James R | On 01, Apr 2023

The BBC was the big winner at the 2023 Royal Television Society Programme Awards, with The Traitors, Sherwood, This Is Going to Hurt leading the pack.

Across the 30 categories, the BBC racked up 17 wins, 3 of which were for Am I Being Unreasonable? and Channel 4 followed with 6 wins, with Derry Girls recognised across 2 of the categories: Scripted Comedy and Writer – Comedy. Other series that received wins across multiple categories included BBC’s The Traitors for Entertainment and Entertainment Performance, BBC’s Sherwood for Drama Series and Adeel Akhtar for the new Supporting Actor – Male category. Also new for 2023, the Supporting Actor – Female award was presented to Ambika Mod for BBC and AMC’s This Is Going to Hurt, and the inaugural Comedy Drama award was given to Sky’s Brassic. Sarah Lancashire was presented with Outstanding Achievement Award and Charlotte Moore, Chief Content Officer at the BBC, was presented with the prestigious Judges’ Award. BET UK celebrated its first ever RTS award, taking home the win in the Arts category for The Evolution of Black British Music.

Arts

WINNER – The Evolution of Black British Music (Fan Studios & Motion Content Group for BET UK)

Nominees:

The Ghost of Richard Harris (Bright Yellow Films, Samson Films & Groove International for Sky Arts)
This Is Joan Collins (Salon Pictures for BBC)

Breakthrough Award

WINNER – Lenny Rush – Am I Being Unreasonable? (Boffola Pictures & Lookout Point for BBC)

Nominees:

Nicôle Lecky – Mood (Bonafide Films for BBC)
Eddie Kadi – Sorry, I Didn’t Know (Triforce Productions for ITV1)

Children’s Programme

WINNER – Dodger (Universal International Studios for CBBC)

Nominees:

COP27: Six Ways to Save Our Planet (Fresh Start Media for Sky Kids and Sky News)
Corpse Talk (Tiger Aspect Kids & Family for YouTube Originals)

Comedy Drama

WINNER – Brassic (Calamity Films for Sky Max)

Nominees:

Am I Being Unreasonable? (Boffola Pictures & Lookout Point for BBC)
Cheaters (Clerkenwell Films for BBC)

Comedy Entertainment

WINNER – Friday Night Live (Phil McIntyre Television & Boffola Pictures for Channel 4)

Nominees:

Joe Lycett vs David Beckham, A Got Your Back Special (Rumpus Media & My Options Were Limited for Channel 4)
Sorry, I Didn’t Know (Triforce Productions for ITV1)

Comedy Performance (Female)

WINNER – Daisy May Cooper – Am I Being Unreasonable? (Boffola Pictures & Lookout Point for BBC)

Nominees:

Leah Brotherhead – Hullraisers (Fable Pictures for Channel 4)
Rose Matafeo – Starstruck (Avalon Television for BBC)

Comedy Performance (Male)

WINNER – Lenny Rush – Am I Being Unreasonable? (Boffola Pictures & Lookout Point for BBC)

Nominees:

Samson Kayo – Bloods (Roughcut Television for Sky Comedy)
Jon Pointing – Big Boys (Roughcut Television for Channel 4)

Daytime Programme

WINNER – Loose Men (ITV Studios Daytime for ITV1)

Nominees:

Come Dine With Me: The Professionals (Multistory Media for Channel 4)
Scam Interceptors (BBC Studios Documentary Unit for BBC)

Documentary Series

WINNER – Gazza (A Haviland Digital, Mark Stewart Productions & Western Edge Pictures production for BBC)

Nominees:

Big Oil vs The World (Mongoose Pictures / PBS Frontline for BBC)
Jeremy Kyle Show: Death On Daytime (Blast! Films for Channel 4)

Drama Series

WINNER – Sherwood (House Productions for BBC)

Nominees:

The Responder (Dancing Ledge Productions for BBC)
Top Boy (Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew and SpringHill Entertainment for Netflix)

Entertainment Programme

WINNER – The Traitors (Studio Lambert Scotland for BBC)

Nominees:

Joe Lycett’s Big Pride Party (Rumpus Media & My Options Were Limited for Channel 4)
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan (Expectation TV & Momo G for Channel 4)

Entertainment Performance

WINNER – Claudia Winkleman – The Traitors (Studio Lambert Scotland for BBC)

Nominees:

Jordan Stephens – Don’t Hate The Playaz (Monkey Kingdom for ITV2)
Mo Gilligan – The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan (Expectation TV & Momo G for Channel 4)

Formatted Popular Factual

WINNER – Gogglebox (Studio Lambert for Channel 4)

Nominees:

Idris Elba’s Fight School (Workerbee & Green Door for BBC)
The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit (Ricochet for BBC)

History

WINNER – Our Falklands War: A Frontline Story (The Garden Productions for BBC)

