THE Royal Television Society’s Scottish branch, RTS Scotland – a leading forum for television and related media – has announced the winners of the RTS Scotland Television Awards 2018 at a ceremony held last night, at The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow.
The ceremony was hosted by STV presenter, Jennifer Reoch, and stand-up comedian and radio presenter, Des Clarke.
Chaired by Jane Muirhead (managing director of Raise The Roof Productions), the RTS Scotland Awards cover all forms of production in Scotland, recognising and celebrating excellence and innovation across a wide range of genres and crafts.
BBC Scotland scooped four awards in the production category for Trust Me I’m A Doctor Mental Health Special, (for BBC Two) in the Documentary and Specialist Factual segment; Queers – The Man on the Platform, (for BBC Four) in the Drama segment; Football Abuse: The Ugly Side of the Beautiful Game (for BBC One Scotland) in the Current Affairs segment, and The Dog Ate My Homework (for CBBC) in the Comedy segment.
Iain Stirling scooped On Screen Personality for The Dog Ate My Homework (BBC Scotland, for CBBC); while Biança Barker won the Television Director category for A Family Divided (Steadipix Productions, for BBC Scotland).
In the Young Journalist category – which is presented in memory of George MacFarlane Sinclair, the former BBC Scotland news and current affairs editor – STV News’ Ben Philip won the award and received a prize of £1,000, donated by the family trust of George Sinclair. While in the News and Current Affairs categories, STV News at 6 – North, (STV News, for STV) scooped the News Programme Award.
For factual, Raise the Roof Productions’ Phil Spencer Find Me a Home (for Channel 4) won the Factual Entertainment and Features category; Darren Hercher Films’ Sighthill (for BBC Two Scotland) triumphed in the Documentary and Specialist Factual category; while Hopscotch Films’ Brian Cox’s Russia (for BBC Scotland) scooped the Documentary and Specialist Factual: History category; and Terry Pratchett: Back in Black, (Pacific Quay Productions, for BBC Scotland) took the Documentary and Specialist Factual: Arts Award.
The coveted Student Award went to drama Antonio by Alison Still of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
The RTS Scotland Award, an industry award for outstanding contribution to television in Scotland was presented to Ewan Angus, BBC Scotland commissioning rditor, Television.
Lisa Hazlehurst, chair of judges for the RTS Scotland Awards 2018, said: “’Congratulations to our winners and nominees – the range and breadth of entries for this year’s awards was truly impressive and reflective of Scotland’s vibrant production community.”
A full list of winners can be found at: https://rts.org.uk/award/recipients-rts-scotland-awards-2018
THE RTS SCOTLAND AWARDS 2018 WINNERS ARE:
PRODUCTION AWARDS
Category one: Factual
Daytime
WINNER
Live at Five, STV, for STV2.
NOMINATED
Best Laid Plans, Tern TV, for Channel 4.
Homes Under The Hammer, Lion Television Scotland, for BBC One.
Factual entertainment and features
WINNER
Phil Spencer Find Me a Home, Raise the Roof Productions, for Channel 4.
NOMINATED
How to Stay Well, Tern TV, for Channel 4.
Robot Wars, Mentorn Scotland, for BBC Two.
Documentary and specialist factual
WINNER
Sighthill, Darren Hercher Films, for BBC Two Scotland.
NOMINATED
The Scottish Bounty Hunter, Mentorn Scotland, for BBC One.
A Family Divided, Steadipix Productions, for BBC Scotland.
Documentary and specialist factual: history
WINNER
Brian Cox’s Russia, Hopscotch Films, for BBC Scotland.
NOMINATED
Princess Diana’s ‘Wicked’ Stepmother, Firecrest Films, for Channel 4.
The Force: The Story of Scotland’s Police, STV Productions, for BBC One Scotland.
Documentary and specialist factual: arts
WINNER
Terry Pratchett: Back in Black, Pacific Quay Productions, for BBC Scotland.
NOMINATED
Stop All the Clocks: WH Auden in an Age of Anxiety, Hopscotch Films, for BBC Two.
Saturday Night Fever –The Ultimate Disco Movie, IWC Media, for BBC Two.
Documentary and specialist factual: science and natural history
WINNER
Trust Me I’m A Doctor Mental Health Special, BBC Scotland, for BBC Two.
NOMINATED
Supermarket Shopping Secrets, BBC Scotland, for BBC One.
Hotel Armadillo, Maramedia, for BBC Two.
Category two: Drama
WINNER
Queers – The Man on the Platform, BBC Scotland, for BBC Four.
NOMINATED
Clique, BBC Scotland, for BBC One.
The Replacement, BBC Scotland, for BBC One.
Category three: News and current affairs
News programme
WINNER
STV News at 6 – North, STV News, for STV.
NOMINATED
Reporting Scotland, BBC Scotland, for BBC One Scotland.
STV News at 6 – Central, STV News, for STV.
Current affairs programme
WINNER
Football Abuse: The Ugly Side of the Beautiful Game, BBC Scotland, for BBC One Scotland.
NOMINATED
Fife’s Child Killings: The Untold Story, BBC Scotland, for BBC One Scotland.
