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Contents The Royal Television Society

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Officers

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Royal Television Society About the RTS From glamorous award ceremonies to lively debates, the RTS embraces all aspects of television, and is open to anyone with an interest in the medium.

As an educational charity, we encourage and celebrate work in television and its related fields, from finding out how the nation’s favourite shows are made in our Anatomy of a Hit series, to celebrating burgeoning talent at our annual Student Awards.

The industry’s most talented individuals give us an insight into the work that goes into making cutting edge contemporary TV. From Government ministers and CEOs to workshops with great runners, our events look at every part of the business.

Global television leaders gather to discuss what the future holds for television at our London Conference or the RTS Cambridge Convention.

Alongside our engaged community of over 5,000 full members, the Society is supported by Britain and the world’s biggest broadcasters, producers and consultants, including Principal Patrons BBC, Channel 4, ITV and Sky. Originally founded as the Television Society in 1927, the Society was granted its Royal title in 1966 and HRH The Prince of Wales became Patron of the RTS in 1997.

Today, 15 regional and national groups curate lively events and awards around the UK and Ireland, from Glasgow to Galway.

RTS Futures, which is aimed at those in their first two years of employment, organises an exciting roster of discussion, training and social occasions. Recent events have included workshops on Each year, we offer Television learning how to format shows and Production and Technology how to survive as a freelancer, and bursaries to help those from less expert panels explaining how to be affluent backgrounds get a foothold the best researcher and how to in the industry, and Masterclass make it on-screen. sessions bring together students, academics and industry heads.

Our annual Television Journalism, Programme, Craft and Design, and Student Awards celebrate achievements across the broadcasting industry.

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Officers Patron HRH The Prince of Wales

Chair of Trustees Jane Turton

Vice Presidents David Abraham Dawn Airey Sir David Attenborough

Honorary Secretary David Lowen Honorary Treasurer Mike Green

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Baroness Floella Benjamin Dame Colette Bowe OBE Lord Bragg of Wigton John Cresswell Adam Crozier Mike Darcey Greg Dyke Lord Hall of Birkenhead Lorraine Heggessey Ashley Highfield Armando Iannucci OBE Ian Jones Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon OBE David Lynn Sir Trevor McDonald OBE Ken MacQuarrie Gavin Patterson Trevor Phillips OBE Stewart Purvis CBE Sir Howard Stringer

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Board of Trustees Lynn Barlow Julian Bellamy Tim Davie Mike Green David Lowen Anne Mensah Jane Millichip Simon Pitts Sarah Rose Jane Turton Rob Woodward Royal Television Society Chief Executive – Theresa Wise Events Manager – Jo Sampson Events Team – Jamie O’Neill and Danielle Gaughan Digital Editor – Kate Holman

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Programme Welcome Jane Turton Awards presentation hosted by Paul Merton Wayne Garvie, Chair of the Programme Awards Acknowledgements The society would like to thank principal sponsor Audio Network And also IMG Studios Autoscript Executive Producer – Mark Wells Produced by – LRI Agency Audio Visual Facilities – Creative Technology Lighting – Tim Ball Lighting Design & TSL Lighting Set – Dragonfly Productions Opening Titles – Scott Thomas RTS theme music composed and arranged

by Chris Egan Event logistics – Cranberry Events Floor Managers – Leo O’Neill Photographers – Paul Hampartsoumian and Richard Kendal Programme – Red Stone Media Relations – DDA Group

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Host Paul Merton is a founder member of The Comedy Store Players, and still appears at the Comedy Store in London most Sundays. He is a resident guest on BBC Radio 4’s Just A Minute and is an established face on TV shows such as the hugely popular Have I Got News For You, Room 101, Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock, Paul Merton’s Birth of Hollywood and his travel series for Channel Five, Paul Merton’s Adventures which covered his travels in India, China and Europe. His autobiography, Only When I Laugh reached the Sunday Times bestseller Top 10. Paul’s anthology of funny stories, Funny Ha Ha, was named Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year in 2019.

His first Channel 4 series, Paul Merton The Series, is due to be released on DVD this year.

