The BBC led the way at the RTS Craft & Design Awards 2022, sponsored by Apple TV+, with 14 wins across the 29 competitive categories.

The BBC’s wins included two prizes for This is Going to Hurt for Sound – Drama and Director – Drama, and Platinum Party at the Palace for Director – Multicamera and Lighting for Multicamera.

6. BBC leads way at RTS Craft & Design Awards 2022

RTS Craft & Design Awards 2022

Sky received six awards overall, half of which were for hit drama Landscapers, the most awarded programme of the evening.

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The inaugural Production Management Award was given to Laura Djanogly, Jen Bollom and Mei Ye Li for Concert For Ukraine for ITV, one of the five awards ITV took home this evening.

The RTS Special Award went to Working Title TV’s Head of Drama Surian Fletcher-Jones for building a slate of critically acclaimed television series that have broken new ground, championed diverse voices and created meaningful impact on global audiences.

For 2022, the RTS Outstanding Contribution Award was presented to Claire Popplewell and the BBC Studios Events Team for harnessing the power of live television to bring people together to witness some of the most important events in history.

Chair of the Awards, Ade Rawcliffe, said: “Congratulations to all our RTS Craft and Design winners this year. The exceptional range and depth of skills represented in this year’s winners shines a light on the outstanding talent that work behind the camera in UK content creation across many platforms.”

The RTS Craft & Design Awards 2022 winners in full

Casting Award

Daniel Edwards Heartstopper See-Saw Films for Netflix

Costume Design – Drama

Alison McCosh Peaky Blinders Series 6 Caryn Mandabach Productions / Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC

Costume Design - Entertainment & Non Drama

Plunge Creations & Bandicoot Scotland The Masked Singer Series 3 Bandicoot Scotland for ITV/STV

Design - Programme Content Sequences

Made in Colour Empire & Me: A Newsround Special Made in Colour for BBC & CBBC

Design – Titles

yU+co The Essex Serpent See-Saw Films in association with Apple for Apple TV+

Director – Comedy Drama/Situation Comedy

Andrew Chaplin Alma’s Not Normal Expectation for BBC

Director – Documentary/Factual & Non Drama

Sarah Collinson Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin Hardcash Productions & The Economist for ITV

Director – Drama

Lucy Forbes This is Going to Hurt SISTER in association with Terrible Productions for BBC and AMC

Director – Multicamera

Julia Knowles Platinum Party at the Palace BBC Studios Events Productions for BBC

Editing – Documentary/Factual

Bruce Law, David Pearson & Bumble Bee Post Team 9/11: Life Under Attack Brook Lapping Productions for ITV

Editing – Drama

Lucien Clayton Derry Girls Series 3 Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4

Editing – Entertainment and Comedy

Paul Dingwall Cheaters Clerkenwell Films for BBC

Editing – Sport

Nicholas Perry & Philip Hughes Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony Opener - Our Birmingham: A Brummie Story BBC Sport for BBC

Effects

Vine FX & Real SFX The Lazarus Project Urban Myth Films for Sky

Lighting for Multicamera

Nigel Catmur Platinum Party at the Palace BBC Studios Events Productions for BBC

Make Up Design – Drama

Lin Davie, Sue Newbould & Laura Flynn Gentleman Jack 2 Lookout Point for BBC & HBO

Make Up Design - Entertainment & Non Drama

Lisa Armstrong & Lisa Davey Strictly Come Dancing Series 19 BBC Studios Entertainment for BBC

Multicamera Work

Chris Power and the Camera Team Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel Hungry McBear for BBC

Music – Original Score

Nicôle Lecky & Bryan Senti MOOD Bonafide Films for BBC

Music – Original Title

Carly Paradis The Rising Sky Studios for Sky Max

Photography - Documentary/Factual & Non Drama

Tim Shepherd, Todd Kewley, Oliver Mueller & Camera Team The Green Planet BBC Studios Natural History Unit / PBS / bilibili / ZDF / China Media Group CCTV9 / France Télévisions / The Open University for BBC and iPlayer

Photography – Drama & Comedy

Erik Wilson BSC Landscapers SISTER in association with South of the River Pictures for Sky Atlantic

Picture Enhancement

Thomas Urbye Landscapers SISTER in association with South of the River Pictures for Sky Atlantic

Production Design – Drama

Cristina Casali, Robert Wischhusen-Hayes & Fabrice Spelta Landscapers SISTER in association with South of the River Pictures for Sky Atlantic

Production Design – Entertainment & Non Drama

Catherine Land Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway Series 18 Lifted Entertainment (Part of ITV Studios) in co-production with Mitre Studios for ITV

Production Management Award

Laura Djanogly, Jen Bollom & Mei Ye Li Concert For Ukraine Livewire Pictures for ITV

Sound – Drama

Nina Rice, Steve Browell, Jamie Selway & Adam Horley This is Going to Hurt SISTER in association with Terrible Productions for BBC One and AMC

Sound – Entertainment & Non Drama

Nick Fry, James Spooner & James Jones Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes Top Hat Productions for Sky Documentaries & HBO Max

RTS Special Award

Surian Fletcher-Jones

RTS Outstanding Contribution Award

Claire Popplewell and the BBC Studios Events Team

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