BBC wins big at RTS Programme Awards 2024

Hosted by comedian Tom Allen, award attendees on the night included Hannah Waddingham, Bella Ramsey, Jodie Whittaker, Gabby Roslin, Noel Fielding, Chris Packham, Stacey Solomon, Joe Swash, Mark Gatiss, Susanna Reid, Romesh Ranganathan, Kane Robinson and Siobhán McSweeney.

Across the 30 competitive categories, the BBC took home 21 awards overall - with the hit drama The Sixth Commandment winning three awards, the most for any programme, across Limited Series, Supporting Actor - Male for Éanna Hardwicke and Writer - Drama for Sarah Phelps.

For the Leading Actor categories, Tamara Lawrance took home the award for BBC’s Time and Kane Robinson for Netflix’s Top Boy, one of the streamer’s three wins this evening. Netflix also received awards for Squid Game: The Challenge in the Entertainment category and for Chimp Empire for Science & The Natural World.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 received two wins, with Hannah Waddingham winning for Entertainment Performance and the BBC show also taking home the coveted Live Event award. Disney+ took home their first RTS Programme Award this evening for their popular series Extraordinary which won for Scripted Comedy.

The RTS presents two additional awards annually, the Judges’ Award and the Outstanding Achievement Award. For 2024, the recipient of the Judges’ Award was ITV’s series Mr Bates vs The Post Office for shining a light on the human stories of real people caught in a living nightmare, and the incredible audience reaction to the series which provoked the government to take action. The Outstanding Achievement Award was presented to the renowned producer Stephen Lambert.

Legendary broadcaster and producer Dame Esther Rantzen was awarded the prestigious RTS Gold Medal, which was collected by her daughter on her behalf.

Kenton Allen, Chair of the RTS Programme Awards, said: “Gathered tonight, we commemorate yet another remarkable year for the UK television sector, underscoring its unmatched programming diversity spanning gripping dramas, uproarious comedy, and enlightening documentaries. Amidst rigorous deliberations by the juries, the winners stand as testament to their unwavering merit. Here’s to acknowledging the achievements of all involved - a reflection of an industry poised for continued innovation and impact in the UK and around the world.”

Full list of winners and nominees:

Arts

WINNER - Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World (BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions for BBC)

Nominees:

Becoming Frida Kahlo (Rogan Scotland for BBC)

Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now (A Netflix Documentary/BMG Presents in association with Quickfire Films/A Pulse Films Production for Netflix)

Breakthrough Award

WINNER - Lucy Edwards - Japan - The Way I See It - The Travel Show (BBC Current Affairs for BBC)

Nominees:

Ashley Thomas - Great Expectations (Hardy, Son & Baker, Scott Free Productions, BBC Studios, FX Network for BBC)

Hamza Yassin - Hamza: Strictly Birds of Prey (Silverback Films for BBC)

Children’s Programme

WINNER - A Kind of Spark (9 Story Media for BBC)

Nominees:

FYI Investigates: Kids Who Vape (Fresh Start Media for Sky Kids & Sky News)

Tabby McTat (Magic Light Pictures for BBC)

Comedy Drama

WINNER - Juice (Various Artists Limited for BBC)

Nominees:

Big Boys (Roughcut TV for Channel 4)

There She Goes (Merman Television for BBC)

Comedy Entertainment

WINNER - Rob & Romesh Vs. (CPL Productions for Sky Max)

Nominees:

Taskmaster (Avalon for Channel 4)

The Graham Norton Show (So Television for BBC)

Comedy Performance – Female

WINNER - Gbemisola Ikumelo - Black Ops (BBC Studios Comedy Productions and Mondo Deluxe Productions for BBC)

Nominees:

Máiréad Tyers – Extraordinary (Sid Gentle Films Ltd for Disney+)

Kat Sadler - Such Brave Girls (Various Artists Limited for BBC)

Comedy Performance – Male

WINNER - Hammed Animashaun - Black Ops (BBC Studios Comedy Productions and Mondo Deluxe Productions for BBC)

Nominees:

Freddie Meredith - Such Brave Girls (Various Artists Limited for BBC)

Jon Pointing - Big Boys (Roughcut TV for Channel 4)

Daytime Programme

WINNER - Scam Interceptors (BBC Studios Documentary Unit for BBC)

Nominees:

Good Morning Britain - Matt Hancock Interview (ITV Studios for ITV1)

Junior Bake Off (Love Productions for Channel 4)

Documentary Series

WINNER - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (KEO Films & Walk on Air Films for BBC)

Nominees:

Evacuation (Wonderhood Studios for Channel 4)

Kids (Expectation for Channel 4)

Drama Series

WINNER - Happy Valley (Lookout Point in co-production with AMC for BBC)

Nominees:

The Gold (Tannadice Pictures, part of Objective Media Group, for BBC and Paramount)

Top Boy (Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew and SpringHill Entertainment for Netflix)

Entertainment

WINNER - Squid Game: The Challenge (Studio Lambert & The Garden for Netflix)

Nominees:

Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel (Hungry McBear for BBC)