After Sheku, Turmeric Media, for BBC Scotland.
Category four: Sport
Sport – live event
WINNER
Sky Sports – Scotland v England, Sky Sports, for Sky Sports.
NOMINATED
Scotland v England World Cup Qualifier, STV, for STV.
BT Sport Betfred Cup Final 2017, Sunset + Vine Productions, for BT Sport.
Sport – programme
WINNER
Glasgow 1967: The Lisbon Lions, IMG Productions Scotland, for BBC Scotland.
NOMINATED
Tannadice 87, purpleTV, BBC ALBA.
Scotland’s Game Changers / Breab agus Buaidh, Matchlight and Aficionado Films, for BBC ALBA.
Category five: Comedy
WINNER
The Dog Ate My Homework, BBC Scotland, for CBBC.
NOMINATED
Two Doors Down – Christmas Special, for BBC Scotland,
Only an Excuse? The Comedy Unit, for BBC Scotland.
Category six: Children’s
WINNER
Gudrun The Viking Princess, Maramedia, for CBeebies.
NOMINATED
Raven, BBC Scotland, for BBC Scotland.
Remotely Funny, Twenty-twenty Productions, for CBBC.
Category seven: Short form content
WINNER
Taking Stock, Relative Films, for Channel 4.
NOMINATED
Celtic FC, Arteus, for Social Media.
3 Kids on Three – Money, BBC Scotland, for BBC Three.
Category eight: Animation and VFX
WINNER
League of Legends, Axis Animation, for online.
NOMINATED
Never Too Late To Tell, media co-op, for Vimeo.
Happy! Axis VFX, for SyFy.
Category nine: Student television award
The RTS Scotland Student Awards took place in January 2018. The winners from each category are nominated for this award.
WINNER
Drama
Antonio, by Alison Still, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
NOMINATED
Animation
Expedition, by Samantha Hendrie, University of the West of Scotland.
Comedy and entertainment
Best Men, by Andrew Ashworth, Alia Ghafar, Edinburgh College of Art
Short feature
Poet With Punch, by Zdenek Ruzicka, Amber Saunders, Paul McGranahan, Ryan Smith, University of the West of Scotland.
Factual
Hear Me Now, by Maria Craig, Josefin Dahlin, Hannah McKelvie, Joel Rock, University of Stirling.
PORTFOLIO AWARDS
Category ten: On-screen personality
WINNER
Iain Stirling for The Dog Ate My Homework, BBC Scotland, for CBBC.
NOMINATED
Halla Mohieddeen for STV News, STV, for STV2.
Anna Richardson for Supershoppers, Firecrest Films for Channel 4.
Category 11: Young journalist – presented in memory of George Sinclair
WINNER
Ben Philip, STV News, for STV.
NOMINATED
Nasim Asl, BBC Scotland, for BBC Scotland.
Rachel Miller, BBC Scotland, for BBC Scotland.
Category 12: Director
WINNER
Biança Barker for A Family Divided, Steadipix Productions, for BBC Scotland.
NOMINATED
John Alexander for Trust Me, BBC Scotland, for BBC One.
Joe Ahearne for The Replacement, BBC Scotland, for BBC One.
Category 13: Professional excellence (CRAFT)
Camera
WINNER
Glen Milner for Handmade in Hull, BBC Scotland, BBC Four.
NOMINATED
Maja Zamojda for Cliqie, BBC Scotland, BBC One.
John Conroy for Trust Me, BBC Scotland, BBC One.
Sound
WINNER
Kahl Henderson for Accidental Anarchist, Hopscotch Films, BBC Four
NOMINATED
John Cobban for Ross Kemp Behind Bars: Inside Barlinnie, STV Productions, ITV.
Micheal MacKinnon for imagine… Alma Deutscher: Finding Cinderella, BBC, BBC One.
Post-production editing
WINNER
David Arthur for Sighthill, Darren Hercher Films, BBC Two Scotland.
NOMINATED
Gary Scott for Terry Pratchett: Back in Black, Pacific Quay Productions, BBC Scotland.
Clyde Wallbanks for imagine…Alma Deutscher: Finding Cinderella, Pacific Quay Productions, BBC One.
Post-production graphics and titling
WINNER
Playdead for Trust Me, I’m a Doctor, BBC Two.
NOMINATED
Mark Breslin, ISO Design, for The Replacement, BBC Scotland.
Playdead for BBC Bitesize: Biology, BBC Scotland.
Innovation award
WINNER
Kidder, BBC Scotland, BBC The Social.
NOMINATED
Edinburgh 70: The BBC at the Festival, Virtually, BBC Scotland, BBC Arts.
Netball World Youth Cup, QTV Sports, Social Media.
The RTS Scotland Award
WINNER
Ewan Angus, BBC Scotland Commissioning Editor, Television.
ENDS
Notes to editors:
The Young Journalist category is open to all television and video web journalists working in news, current affairs, features and sport up to the age of 30 and is presented in memory of George MacFarlane Sinclair, the former BBC Scotland News and Current Affairs Editor. The winner of this award will receive £1,000 prize money.
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