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Adolescence scooped 4 prizes astatine nan Royal Television Society Programme Awards connected Tuesday night, pinch Owen Cooper receiving 2 honors.
Fresh from earning 11 BAFTA nominations, Adolescence won Best Limited Series, while Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham clinched Best Writer – Drama.
Cooper triumphed successful nan Supporting Actor – Male class for his capacity arsenic troubled teen Jamie Miller successful nan Netflix series.
He besides took location nan Breakthrough Award, pinch judges praising him arsenic “the existent deal, an astounding caller talent who gave a capacity that will unrecorded connected successful each our memories for galore years to come.”
There were surprises successful different categories, however. Graham and Erin Doherty did not triumph for Adolescence in nan title for Leading Actor and Supporting Actor – Female. Bobby Schofield and Anna Friel were nan respective winners for their performances successful BBC play Unforgivable.
Elsewhere, LOL: Last One Laughing UK won Best Comedy Entertainment show for Amazon Prime Video, while BBC One’s The Celebrity Traitors was victorious successful Entertainment & Reality.
Full Royal Television Society Programme Awards winners:
Arts
WINNER – The Last Musician of Auschwitz (Two Rivers Media successful relation pinch Access for BBC)
“An extraordinarily affecting film…this was a masterpiece,” said nan judges of nan winning title.
Nominees:
Nick Cave’s Veiled World (Supercollider for Sky Arts)
The Trouble With Mr Doodle (acme successful relation pinch Lightbox for Channel 4)
Breakthrough Award
WINNER – Owen Cooper – Adolescence (Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B for Netflix)
The judges described nan victor arsenic “the existent deal, an astounding caller talent who gave a capacity that will unrecorded connected successful each our memories for galore years to come.”
Nominees:
Ellis Howard – What It Feels Like for a Girl (Hera Pictures for BBC)
Kaydrah Walker-Wilkie – Just Act Normal (The Forge Entertainment for BBC)
Maximilian Fairley – Unforgotten (Mainstreet Pictures, ITV Studios and Masterpiece for ITV1/ITVX)
Children’s Programme
WINNER – Crongton (New Pictures for BBC)
“Authentic, engaging, modern storytelling, delivered pinch awesome confidence,” remarked nan judges connected nan winning show.
Nominees:
Sky Kids Investigates: World. War. Me. (Fresh Start Media for Sky News)
Wolf King (Lime Pictures for Netflix)
Comedy Drama
WINNER – Big Boys (Roughcut TV for Channel 4)
The judges said nan winning show “combines awesome drama pinch genuine melodramatic emotion – it’s a sublime portion of work.”
Nominees:
Dreaming Whilst Black (Big Deal Films for BBC)
Juice (Various Artists Limited for BBC)
Comedy Entertainment
WINNER – Last One Laughing (Zeppotron/Initial for Prime Video)
The winning show, nan judges said, “feels genuinely unsocial – and ne'er little than laugh-out-loud funny”.
Nominees:
Taskmaster (Avalon for Channel 4)
Would I Lie to You? (Zeppotron for BBC)
Comedy Performance – Female
WINNER – Philippa Dunne – Amandaland (Merman Television for BBC)
“She makes an contiguous effect nan infinitesimal she arrives connected screen,” said nan judges of nan winner, adding “The comedic expertise she brings to this show is extraordinary.”
Nominees:
Jordan Gray – Transaction (Big Talk Studios for ITV2/ITVX)
Katherine Parkinson – Here We Go (BBC Studios Comedy for BBC)
Lucy Punch – Amandaland (Merman Television for BBC)
Comedy Performance – Male
WINNER – Steve Coogan – How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) (Baby Cow Productions for BBC)
“A winning capacity of definitive comic expertise…he conscionable ne'er stops pushing nan boundaries of nan brilliantly drawn character,” said nan judges.
Nominees:
Adjani Salmon – Dreaming Whilst Black (Big Deal Films for BBC)
Jon Pointing – Big Boys (Roughcut TV for Channel 4)
Oliver Savell – Changing Ends (Baby Cow Productions for ITV1/ITVX)
Daytime Programme
WINNER – BBC Breakfast – Our Girls: The Southport Families (BBC Breakfast for BBC)
The winning programme, said nan judges, “was produced pinch profound sensitivity, telling nan communicative and articulating nan emotions truthful beautifully.”