Strictly Come Dancing (BBC Studios Entertainment Productions for BBC)

Entertainment Performance

WINNER - Hannah Waddingham - Eurovision Song Contest 2023 (BBC Studios Entertainment Productions for BBC)

Nominees:

Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond - The Great British Bake Off (Love Productions for Channel 4)

Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan - Rob & Romesh Vs. (CPL Productions for Sky Max)

Formatted Popular Factual

WINNER - Sort Your Life Out (Optomen Television for BBC)

Nominees:

Banged Up (Shine TV for Channel 4)

The Piano (Love Productions for Channel 4)

History

WINNER - White Nanny, Black Child (Doc Hearts/Tigerlily Productions for

Channel 5)

Nominees:

Britain’s Human Zoos (Red Bicycle with Milk & Honey for Channel 4)

The Man Who Played With Fire (Raw TV for Sky Documentaries)

Leading Actor – Female

WINNER - Tamara Lawrance - Time (BBC Studios Drama Productions for BBC)

Nominees:

Jodie Whittaker - Time (BBC Studios Drama Productions for BBC)

Sarah Lancashire - Happy Valley (Lookout Point in co-production with AMC for BBC)

Leading Actor – Male

WINNER - Kane Robinson - Top Boy (Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew and SpringHill Entertainment for Netflix)

Nominees:

Gary Oldman - Slow Horses (See-Saw Films in association with Apple for Apple TV+)

Timothy Spall - The Sixth Commandment (Wild Mercury Productions and True Vision for BBC)

Limited Series

WINNER - The Sixth Commandment (Wild Mercury Productions and True Vision for BBC)

Nominees:

Best Interests (AC Chapter One for BBC)

Boiling Point (Ascendant Fox and Matriarch Productions with It’s All Made Up Productions for BBC)

Live Event

WINNER - Eurovision Song Contest 2023 (BBC Studios Entertainment Productions, Windfall Films for BBC)

Nominees:

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

WINNER - Chris Packham - Inside Our Autistic Minds (BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions for BBC)

Nominees:

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

WINNER - Chimp Empire (Keo Films and Underdog Films for Netflix)

Nominees:

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

WINNER - Extraordinary (Sid Gentle Films Ltd for Disney+)

Nominees:

Black Ops (BBC Studios Comedy Productions and Mondo Deluxe Productions for BBC)

Such Brave Girls (Various Artists Limited for BBC)

Single Documentary

WINNER - Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story (Story Films; Archface Films for Sky Documentaries)

Nominees:

Anorexic (Proper Content for Channel 5)

The Price of Truth (Oxford Film & Television for Channel 4)

Single Drama

WINNER - Partygate (Halcyons Heart Films for Channel 4)

Nominees:

Consent (Firebird Pictures for Channel 4)

Men Up (Quay Street Productions, Boom for BBC)

Soap and Continuing Drama

WINNER - EastEnders (BBC Studios Drama Productions for BBC)

Nominees:

Casualty (BBC Studios Drama Productions for BBC)

Waterloo Road (Rope Ladder Fiction, Wall to Wall for BBC)

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

WINNER - Alex Scott - FIFA Women’s World Cup (IMG for BBC)

Nominees:

Gabby Logan - FIFA Women’s World Cup (IMG for BBC)

Nasser Hussain - The Ashes (Sky Sports Cricket)

Sports Programme

WINNER - All Ireland Senior Football Championship Final (BBC Northern Ireland for BBC)

Nominees:

2023 Rugby World Cup (ITV Sport for ITV1 & ITV4)

The Ashes (Sky Sports Cricket)

Supporting Actor – Female

WINNER - Bella Ramsey - Time (BBC Studios Drama Productions for BBC)

Nominees:

Jasmine Jobson - Top Boy (Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew and SpringHill Entertainment for Netflix)

Ronke Adékoluẹjo - Rain Dogs (Sid Gentle Films Ltd for BBC)

Supporting Actor – Male

WINNER - Éanna Hardwicke - The Sixth Commandment (Wild Mercury Productions and True Vision for BBC)

Nominees:

Araloyin Oshunremi - Top Boy (Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew and SpringHill Entertainment for Netflix)

Mark Gatiss - Nolly (Quay Street Productions for ITVX)

Writer – Comedy

WINNER - Jack Rooke - Big Boys (Roughcut TV for Channel 4)

Nominees:

Bridget Christie - The Change (Expectation for Channel 4)

Joe Tucker, Lloyd Wolf, Gbemisola Ikumelo & Akemnji Ndifornyen - Black Ops (BBC Studios Comedy Productions and Mondo Deluxe Productions for BBC)

Writer – Drama

WINNER - Sarah Phelps - The Sixth Commandment (Wild Mercury Productions and True Vision for BBC)

Nominees:

Emma Dennis-Edwards - Consent (Firebird Pictures for Channel 4)

Sally Wainwright - Happy Valley (Lookout Point in co-production with AMC for BBC)

Royal Television Society Gold Medal

WINNER - Dame Esther Rantzen

Judges’ Award

WINNER - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Outstanding Achievement Award

WINNER – Stephen Lamber