Disney+ Series ‘Rivals’ Scoops Royal Television Society Awards

Rivals, the Disney+ sequence about intercourse and scandal within the British tv industry within the Eighties, was one of many massive winners on the Royal Television Society (RTS) Progamme Awards.

At a ceremony in London on Tuesday, Danny Dyer took dwelling Supporting Actor – Male for his function as electronics businessman Freddie Jones within the Jilly Cooper adaptation. It’s his second prize within the area of per week after he gained Best Actor at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.

Rivals writers Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Laura Wade gained finest Author – Drama on the RTS awards, with judges praising the present’s “very distinctive tone and elegance.”

Elsewhere, HBO/BBC present Trade gained finest Drama Sequence in its third season. “A sequence with characteristic movie manufacturing values and good performances wherein each story element had a function,” judges mentioned.

In different efficiency classes, Jessica Gunning continues her awards scorching streak for Child Reindeer, taking dwelling Supporting Actor – Feminine. Anna Maxwell Martin gained Main Actor – Feminine for her function in ITV sequence Till I Kill You, whereas Lennie James was named finest Main Actor – Male for BBC’s Mr Loverman.

The RTS opened the night by awarding a particular prize to journalists in Gaza after the award was controversially dropped from the Television Journalism Awards earlier this month. Different particular prizes included the Excellent Achievement Award for The Traitors host Claudia Winkleman, whereas James Corden and Ruth Jones clinched the Judges’ Award after the success Gavin & Stacey: The Finale.

Full winners:

Arts

WINNER – My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom (Swan Movies for Channel 4)

“A profoundly compelling, difficult and genuinely modern piece of labor,” mentioned the judges.

Nominees:

Breakthrough Award

WINNER – Josh Tedeku – Boarders (Studio Lambert for BBC)

The judges described the winner as “displaying all of the attribute hallmarks of an enormous future star – a expertise with a superb vary that immediately attracts the viewer in.”

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Kids’s Programme

WINNER – Quentin Blake’s Field of Treasures (Eagle Eye Productions for BBC)

“A intelligent, partaking piece of youngsters’s tv produced to absolute perfection,” mentioned the judges.

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Comedy Drama

WINNER – Alma’s Not Regular (Expectation for BBC)

The successful programme “navigates between the drama and comedy effortlessly, doing so with a refreshing and distinctive voice.”

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Comedy Leisure

WINNER – Junior Taskmaster (Avalon UK for Channel 4)

The successful present “is slick, enjoyable and produced with nice confidence and aptitude.”

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Comedy Efficiency – Feminine

WINNER – Sophie Willan – Alma’s Not Regular (Expectation for BBC)

“A triumphant efficiency that succeeds on so many ranges…she has true star high quality,” mentioned the judges.

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Comedy Efficiency – Male

WINNER – Oliver Savell – Altering Ends (Child Cow Productions for ITV1)

“An ideal efficiency of actual nuance…and he has actually nice timing!” mentioned the judges.

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Daytime Programme

WINNER – Unfastened Ladies (ITV Studios Daytime for ITV1)

The successful programme “was extremely informative, sensitively produced and confirmed an actual respect for its viewers.”

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Documentary Sequence

WINNER – The Push: Homicide on the Cliff (Candour Productions for Channel 4)

The judges described the successful sequence as “a deftly dealt with work which introduced actual emotional energy to the story being informed.”

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Drama Sequence

WINNER – Trade (Unhealthy Wolf for BBC in affiliation with HBO)

“A sequence with characteristic movie manufacturing values and good performances wherein each story element had a function,” mentioned the judges.

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Leisure

WINNER – The Traitors (Studio Lambert Scotland for BBC)

The successful present was described by the judges as “a bit of genius executed completely flawlessly.”

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Leisure Efficiency

WINNER – Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly – Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night time Takeaway (Lifted Leisure (A part of ITV Studios) in co-production with Mitre Studios for ITV1)

“Polished, inclusive and with an entire dedication to the fabric and the viewers,” mentioned the judges.

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Formatted Widespread Factual

WINNER – Freddie Flintoff’s Area of Desires on Tour (South Shore Productions for BBC)

“This was audacious, bold and masterfully achieved,” remarked the judges.

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Historical past

WINNER – Atomic Individuals (Minnow Movies for BBC)

The judges described the successful programme as “fantastically crafted…with interviews that have been each intensely highly effective and really transferring.”

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Main Actor – Feminine

WINNER – Anna Maxwell Martin – Till I Kill You (World Productions for ITV1)

“A compelling, completely pitched efficiency in a genuinely difficult function,” commented the judges.

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Main Actor – Male

WINNER – Lennie James – Mr Loverman (Fable Photos for BBC)

“An epic efficiency…what a masterclass in his craft he gave,” mentioned the judges.

