ONE of the stars of the comedy TV series, Mrs Brown’s Boys – part-produced by BBC Scotland – was among the winners at TV programme awards run by the Royal Television Society.
Brendan O’Carroll took the Comedy Performance title at the RTS Programme Awards, held in London on Tuesday.
Said the judges: “His character, like his show, dresses up a truly original talent in a hugely popular traditional guise.”
The winners’ list reads:
Actor – Female
Winner: Olivia Colman – Broadchurch/Run Kudos for ITV/Acme Films for Channel 4
Nominees:
Jodie Whittaker – Broadchurch Kudos for ITV
Sharon Rooney – My Mad Fat Diary A Tiger Aspect Production for Channel 4
Actor – Male
Winner: Idris Elba – Luther BBC Drama Production London for BBC One
Nominees:
Stephen Dillane – The Tunnel Kudos and Shine France Films in association with Filmlance for Sky Atlantic and Canal +
Lennie James – Run Acme Films for Channel 4
Arts
Winner: Imagine…Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny’s Pictures? BBC Arts for BBC One
Nominees:
Inside The Mind of Leonardo IWC Media and Handel Productions for Sky 3D and Sky Arts
Rebuilding The World Trade Center A Marcus Robinson, Lion Television/All3Media Production for Channel 4
Children’s fiction
Winner: Dumping Ground CBBC
Nominees:
The Ugly Duckling CBeebies
Wolfblood CBBC Productions, co-producers ZDF/ZDFE for CBBC
Children’s programme
Winner: Hard Times – A Newsround Special CBBC
Nominees:
Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom CBBC
Swashbuckle CBeebies
Comedy performance
Winner: Brendan O’Carroll – Mrs Brown’s Boys BBC Scotland/BBC Comedy Production co-production with BocPix in association with RTE for BBC One
Nominees:
Rebecca Front – Psychobitches Tiger Aspect Productions for Sky Arts
Ryan Sampson – PLEBS Rise Films for ITV2
Daytime
Winner: Four Rooms Boundless for Channel 4
Nominees:
The Chase Potato for ITV
Pointless Remarkable Television, Endemol for BBC One
Documentary series
Winner: Educating Yorkshire Twofour Broadcast for Channel 4
Nominees:
Her Majesty’s Prison: Aylesbury Wild Pictures for ITV
The Call Centre BBC Documentaries, Cymru Wales for BBC Three
Drama serial
Winner: Broadchurch Kudos for ITV
Nominees:
Top Of The Lake See-Saw Films for BBC Two
In The Flesh BBC Drama Production Salford, BBC America for BBC Three
Drama series
Winner: Peaky Blinders Caryn Mandabach Productions, Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Two
Nominees:
Utopia Kudos for Channel 4
My Mad Fat Diary A Tiger Aspect Production for E4
Entertainment
Winner: The Last Leg An Open Mike Production for Channel 4
Nominees:
A League Of Their Own CPL Productions for Sky 1
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway ITV Sudios and Mitre Television for ITV
Entertainment performance
Winner: Alan Carr – Alan Carr: Chatty Man An Open Mike Production for Channel 4
Nominees:
Leigh Francis – Celebrity Juice/Through The Keyhole Talkback (part of FremantleMedia UK) for ITV
Ant & Dec – Britain’s Got Talent/Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway Thames (part of FremantleMedia UK) and Syco Entertainment/ITV Studios and Mitre Television for ITV
History
Winner: Richard III: King In The Car Park Darlow Smithson for Channel 4
Nominees:
Secrets From The Workhouse Wall To Wall for ITV
The Story Of The Jews An Oxford Film & Television Production for BBC and THIRTEEN in association with WNET for BBC Two
International
Winner: Game Of Thrones HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360; Startling Television and Generator Productions broadcast on Sky Atlantic
Nominees:
The Returned Haut et Court for Channel 4
Storyville – Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer Roast Beef Productions for BBC Four
Live event
Winner: The Ashes – 2013 Sky Sports
Nominees:
Bollywood Carmen Live BBC Music Television for BBC Three
Wimbledon Men’s Final BBC Sport for BBC One
Popular factual and features
Winner: Gogglebox Studio Lambert for Channel 4
Nominees:
Long Lost Family Wall To Wall for ITV
Gadget Man North One Television for Channel 4
Presenter
Winner: Stephen Fry – Stephen Fry – Out There Maverick Television and Sprout Pictures for BBC Two
Nominees:
David Attenborough – Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough Colossus Productions for Sky 3D and Sky 1
Davina McCall – Long Lost Family Wall to Wall for ITV
Science and natural history
Winner: Africa BBC NHU, Discovery Channel, CCTV9, France Television for BBC One
Nominees:
How To Win The Grand National An OSF Wales Production for Channel 4
Planet Ant: Life Inside the Colony BBC Science/Science Channel for BBC Four
Scripted comedy
Winner: PLEBS Rise Films for ITV2
Nominees:
Toast Of London Objective Productions for Channel 4
A Touch Of Cloth II: Undercover Cloth Zeppotron for Sky 1
Single documentary
Winner: The Murder Trial Windfall Films West for Channel 4
Nominees:
Dogging Tales Minnow Films for Channel 4
The Unspeakable Crime: Rape Gold Star Productions for BBC One
Single drama
Winner: The Challenger BBC Science, Erste Weltweit Medien, Moonlighting Films, The Open University, Pictureshow Productions (US Unit) and Science Channel for BBC Two
Nominees:
Burton and Taylor BBC Drama Production London/BBC America for BBC Four
Our Girl BBC Drama Production London for BBC One
Soap and continuing drama
Winner: Coronation Street ITV Studios for ITV
Nominees:
Emmerdale ITV Studios for ITV
Casualty BBC Drama Production Wales for BBC One
Sports presenter, commentator or pundit
Winner: Gary Neville – Sky Sports Sky Sports
Nominees:
Clare Balding – C4 Racing IMG Productions for Channel 4
Gabby Logan – World Athletics BBC Sport for BBC One/BBC Two
Sports programme
Winner: World Athletics – Mo Farah’s Double Gold Win BBC Sport for BBC One
Nominees:
FA Cup Final ITV Sport for ITV
Andy Murray: The Man Behind the Racquet BBC Sport for BBC One
Writer – Comedy
Winner: James Corden and Mathew Baynton, with Tom Basden – The Wrong Mans BBC Comedy Production London/Hulu co-production for BBC Two
Nominees:
Writing Team – Psychobitches Tiger Aspect Productions for Sky Arts
Sam Leifer and Tom Basden – PLEBS Rise Films for ITV2
Writer – Drama
Winner: Marlon Smith and Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan – Run Acme Films for Channel 4
Nominees:
Dennis Kelly – Utopia Kudos for Channel 4
Chris Chibnall – Broadchurch Kudos for ITV
Judges’ award
Janice Hadlow
Lifetime achievement award
David Suchet CBE