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Nominations Scripted Comedy Fleabag Two Brothers Pictures in association with All3Media International for BBC Three and Amazon Prime Video Stath Lets Flats Roughcut TV for Channel 4 Derry Girls Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4 Comedy Performance (Female) Saoirse-Monica Jackson – Derry Girls Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4 Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag Two Brothers Pictures in association with All3Media International for BBC Three and Amazon Prime Video Diane Morgan – Motherland Merman Television and Delightful Industries for BBC Two Comedy Performance (Male) Ncuti Gatwa – Sex Education Eleven Film for Netflix Alex Murphy and Chris Walley – The Young Offenders Vico Films and Rotator for BBC Three Youssef Kerkour – Home Jantaculum and Channel X for Channel 4

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Nominations Daytime Programme The Repair Shop Ricochet for BBC One Good Morning Britain ITV Studios Daytime for ITV Beat the Chef Twofour and Motion Content Group for Channel 4 Children’s Programme The Athena Bryncoed Productions for Sky Kids Step Up to the Plate Lion TV for CBBC Zog Magic Light Pictures for BBC One Arts imagine... James Graham: In the Room Where It Happens BBC Studios for BBC One Superkids: Breaking Away From Care Expectation for Channel 4 Bros: After The Screaming Stops Fulwell 73 for BBC Four

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Nominations Live Event The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance BBC Studios for BBC One Stormzy at Glastonbury 2019 BBC Studios for BBC Two The BRIT Awards 2019 BRITs TV for ITV Presenter Vicky McClure – Our Dementia Choir with Vicky McClure Curve Media co-produced with The Open University for BBC One Mobeen Azhar – Hometown: A Killing 7 Wonder for BBC Three Fred Brathwaite – A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy BBC Studios for BBC Two Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit Gareth Thomas – 2019 Rugby World Cup ITV Sport for ITV Nasser Hussain – The Ashes Sky Sports for Sky Sports Cricket Alex Scott – 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Input Media (now known as Gravity Media) and BBC Sport for BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four and BBC iPlayer

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Nominations Sports Programme 2019 Rugby World Cup ITV Sport for ITV FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 – Semi Final: England v USA Input Media (now known as Gravity Media) and BBC Sport for BBC One ICC Cricket World Cup Final Sky Sports and Sunset+Vine for ICC TV and Sky Sports Cricket Formatted Popular Factual The British Tribe Next Door Voltage and Motion Content Group for Channel 4 The Circle Studio Lambert and Motion Content Group for Channel 4 Celebrity Gogglebox Studio Lambert for Channel 4 Single Documentary Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag Hardcash Productions for ITV War in the Blood Minnow Films for BBC Two David Harewood: Psychosis and Me Films of Record co-produced with The Open University for BBC Two

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Nominations Documentary Series Hometown: A Killing 7 Wonder for BBC Three Crime and Punishment 72 Films for Channel 4 The Choir: Our School By The Tower Twenty Twenty Productions for BBC Two History Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain Blast! Films for Channel 4 Spotlight on The Troubles: A Secret History BBC NI for BBC Four and BBC One Northern Ireland The Last Survivors Minnow Films for BBC Two Science and Natural History The Planets A BBC Studios Production with NOVA and WGBH Boston for BBC, PBS co-produced

by Tencent Penguin Pictures. A BBC Open University Partnership for BBC Two The Parkinson’s Drug Trial: A Miracle Cure?

Passionate Productions for BBC Two 8 Days: To the Moon and Back BBC Studios, PBS and The Open University, The Science Unit for BBC Two

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Nominations Breakthrough Award Tim Renkow – Jerk Roughcut TV and Primal Media for BBC Three Aisling Bea – This Way Up Merman Television for Channel 4 Tanya Moodie – Motherland Merman Television and Delightful Industries for BBC Two Entertainment Love Island ITV Studios Entertainment/Motion Content Group for ITV2 Britain’s Got Talent Thames/Syco for ITV RuPaul’s Drag Race UK World of Wonder Productions for BBC Three Entertainment Performance Mo Gilligan – The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan Expectation and Momo G for Channel 4 Stephen Mulhern – In For A Penny ITV Studios Entertainment/Mitre Television for ITV London Hughes – Don’t Hate The Playaz Monkey Kingdom for ITV2

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Nominations Writer – Comedy Laurie Nunn – Sex Education Eleven Film for Netflix Danny Brocklehurst – Brassic Calamity Films for Sky One Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag Two Brothers Pictures in association with All3Media International for BBC Three and Amazon Prime Video Writer – Drama Roy Williams – Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle A Douglas Road and Young Vic Production for BBC Four Craig Mazin – Chernobyl Sister, The Mighty Mint and Word Games in association with HBO for Sky Atlantic Neil Forsyth – Guilt Happy Tramp North and Expectation for BBC Scotland and BBC Two Soap and Continuing Drama Coronation Street ITV Studios for ITV Casualty BBC Studios for BBC One EastEnders BBC Studios for BBC One