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Restricted Sequence and Single Drama

WINNER – This City (Kudos, Nebulastar, co-produced with Mercury Studios, in affiliation with Stigma Movies for BBC)

“Like nothing else on tv,” mentioned the judges. “A multi-layered drama that was supremely effectively executed.”

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Dwell Occasion

WINNER – D Day 80: Tribute to the Fallen (BBC Studios Occasion Productions for BBC)

The successful programme “obtained every thing good. A masterpiece of assured, excessive calibre tv.”

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Presenter

WINNER – Liz Carr – Higher Off Lifeless? (Burning Shiny Productions co-produced with the OU for BBC)

The successful presenter “confirmed great honesty, candour and humour, genuinely immersing the viewer into their world.”

Nominees:

Science & The Pure World

WINNER – Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (Silverback Movies for Nationwide Geographic and Disney+)

The judges referred to as the successful programme “a bit of mesmerising tv, which efficiently mixed epic scale with a way of intimacy in telling the story of its topic.”

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Scripted Comedy

WINNER – Issues You Ought to Have Executed (Roughcut TV for BBC)

The judges have been drawn to what they referred to as “a bit which felt contemporary, distinctive and really humorous.”

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Single Documentary

WINNER – Hell Jumper (Expectation for BBC)

“Viewers have been taken on an unforgettable journey by way of good, immersive storytelling,” mentioned the judges.

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Cleaning soap and Persevering with Drama

WINNER – Casualty (BBC Studios Drama Productions for BBC)

The successful programme “has its personal visible type and tells its tales with lovely tempo and emotional influence.”

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Sports activities Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

WINNER – Rose Ayling-Ellis and Clare Balding – Paris 2024 Paralympics (Whisper for Channel 4)

“An unbelievable degree of consummate professionalism mixed with completely distinctive perception,” mentioned the judges. 

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Sports activities Programme

WINNER – Paris 2024 Paralympics (Whisper for Channel 4)

“The protection had three standout qualities,” mentioned the judges. “It was modern, inspirational and extraordinary.”

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Supporting Actor – Feminine

WINNER – Jessica Gunning – Child Reindeer (Clerkenwell Movies for Netflix)

“A spectacular tour-de-force,” mentioned the judges. “A efficiency that stays with the viewer for a very long time.”

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Supporting Actor – Male

WINNER – Danny Dyer – Rivals (Pleased Prince, a part of ITV Studios for Disney+)

The winner “gave a fascinating efficiency of each actual coronary heart and vulnerability.”

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Author – Comedy

WINNER – Sophie Willan – Alma’s Not Regular (Expectation for BBC)

The judges described this work as “laugh-out-loud humorous and richly written, the place comedy was discovered within the smallest particulars.”

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Author – Drama

WINNER – Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Laura Wade – Rivals (Pleased Prince, a part of ITV Studios for Disney+)

The writing was described by judges as “daring and completely assured in its very distinctive tone and elegance.”

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Judges’ Award

WINNER – James Corden and Ruth Jones

Introduced by screenwriter, producer and director Richard Curtis

That is the very best job on the earth. It’s actual honour to current the Judges Award for “an excellent contribution to British tv with a specific give attention to the influence made throughout the 12 months”. And to current it – for his or her extraordinary work on Gavin & Stacey this 12 months – to Ruth Jones & James Corden.

“Gavin & Stacey” is among the nice British sitcoms, and it reached its epic climax on Christmas Day final 12 months. The obtained knowledge is that when sitcoms stray from their regular, attractive half hour size, they’ll get very woolly certainly – typically that includes a vacation to Ibiza – however this Christmas Particular  stored & ratcheted up every thing that has been great concerning the present that the general public have beloved since 2007 – ever funnier, deeper, extra intense

Ruth & James – what a factor you’ve made. At all times so many humorous strains – massive chunky comedy set-pieces – and such an epic vary of characters, all humorous & true and completely  memorable – and this Christmas you accomplished everybody’s lengthy, satisfying emotional story curve – even Chinese language Alan obtained his second. It’s  among the best acted & solid exhibits I’ve ever seen – and two of essentially the most good performances have been yours. However you additionally wrote the entire rattling factor – and it feels just like the work of actually humorous buddies. James from London, Ruth from Wales – you mixed these two cultures so completely, so adversarially, so comically. I believe you like one another –  and make one another giggle – and what has been on display is an actual reflection of the right mixture of you.

I like comedies with romance at their hearts – and Gavin and Stacey will not be solely an important British sitcom – it’s the best British romantic comedy of all time. And it’s an training in acceptance, kindness, loyalty, and the significance of Indian takeaways.

