THE Scots comedian, Billy Connolly, has been named a winner at an awards ceremony celebrity the best TV programmes broadcast in the UK.
He was the recipient of the presenter prize at the Programme Awards 2013-14, run by the Royal Television Society.
Elsewhere, Hazel Irvine was a nominee in the Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit category, while The Girl Who Talked To Dolphins (BBC Scotland Science Productions for BBC Four) was a nominee too, this time in the Science and Natural History category.
The winners and nominees list reads, as follows:
Actor – Female
Winner: Sarah Lancashire – Happy Valley Red Production Company for BBC One
Nominees:
Georgina Campbell – Murdered By My Boyfriend BBC Productions for BBC Three
Sheridan Smith – Cilla ITV Studios/GroupM Entertainment for ITV
Actor – Male
Winner: Tom Hollander – A Poet In New York Modern Television for BBC Cymru Wales & BBC Two
Nominees:
Adeel Akhtar – Utopia – Series 2 Kudos Production for Channel 4
Toby Jones – Marvellous Fifty Fathoms Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Two
Arts
Winner: Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Swan Films for Channel 4
Nominees:
Messiah at the Foundling Hospital Reef Television for BBC Two
Our Gay Wedding: The Musical Wingspan Productions for Channel 4
Children’s Fiction
Winner: 4 O’Clock Club – Christmas CBBC Productions for CBBC
Nominees:
Hank Zipzer Kindle Entertainment/DHX Media/Walker Productions supported by Screen Yorkshire’s Yorkshire Content Fund for CBBC
Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted Move On Up for CBeebies
Children’s Programme
Winner: The Big Performance 3: Finale Twenty Twenty Productions for CBBC
Nominees:
Marrying Mum and Dad CBBC Productions for CBBC
Swashbuckle ‘Pirate Pampering’ CBeebies for CBeebies
Comedy Performance
Winner: Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton – Inside No. 9 BBC Comedy Production
London for BBC Two
Nominees:
Harry Enfield – Harry and Paul’s Story of the Twos Balloon Entertainment for BBC Two
Sarah Hadland – The Job Lot – Series 2 Big Talk Productions for ITV2
Daytime Programme
Winner: Couples Come Dine With Me ITV Studios for Channel 4
Nominees:
This Morning ITV Studios for ITV
Superstar Dogs Tuesday’s Child Television for Channel 4
Documentary Series
Winner: Life & Death Row BBC Documentaries Production for BBC Three
Nominees:
Bedlam The Garden Productions for Channel 4
Protecting our Parents BBC Documentaries Production for BBC Two
Drama Serial
Winner: The Honourable Woman Drama Republic and Eight Rooks for BBC Two
Nominees:
Prey Red Production Company for ITV
The Driver Red Production Company/Highfield Pictures for BBC One
Drama Series
Winner: Line of Duty – Series 2 World Productions for BBC Two
Nominees:
Happy Valley Red Production Company for BBC One
Peaky Blinders II Caryn Mandabach Productions/Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Two
Entertainment
Winner: The Graham Norton Show So Television for BBC One
Nominees:
A League Of Their Own – Series 8 CPL Productions for Sky 1HD
Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway ITV Studios/Mitre Television for ITV
Entertainment Performance
Winner: Claudia Winkleman – Strictly Come Dancing BBC Productions for BBC One
Nominees:
Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show So Television for BBC One
Keith Lemon – Celebrity Juice Talkback for ITV2
History
Winner: Our World War BBC Documentaries Production for BBC Three
Nominees:
The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain BBC Arts Production Bristol in partnership with Royal Collection Trust for BBC Four
The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire BBC History Production for BBC Two
International
Winner: Fargo MGM/FX Productions for Channel 4
Nominees:
The Big Bang Theory – Series 7 Chuck Lorre Productions Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television for E4
True Detective HBO Entertainment in association with Neon Black/Anonymous Content/Parliament of Owls/Passenger acquired by Sky Atlantic
Live Event
Winner: D-Day: The Heroes Return BBC Event Productions for BBC One
Nominees:
The Grand National IMG Productions for Channel 4
WW1 Remembered – From The Battlefield & From Westminster Abbey, BBC Event Productions for BBC Two
Popular, Factual and Features
Winner: The Island With Bear Grylls Shine TV/Bear Grylls Ventures Co-Production for Channel 4
Nominees:
50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy Burning Bright Productions/Brown Bread Films for Sky 1HD
Great British Bake Off Love West for BBC One
Presenter
Winner: Billy Connolly – Billy Connolly’s Big Send Off Burning Bright Productions for ITV
Nominees:
Dr Lucy Worsley – The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain BBC Arts Production Bristol in partnership with Royal Collection Trust for BBC Four
Grayson Perry – Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Swan Films for Channel 4
Science and Natural History
Winner: Live From Space: Lap of the Planet Arrow Media for Channel 4
Nominees:
Life Story BBC Natural History Production/Open University/BBC Worldwide/Discovery/France TV for BBC One
The Girl Who Talked To Dolphins BBC Scotland Science Productions for BBC Four
Scripted Comedy
Winner: Harry and Paul’s Story of the Twos Balloon Entertainment for BBC Two
Nominees:
Him and Her: The Wedding Big Talk Productions for BBC Three
Moone Boy – Series 2 Baby Cow Productions/Hot Cod Productions/Sprout Pictures/Grand Pictures for Sky 1HD
Single Documentary
Winner: The Paedophile Hunter Amos Pictures for Channel 4
Nominees:
Baby P: The Untold Story Sandpaper Films for BBC One
This World: Terror at The Mall Amos Pictures for BBC Two
Single Drama
Winner: Murdered By My Boyfriend BBC Productions for BBC Three
Nominees:
Common LA Productions for BBC One
Marvellous Fifty Fathoms Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Two
Soap and Continuing Drama
Winner: Casualty BBC Drama Production Wales for BBC One
Nominees:
Coronation Street ITV Studios for ITV
EastEnders BBC Drama Production London for BBC One
Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit
Winner: Gary Neville Sky Sports
Nominees:
Gary Lineker BBC Sport for BBC One
Hazel Irvine BBC Sports
Sports Programme
Winner: The 2014 Ryder Cup Sky Sports/European Tour Productions for Sky Sports
Nominees:
British Grand Prix BBC Sport for BBC Two
World Cup: Germany Vs Brazil BBC Sport for BBC One
Writer – Comedy
Winner: Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson – Harry and Paul’s Story of the Twos Balloon Entertainment for BBC Two
Nominees:
Jessica Knappett – Drifters – Series 2 Bwark for E4
Sam Leifer and Tom Basden – Plebs – Series 2 Rise Films for ITV2
Writer – Drama
Winner: Peter Bowker – Marvellous Fifty Fathoms Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Two
Nominees:
Jimmy McGovern – Common LA Productions for BBC One
Sally Wainwright – Happy Valley Red Production Company for BBC One
Judges’ Award
Winner: Ben Stephenson, Controller Drama Commissioning, BBC Television
Lifetime Achievement Award
Melvyn Bragg