Nominees:
Loose Women (MultiStory Media, portion of ITV Studios, for ITV1/ITVX)
The Marvellous Miniature Workshop (MGM Alternative for BBC)
Documentary Series
WINNER – Bibaa & Nicole: Murder successful nan Park (True Vision for Sky Documentaries)
The judges said nan winning bid “told a profoundly impactful communicative pinch awesome care, handling trusted entree pinch genuine sensitivity and responsibility.”
Nominees:
Boyzone: No Matter What (Curious Films for Sky Documentaries)
Murder 24/7 (Expectation TV for BBC)
Drama Series
WINNER – Blue Lights (Two Cities Television/Gallagher Films for BBC)
“A tense, nail-biting watch – a bid truthful beautifully paced and immaculately written,” said nan judges.
Nominees:
Code of Silence (Mammoth Screen for ITV1/ITVX)
Slow Horses (See-Saw Films for Apple TV)
This City Is Ours (Left Bank Pictures for BBC)
Entertainment & Reality
WINNER – The Celebrity Traitors (Studio Lambert for BBC)
The winning show was described by nan judges arsenic “imaginatively formed and brilliantly produced, a existent masterclass successful celebrated television.”
Nominees:
Married astatine First Sight UK (CPL Productions for E4)
Race Across The World (Studio Lambert for BBC)
Entertainment Performance
WINNER – Rob Beckett & Romesh Ranganathan – Rob & Romesh Vs (CPL Productions for Sky Max)
“Supremely entertaining astatine each times, and truthful funny…” said nan judges of nan winner.
Nominees:
Romesh Ranganathan – Romesh: Can’t Knock nan Hustle (Ranga Bee Productions for Sky Max)
Claudia Winkleman – The Celebrity Traitors (Studio Lambert for BBC)
Formatted Popular Factual
WINNER – The Assembly (Rockerdale Studios for ITV1/ITVX)
This programme, said nan judges, “brilliantly created a abstraction for difficult questions successful a accumulation crafted pinch existent care.”
Nominees:
Go Back to Where You Came From (Minnow Films for Channel 4)
The Jury: Murder Trial (Screendog Productions for Channel 4)
History
WINNER – Flight 149: Hostage of War (Drum Studios for Sky Documentaries)
The judges described nan victor arsenic “a analyzable communicative told pinch profound clarity, a good activity pinch a gripping consciousness of purpose.”
Nominees:
Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz (Oxford Film for BBC)
Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire (acme for BBC)
Leading Actor – Female
WINNER – Narges Rashidi – Prisoner 951 (Dancing Ledge Productions for BBC)
“A winning capacity that showed existent scope and depth, but besides existent nuance,” said nan judges. “She made her characteristic very real.”
Nominees:
Rose Ayling-Ellis – Code Of Silence (Mammoth Screen for ITV1/ITVX)
Erin Doherty – A Thousand Blows (The Story Collective, Matriarch Productions and Water & Power Productions for Disney+)
Tamara Lawrance – Get Millie Black (Motive Pictures for Channel 4)
Leading Actor – Male
WINNER – Bobby Schofield – Unforgivable (LA Productions for BBC)
“An outstanding capacity of awesome control; he skilfully elicited empathy for a profoundly troubling character,” commented nan judges.
Nominees:
Anthony Boyle – House of Guinness (Kudos and Nebulastar for Netflix)
Malachi Kirby – A Thousand Blows (The Story Collective, Matriarch Productions and Water & Power Productions for Disney+)
Stephen Graham – Adolescence (Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B for Netflix)
Limited Series and Single Drama
WINNER – Adolescence (Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B for Netflix)
“This was an immense accomplishment successful programme making,” said nan judges of nan winner. “Compelling storytelling and guidelines retired performances…a play of existent societal impact.”
Nominees:
Get Millie Black (Motive Pictures for Channel 4)
I Fought nan Law (Hera Pictures for ITV1/ITVX)
What It Feels Like for a Girl (Hera Pictures for BBC)
Live Event
WINNER – Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 (BBC Studios Events for BBC)
The winning programme, said nan judges, “was truthful thoughtfully produced, perfectly uncovering nan correct reside for nan occasion.”
Nominees:
VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember (BBC Studios Events for BBC)
Last Night of nan Proms: Finale (Livewire Pictures for BBC)
Presenter
WINNER – Hamza Yassin – Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles (Silverback Films for BBC)
The winning presenter, said nan judges, “combines a heavy knowing of nan taxable pinch a committedness and passion that leaps retired of nan screen.”
