for BBC
Camera Team The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II BBC Studios for BBC

Music Original Score - Non-scripted

Simon Russell Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland KEO films and Walk on Air Films for BBC
Hans Zimmer, Anze Rozman & Kara Talve for Bleeding Fingers Music Prehistoric Planet (S2) BBC Studios in association with Apple for Apple TV+
David Schweitzer The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy Twofour in association with Apple for Apple TV+

Music Original Score – Scripted

Tawiah & Lindsay Wright Black Ops BBC Studios for BBC
Johnny Lloyd I Hate Suzie Too Bad Wolf for Sky Atlantic
Federico Jusid The English Drama Republic / Eight Rooks for BBC

Photography - Non-scripted

Marcel Mettelsiefen & Jordan Bryon Children of the Taliban Moon Dogs Films for Channel 4
Narayan Van Maele, Patrick Smith, Jim Incledon & Benedict Sanderson Dublin Narcos Blast! Films for Sky Documentaries
Jack Wood Kids Expectation for Channel 4

Photography - Scripted

Chas Appeti Jungle Nothing Lost for Prime Video
Stephan Pehrsson BSC SAS Rogue Heroes (S1) Kudos / Nebulastar for BBC
Annika Summerson Then You Run (S1) Kudos / MadeFor for Sky

Picture Enhancement

Mark Mulcaster of Sky Post Production Hatton Noah Media Group in association with Sky Studios for Sky
Thomas Urbye & Grace Weston Somewhere Boy Clerkenwell Films for Channel 4
Paul Harrison & Owen Hulme The Gallows Pole Element Pictures in association with Big Arty Productions for BBC in association with A24

Production Design - Non-scripted

Catherine Land & Caroline Berry-Reid Strictly Come Dancing (S20) BBC Studios for BBC & BBC iPlayer
Stufish The Coronation Concert BBC Studios for BBC
Mathieu Weekes / Bizibot Productions The Traitors Studio Lambert for BBC

Production Design - Scripted

Jacqueline Smith Funny Woman Potboiler Productions and Rebel Park Productions in association with Sky Studios for Sky Max
Richard Bullock SAS Rogue Heroes (S1) Kudos / Nebulastar for BBC
Chris Roope The English Drama Republic / Eight Rooks for BBC

Production Management

Georgie Emary-Witts 24 Hours in Police Custody The Garden for Channel 4
Production Management Team Eurovision Song Contest 2023 BBC Studios for BBC
Shiva Talwar Inside Our Autistic Minds BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions / The Open University for BBC

Sound - Non-scripted

Claire Ellis, Will Chapman & Greg Gettens Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake Raw TV for Netflix
Nas Parkash, Will Chapman, Billy Poole & Andrew Yarme Break Point (S1) Box to Box for Netflix
Kate Hopkins, Tim Owens & Graham Wild Frozen Planet II A BBC Studios Natural History Unit production for BBC & BBC America co-produced with ZDF and France Television with BBC Open University Partnership for BBC

Sound - Scripted

Sound Team Gangs of London Pulse Films in association with SISTER for Sky Atlantic
Sound Team Great Expectations FX Productions / Hardy, Son & Baker / Scott Free Productions for BBC
Sound Team Slow Horses (S2) See-Saw Films in association with Apple for Apple TV+