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Nominations Single Drama Brexit: The Uncivil War House Productions in association with HBO for Channel 4 Doing Money Renegade Pictures for BBC Two The Left Behind BBC Studios for BBC Three and BBC Cymru Wales Drama Series The Capture Heyday Television and NBCUniversal International Studios for BBC One Gentleman Jack A Lookout Point Production in association with HBO for BBC One Ackley Bridge The Forge Entertainment for Channel 4 Mini-Series Chernobyl Sister, The Mighty Mint and Word Games in association with HBO for Sky Atlantic The Long Song Heyday Television and NBCUniversal International Studios for BBC One Years and Years Red Production Company for BBC One

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Nominations Actor (Male) Jared Harris – Chernobyl Sister, The Mighty Mint and Word Games in association with HBO for Sky Atlantic Stephen Graham – The Virtues Warp Films and Big Arty Productions for Channel 4 Micheal Ward – Top Boy Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew and SpringHill Entertainment for Netflix Actor (Female) Niamh Algar – The Virtues Warp Films and Big Arty Productions for Channel 4 Tamara Lawrance – The Long Song Heyday Television and NBCUniversal International Studios for BBC One Suranne Jones – Gentleman Jack A Lookout Point Production in association with HBO for BBC One

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Nominations Judges’ Award The Judges’ Award recognises an outstanding contribution to the UK’s televsion and media industry, focussing primarily on impact in the criteria year.

Outstanding Achievement Award The Outstanding Achievement Award is presented to an outstanding broadcaster for an on-screen or off-screen achievement over a number of years.

RTS Channel Of The Year Channel 5 BBC Three Sky Atlantic

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Juries Chair of the Programme Awards Wayne Garvie, Sony Pictures Television Actor – Female Chair: Eve Gutierrez, Eleventh Hour Films Cheyenne Conway Daniel Fromm, Channel 4 Morwenna Gordon, Sky Manda Levin, BBC Prasanna Puwanarajah Chloe Tucker, ITV Actor – Male Chair: Gabby Logan Basi Akpabio, Agatha Christie Productions Tilusha Ghelani, Sky Samantha McMillon, ITV Studios Brian Minchin, Hartswood Films Aysha Rafaele, BBC Laura Riseam, Channel 4 Mark Shenton

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Arts Chair: David Olusoga OBE Yomi Adegoke Tom Giles, ITV Bettany Hughes Gillian Joseph, Sky News Tim Marlow, The Design Museum Abigail Priddle, BBC Sinead Rocks, Channel 4 Mike Smith, Uplands TV Breakthrough Award Chair: Emma Gormley, ITV Becky Cadman, Channel 4 Barnaby Coughlin, Label 1 Shirley Jones, Sky Christopher Kam, NBCUniversal Alex McLeod, BBC Katie Rawcliffe, ITV Sohail Shah, King of Sunshine Ranvir Singh

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Juries Children’s Programme Chair: Charlene White, ITN Kate Ansell, BBC Claudia-Liza Armah, 5 News Matt Barbrook, Dreamworks Tyrone Francis, Sky News Shaun Holder Jeanette Kwakye Reem Nouss, Reem Nouss Media Simon Tomkins, ITV Comedy Performance – Male and Comedy Performance – Female Chair: Lucy Lumsden, Yellow Door Tom Beck, Channel 4 Johanna Devereaux, Disney Paul Gilbert, Sky Syeda Irtizaali, BBC Jill Offman, Comedy Central Satmohan Panesar, ITV

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Daytime Programme Chair: Greg Barnett, Channel 5 Shurwin Beckford, Chapter 1 Films Daniella Berendsen, Betty Gaby Hornsby, BBC Kay Ribeiro, Heat Jamal Ritchie, Workerbee TV Naomi Rose, Channel 4 Priya Singh, ITV Documentary Series Chair: Fatima Salaria, Channel 4 Madonna Benjamin, Channel 4 Matt Cox, ITV Diana Martin, BBC Tshepo Mokoena, Vice Farah Quyam Emma Wood, ITN Productions

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Juries Drama Series Chair: Dimitri Doganis, Raw Emma Clarke, Viacom Tom Dunbar, ITV Nawfal Faizullah, BBC Cynthia Okoye, Curtis Brown Jack Oliver, Sky Tanya Qureshi, Various Artists Julia Raeside Jonny Rothery, Channel 4 Deborah Williams, Creative Diversity Network Entertainment Chair: Boyd Hilton, Heat Afua Adom, CNBC Scott Bryan Harjeet Chhokar, Channel 4 Alan Clements, Two Rivers Nasfim Haque, BBC Liz Lewin, Sky Sarah Nurse, ITV Shaun Parry, Youngest Media