It’s additionally lasted 17 years – how did you try this, keep buddies, keep humorous and find yourself with such a blissful bang?

The factor I most wish to say is that this – within the aggressive world we stay in, numerous us generally neglect to rejoice our fundamental job – which is to make individuals or exhilarated or simply plain pleased. TV is such a tremendous filler of our time. Even the least watched TV programmes most likely entertain extra individuals than have ever watched the performs of Harold Pinter. We’re a mass media – and most of you all right here tonight do a massively good job. In obsessing about viewing figures and aggressive platforms and awards – though I like awards, clearly – we neglect there aren’t any actual winners or losers – there’s simply inventive individuals giving individuals issues to giggle at, be moved by, be educated by, be comforted by – morning, afternoon and evening. So when the Gavin & Stacey finale went out – thousands and thousands of us regarded ahead to it, and watched it – and by quite simple maths – you and your crew gave individuals within the UK 27 and three-quarter million pleased hours. That’s an enormous factor – that’s a lot happiness – so many merry Christmas days hyper-charged and so many ghastly Christmas Day mounted proper on the finish.

Excellent Achievement Award

WINNER – Claudia Winkleman

The Excellent Achievement Award is introduced to somebody who has captured our hearts and has accomplished so with a simple heat, wit, and, let’s be sincere, a degree of appeal that makes the remainder of us really feel like we’ve by chance proven as much as a black-tie occasion in our gardening pyjamas. I’m speaking about Claudia Winkleman.

Everyone knows Claudia, or suppose we all know her. She’s the host of The Traitors – a present that mixes thriller, deception, and betrayal with the form of emotional depth that has you questioning your total social circle. Then, in fact, there’s Strictly Come Dancing, the place she’s been a blinding fixture for over 15 years, twice so long as Morecambe and Sensible labored on the BBC, bringing pleasure to thousands and thousands on Saturday nights. If Strictly have been a film, she can be the heartwarming character that everybody roots for – not the one who journeys over the dance flooring, however the one who makes you consider that, sure, even I might pull off an ideal foxtrot with simply the correct amount of dedication and perhaps a little bit of assist from the wardrobe division.

However Claudia’s journey didn’t begin there. Should you hint again by way of the years, you’ll discover that Claudia has been part of British tv for many years. She didn’t simply land on our screens like some type of magical TV fairy. She labored her approach up, quietly crafting a profession that’s as diversified as it’s spectacular. She’s appeared on every thing from This Morning to Speaking Phone Numbers to Liquid Information and my favorite, God’s Reward. She’s hosted Sport Aid, Comedian Aid, even The Nice British Stitching Bee. She’s lined the Oscars, been the Nation’s movie critic when she slipped effortlessly into Barry Norman and Jonathan Ross’s sneakers. Over the past 30 years we’ve all come to depend on her distinctive voice and perspective. Which is extraordinary contemplating she continues to be solely 27 years outdated.

By means of all of it, there’s been a consistency to Claudia’s presence. She doesn’t simply “do” tv. She brings one thing to it. It’s not solely her easy appeal, or her wit, or her enviable capacity to make each second appear to be it’s stuffed with chance – although, frankly, these are all onerous to disregard. It’s the best way she connects with individuals, the best way she appears to grasp that the very best TV isn’t about being the loudest or the flashiest – it’s about being actual. She makes the viewers really feel like they’re a part of the dialog, like we’ve all simply been invited into her front room, and we couldn’t be happier about it. And she or he makes the individuals in exhibits like Strictly and Traitors really feel secure – her off digicam care and a spotlight for solid and crew equally as vital as her work on display.

After which, in fact, there’s that fringe. It’s essentially the most well-known fringe on tv, a superb metaphor for the best way Claudia herself exists on the earth: effortlessly fashionable, undeniably iconic, however at all times with simply sufficient thriller to maintain you intrigued.

However greater than something, Claudia’s appeal lies in her capacity to take the work critically with out ever taking herself too critically. She’s prepared to giggle at herself, to make gentle of her personal errors, conceal her deep intelligence, however with out diminishing the standard of what she does. She has that uncommon capacity to make us giggle and suppose, to entertain and transfer us, all on the similar time.

Tv Journalism Awards – Particular Award

WINNER – Journalists in Gaza

For information organisations, the Center East disaster poses an extremely advanced and fast-moving problem.

With worldwide journalists unable to function in Gaza, protecting this vital information story has fallen to the native media groups primarily based there. These people typically face extraordinary hazard reporting on occasions as they unfold.

This award will not be devoted to 1 individual, one crew or perhaps a single information organisation, however recognises the braveness and dedication of journalists risking their lives day-after-day. Due to this fact, the Society want to make the RTS Particular Award for Information and Journalism to Journalists in Gaza.