Nominees:
Martin Lewis – The Martin Lewis Money Show Live (MultiStory Media, portion of ITV Studios, for ITV1/ITVX)
Davina McCall – Stand Up To Cancer: Cancer Clinic Live (Bango Studios & HiddenLight Productions for Channel 4)
Science & The Natural World
WINNER – Underdogs (Wildstar Films, a Fremantle company, successful business pinch Maximum Effort for National Geographic and Disney+)
The judges called nan winning programme “completely original successful truthful galore ways, an perfectly stunning watch.”
Nominees:
Confessions Of A Brain Surgeon (Curious Films for BBC)
Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey (Anonymous Content, Dog Star and Water Creature for Netflix)
Scripted Comedy
WINNER – Things You Should Have Done (Roughcut TV for BBC)
In selecting nan winner, nan judges were drawn to what they called “the strong, original sound astatine nan show’s heart, delivering moments of axenic joyousness and utter absurdity.”
Nominees:
Here We Go (BBC Studios Comedy for BBC)
How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) (Baby Cow Productions for BBC)
Such Brave Girls (Various Artists Limited for BBC)
Single Documentary
WINNER – Grenfell: Uncovered (Rogan Productions for Netflix)
“An important movie successful which nan devastating first personification testimonies delivered a existent gut punch, reinforcing what a scandalous communicative this remains,” said nan judges.
Nominees:
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack (Basement Films for Channel 4)
Groomed: A National Scandal (Candour Productions for Channel 4)
Soap and Continuing Drama
WINNER – EastEnders (BBC Studios for BBC)
The winning programme, said nan judges, “had nan afloat package – good performances from awesome actors, beardown penning and awesome accumulation values.”
Nominees:
Casualty (BBC Studios for BBC)
Hollyoaks (Lime Pictures for Channel 4)
Sports Presenter, Commentator aliases Pundit
WINNER – Gabby Logan – Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 (Whisper Cymru for BBC)
The judges described nan victor arsenic “a consummate master who sets nan golden modular for sports broadcasting, and who excelled successful this coverage.”
Nominees:
Alex Jacques – 2025 Formula 1 Highlights (Whisper for Channel 4)
Ruby Tui – Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 (Whisper Cymru for BBC)
Sports Programme
WINNER – 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Sky Sports)
“A gripping watch, blending invention pinch terrific communicative telling arsenic nan astonishing arena unfolded,” said nan judges.
Nominees:
UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 Final (Sunset+Vine for BBC)
Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 (Whisper Cymru for BBC)
Supporting Actor – Female
WINNER – Anna Friel – Unforgivable (LA Productions for BBC)
The winner, nan judges said, “gave a capacity that conscionable stays pinch you. Powerful, authentic…and utterly truthful.”
Nominees:
Aimee Lou Wood – Toxic Town (Broke & Bones for Netflix)
Erin Doherty – Adolescence (Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B for Netflix)
Saskia Reeves – Slow Horses (See-Saw Films for Apple TV)
Supporting Actor – Male
WINNER – Owen Cooper – Adolescence (Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B for Netflix)
“This was activity that showed full condemnation from a earthy talent,” said nan judges. “A capacity of phenomenal accomplishment successful a demanding, uncompromising role.”
Nominees:
Alexej Manvelov – Dept. Q (Left Bank Pictures for Netflix)
Christopher Chung – Slow Horses (See-Saw Films for Apple TV)
Joshua McGuire – The Gold (Tannadice Pictures, portion of Objective Media Group for BBC)
Writer – Comedy
WINNER – Kat Sadler – Such Brave Girls (Various Artists Limited for BBC)
The judges described this activity arsenic “uncompromisingly bold and highly funny, pairing blistering jokes pinch astonishing warmth.”
Nominees:
Adjani Salmon & Ali Hughes – Dreaming Whilst Black (Big Deal Films for BBC)
Tom Basden – Here We Go (BBC Studios Comedy for BBC)
Jack Rooke – Big Boys (Roughcut TV for Channel 4)
Writer – Drama
WINNER – Jack Thorne & Stephen Graham – Adolescence (Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B for Netflix)
The judges described this penning arsenic “outstanding and exceptional”, adding that “it sets a new, very precocious benchmark for melodramatic work”.
Nominees:
Adam Patterson & Declan Lawn – Blue Lights (Two Cities Television/Gallagher Films for BBC)
Catherine Moulton – Code of Silence (Mammoth Screen for ITV1/ITVX)
Sally Wainwright – Riot Women (Drama Republic for BBC and BritBox)
Judges’ Award
WINNER – Stephen Graham, Hannah Walters and Matriarch Productions
Outstanding Achievement Award
WINNER – Sir Michael Palin