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Entertainment Performance Chair: Stephen Mangan Dom Bird, MGM Worldwide Television Horatia Lawson Carla-Maria Lawson, BBC Benedetta Pinelli, Sky Ade Rawcliffe, ITV Sunetra Sarker Jonah Weston, Channel 4 Formatted Popular Factual Chair: Kieran Doherty, Stellify Media Marvyn Benoit, YouTube Originals Emma Rosa Dias, Afro Mic Productions Toby Earle Emma Hardy, Channel 4 Natasha Hegde, Sky Victoria Kennedy, ITV Maeve McLoughlin, BBC Ore Oduba

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Juries History Chair: Dan Grabiner, Amazon Studios Arron Fellows Claire Grimmond Fozia Khan, Channel 4 Beejal Patel, BBC Simon Raikes, National Geographic Mini Series Chair: Sue Vertue, Hartswood Films Jack Bayles, Channel 4 Anna Fern, ITV Rose Garnett, BBC Sophie Judge, Sky Professor Suri Krishnamma Ikenna Obiekwe, Independent Talent Gaby Roslin

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Presenter Chair: Sunil Patel, Whisper Sreya Biswas, BBC Reshmin Chowdhury Mark Demuth, ITV Akua Gyamfi, British Blacklist Antonia Howard-Taylor, Channel 4 Liam Keelan Jane Millichip, Sky RTS Channel of the Year and Live Event Chair: Wayne Garvie, Sony Pictures Television Ayo Akinwolere Jamie Campbell, Eleven Film Angela Griffin Camilla Lewis, Curve Media Will MacDonald, Monkey Kingdom Melvin Odoom Lucy Pilkington, Milk and Honey Productions

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Juries Science and Natural History Chair: Steve Anderson Mark Dolan Nelufar Hedayat Lewis James, BBC Christian Kehoe, Channel 4 Alexander McNamara, Science Focus Helen Scott Dr Robert Sternberg, Imperial College Rosie Taylor, Vice Scripted Comedy Chair: Faith Penhale, Lookout Point Ayela Butt, BBC David Hancock Desiree Ibekwe, Broadcast Sarah Lazenby, Channel 4 Gabriel Silver, Sky Peter Tierney, ITV Anoushka Warden, Royal Court Theatre

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Single Documentary Chair: Naga Munchetty Laura Mansfield, Outline Productions Vivienne Molokwu, Channel 4 Peter Ruddick, BBC Charlie Stayt Sue Walton, ITV Pat Younge, Sugar Films Single Drama Chair: Celia Taylor, Mentorn Eleanor Bailey, Spun Gold Tommy Bulfin, BBC Ishy Din Hamza Jeetoa Kwame Kwei Armah, Young Vic Jon Petrie, Channel 4 Saskia Schuster, ITV Grant Tucker, Sunday Times Hal Vogel, Daybreak Films

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Juries Soap and Continuing Drama Chair: Cheryl Taylor, BBC Furquan Akhtar Baroness Floella Benjamin Pippa Bennett-Warner Myar Craig-Brown, Wall to Wall Maxine Gardner, ITV Joe Godwin, BBC Danyele Seignoret, Channel 4 Jonathan Wolfman, Bryncoed Sports Programme and Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit Chair: Tamara Howe, Vice Gabby Cook, BBC Tim Dean, ITV Sean Doyle, Channel 4 Lungi Macebo, Birmingham FC Steve Scott, ITN Josh Wilson, Wilson Worldwide Nia Wyn Thomas, IMG Scott Young, Sky

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Writer – Comedy Chair: Philip Edgar-Jones, Sky Sasha Breslau, ITV Jocelyn Jee Esien Lee Mason, Channel 4 Kate Phillips, BBC David Sanderson, The Times Zoe Waterman, Zeppotron Writer – Drama Chair: Helen Jackson David Grant MBE Lydia Hampson, Amazon Studios Theresa Ikoko Huw Kennair-Jones, ITV Sally Lindsay Lisa Mackintosh, Sky Radford Neville, The Lighthouse Gregor Sharp, BBC

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Patrons Principal Patrons BBC Channel 4 ITV Sky International Patrons A+E Networks CGTN Discovery Networks Facebook Liberty Global NBCUniversal International Netflix The Walt Disney Company Viacom International Media Networks WarnerMedia YouTube Patrons Autocue Digital Television Group Grass Valley Isle of Media Lumina Search Mission Bay PricewaterhouseCoopers Raidió Teilifís Éireann

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Patrons Major Patrons Accenture All3Media Amazon Video Audio Network Avid Boston Consulting Group BT Channel 5 Deloitte EndemolShine Enders Analysis Entertainment One Finecast Freeview Fremantle Gravity Media IBM IMG Studios ITN KPMG Motion Content Group Netgem.tv OC&C Pinewood Studios S4C Sargent-Disc Spencer Stuart STV Group The Trade Desk UKTV Vice Virgin Media YouView

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