Nominees:

Aids: The Unheard Tapes (Wall to Wall Media for BBC)
Italia 90: Four Weeks that Changed the World (Blast! Films for Sky Documentaries)

Leading Actor (Female)

WINNER – Kate Winslet – I Am Ruth (Me+You Productions in association with Juggle Productions for Channel 4)

Nominees:

Billie Piper – I Hate Suzie Too (Bad Wolf for Sky Atlantic)
Monica Dolan – The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe (Story Films for ITV1)

Leading Actor (Male)

WINNER – Kit Connor – Heartstopper (A See-Saw Films Production for Netflix)

Nominees:

Kane Robinson – Top Boy (Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew and SpringHill Entertainment for Netflix)
Chaske Spencer – The English (Drama Republic for BBC)

Limited-Series

WINNER – Mood (Bonafide Films for BBC)

Nominees:

Anne (World Productions for ITV1)
Chloe (Mam Tor Productions for BBC)

Live Event

WINNER – The State Funeral of HM The Queen Elizabeth II (BBC Studios Events Productions for BBC)

Nominees:

Glastonbury 2022 (BBC Studios Music Productions for BBC)
Platinum Party at the Palace (BBC Studios Events Productions for BBC)

Presenter

WINNER – Ramita Navai – Afghanistan: No Country for Women (Quicksilver Media for ITV1)

Nominees:

Huw Edwards – The State Funeral of HM The Queen Elizabeth II (BBC Studios Events Productions for BBC)
Martin Lewis – The Martin Lewis Money Show Live (MultiStory Media for ITV1)

Science & The Natural World

WINNER – The Green Planet (BBC Studios Natural History Unit with PBS, bilibili, ZDF, China Media Group, CCTV9, France Télévisions & The Open University for BBC and iPlayer)

Nominees:

My Garden of a Thousand Bees (Passion Planet; WNET Group; HHMI Tangled Bank Studios & Ammonite Films for Sky Nature)
My Dead Body (141 Productions for Channel 4)

Scripted Comedy

WINNER – Derry Girls (Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4)

Nominees:

Big Boys (Roughcut Television for Channel 4)
Cunk On Earth (Broke and Bones for BBC/Netflix)

Single Documentary

WINNER – The Tinder Swindler (A Raw Production with Gaspin Media and AGC Studios in association with VG for Netflix)

Nominees:

Dying to Divorce (Dying to Divorce for Sky Documentaries)
Will Young: Losing My Twin Rupert (Wall to Wall Media for Channel 4)

Single Drama

WINNER – Life and Death in the Warehouse (BBC Studios Drama Productions for BBC)

Nominees:

The House (Nexus Studios for Netflix)
Then Barbara Met Alan (Dragonfly Film and Television & One Shoe Films for BBC)

Soap and Continuing Drama

WINNER – Casualty (BBC Studios Continuing Drama for BBC)

Nominees:

EastEnders (BBC Studios Continuing Drama for BBC)
Hollyoaks (Lime Pictures for Channel 4)

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

WINNER – Ade Adepitan – Winter Paralympics 2022 (Whisper for Channel 4)

Nominees:

Gabby Logan – Women’s Euro 2022 (BBC Sport)
Roy Keane – FIFA World Cup 2022 (ITV Sport for ITV1 & ITV4)

Sports Programme

WINNER – Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games (BBC Sport / Sunset+Vine for BBC)

Nominees:

Winter Paralympics: Today in Beijing (Whisper for Channel 4)
Women’s Euro 2022 (Whisper and BBC Sport for BBC)

Supporting Actor – Female

WINNER – Ambika Mod – This Is Going to Hurt (SISTER in Association with Terrible Productions for BBC One and AMC)

Nominees:

Saffron Hocking – Top Boy (Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew and SpringHill Entertainment for Netflix)
Adelayo Adedayo – The Responder (Dancing Ledge Productions for BBC)

Supporting Actor – Male

WINNER – Adeel Akhtar – Sherwood (House Productions for BBC)

Nominees:

Stephen Walters – Anne (World Productions for ITV1)
Stephen Merchant – Four Lives (ITV Studios for BBC)

Writer – Comedy

WINNER – Lisa McGee – Derry Girls (Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4)

Nominees:

Jack Rooke – Big Boys (Roughcut Television for Channel 4)
Sam Leifer and Tom Basden – Plebs: Soldiers of Rome (Rise Films for ITVX)

Writer – Drama

WINNER – Lucy Prebble – I Hate Suzie Too (Bad Wolf for Sky Atlantic)

Nominees:

Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters (Merman / ABC Signature in association with Apple for Apple TV+)
Will Smith – Slow Horses (See-Saw Films in association with Apple for Apple TV+)

Judges’ Award

WINNER – Charlotte Moore

Outstanding Achievement Award

WINNER – Sarah Lancashire OBE

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