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Contents

Royal Society 3

Officers 4

Acknowledgements 5

Host 6

Nominations 7

Juries 17

Forthcoming Events 24

RTS Patrons 25

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About the RTS

From glamorous award ceremonies to lively debates, the RTS embraces all aspects of television, and is open to anyone with an interest in the medium. As an educational charity, we encourage and celebrate work in television and its related fields, from finding out how the nation’s favourite shows are made in our Anatomy of a Hit series, to celebrating burgeoning talent at our annual Student Awards. The industry’s most talented individuals give us an insight into the work that goes into making cutting edge contemporary TV. From Government ministers and CEOs to workshops with great runners, our events look at every part of the business. Our annual Television Journalism, Programme, Craft and Design, and Student Awards celebrate achievements across the broadcasting industry. Each year, we offer Television Production and Technology bursaries to help those from less affluent backgrounds get a foothold in the industry, and Masterclass sessions bring together students, academics and industry heads. Global television leaders gather to discuss what the future holds for television at our Conference or the RTS Cambridge Convention. Alongside our engaged community of around 5,000 full members, the Society is supported by Britain and the world's biggest broadcasters, producers and consultants, including Principal Patrons BBC, , ITV and . Originally founded as the Television Society in 1927, the Society was granted its Royal title in 1966 and HRH The Prince of became Patron of the RTS in 1997. Today, 15 regional and national groups curate lively events and awards around the UK and , from to Galway. RTS Futures, which is aimed at those in their first two years of employment, organises an exciting roster of discussion, training and social occasions. Recent events have included workshops on learning how to format shows and how to survive as a freelancer, and expert panels explaining how to be the best researcher and how to make it on-screen.

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Officers

Patron Chair of Trustees HRH The Prince of Wales Jane Turton

Vice Presidents Vice Chair of Trustees David Abraham Simon Pitts Sir OM CH Honorary Secretary CVO David Lowen CBE FRS Baroness Floella Benjamin OBE Honorary Treasurer Mike Darcey Mike Green Gary Davey Board of Trustees Lord Hall of Birkenhead Lynn Barlow Mike Green Jay Hunt Yasmina Hadad OBE David Lowen Ian Jones Jane Millichip Baroness Lawrence Simon Pitts of Clarendon OBE Sarah Rose David Lynn Jane Turton Sir Trevor McDonald OBE Rob Woodward Ken MacQuarrie Gavin Patterson OBE Stewart Purvis CBE Chief Executive – Theresa Wise Brandon Reigg Events Manager – Jo Sampson Sir Howard Stringer Events Team – Jamie O’Neill & Kirsty Whittaker Digital Editor – Kate Holman

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Acknowledgements

AWARDS PRESENTATION HOSTED BY , Chair of the RTS Programme Awards Jane Turton, Chair of Television Society

THE SOCIETY WOULD LIKE TO THANK PRINCIPAL SPONSOR Audio Network

And also IMG Studios

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Executive Producer: Mark Wells Produced by: LRI Agency Audio Visual Facilities: Creative Technology Lighting: Tim Ball Lighting Design & TSL Lighting Set: DFP Scenic Opening Titles: Scott Thomas RTS theme music composed and arranged by: Chris Egan Event logistics: Cranberry Events Media Relations: DDA Group

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Host

Jonathan Ross has been of the UK’s most popular TV presenters since making his debut in 1987 with Channel 4’s The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross and has never looked back.

After fronting eighteen series of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on BBC One he will be completing the tenth series of on ITV this year. Jonathan has interviewed everyone from Ma- donna to Sir David Attenborough.

The presenter has won no fewer than five BAFTA Awards as well as four TRIC Awards. In 2012 Jonathan was awarded a special recognition award at the National Television Awards.

Jonathan is also one of the country’s leading aficionados in the movie industry; he hosted the BBC’s critically acclaimed Film Show for years from 1999 – 2010.

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Nominations

Entertainment Performance Yung Filly - Hot Property BBC Three In-House Productions for BBC Three & - Expectation/Dice Productions for Channel 4 & - Rob & Romesh Vs CPL Productions for

Entertainment Big Zuu’s Big Eats Boomerang for Dave The Bandicoot for ITV Beat the Chasers Potato for ITV

Daytime Programme The Bidding Room Ricochet for BBC One ITV Studios - Daytime for ITV Junior Bake Off for Channel 4

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Nominations

Children’s Programme FYI Investigates – Brazil: Children Caught in the Crossfire Fresh Start Media for and Sky Kids JoJo and Gran Gran/ It's Time to Go to the Hairdresser's BBC Children’s In-House Productions in collaboration with A Productions for CBeebies IRL with Team Charlene ITN Productions for ITV & CITV

Arts Keith Haring: Street Art Boy BBC Studios for BBC Two African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power ClearStory for BBC Four Grayson's Art Club Swan Films for Channel 4

Live Event ENO’s Drive & Live: La Bohème Somethin' Else for Election 2019 Live: The Results ITV News for ITV The Third Day: Autumn , Plan B Entertainment and Punchdrunk Entertainment for Sky Arts

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Nominations

Presenter - The Great British Sewing Bee Love Productions for BBC One Yinka Bokinni - Damilola: The Boy Next Door Acme Films for Channel 4 - Grayson's Art Club Swan Films for Chanel 4

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit Michael Holding - v West Indies for Sky Sports Bryan Habana - 2019 Final ITV Sport for ITV - 2020 BBC Sport for BBC One and BBC Two

Sports Programme England v West Indies 1st Test - Black Lives Matter Sky Sports for Sky Sports Cricket London Marathon 2020 BBC Sport for BBC One and BBC Two The Open for the Ages IMG for The R&A and Sky Sports

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Nominations

Formatted Popular Factual Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace for ITV Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back Rumpus Media for Channel 4 The Rap Game UK Naked (A Label) for BBC Three

Single Documentary Anton Ferdinand: Football, Racism and Me Wonder and New Era Global Productions for BBC One Surviving Covid Sandpaper Films for Channel 4 The Family Secret Candour Productions for Channel 4

Documentary Series The School That Tried to End Racism Proper Content for Channel 4 Once Upon a Time in KEO Films for BBC Two Hospital: Fighting Covid-19 Label1 for BBC Two

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Nominations

History The World's Biggest Murder Trial: Nuremberg Middlechild Productions for Channel 5

Damilola: The Boy Next Door Acme Films for Channel 4 Lost Home Movies of Nazi Bright Button Productions for BBC Four

Science & Natural History The Surgeon's Cut BBC Studios Production for Surviving the Virus: My Brother & Me Little Gem for BBC One Brain Surgeons: Between Life and Death Blast! Films for Channel 4

Breakthrough Award Big Zuu - Big Zuu’s Big Eats Boomerang for Dave Robert Softley Gale - CripTales: Hamish BBC Studios for BBC Four Mae Martin - Feel Good Objective Fiction and Objective Media Group Scotland for Channel 4 and Netflix

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Nominations

Comedy Entertainment The Ranganation Zeppotron for BBC Two The Big Narstie Show Expectation/Dice Productions for Channel 4 ’s Antiviral Wipe Broke and Bones/Endemol Shine Group for BBC Two

Scripted Comedy Sex Education Eleven Film for Netflix The Young Offenders Vico Films for BBC Three Brassic Calamity Films for Sky One

Comedy Performance (Female) Sophie Willan - Alma's Not Normal Expectation for BBC Two Ruth Jones - Gavin & Stacey Special Fulwell 73, Baby Cow and Tidy Productions for BBC One Gbemisola Ikumelo - Famalam BBC Studios for BBC Three

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Nominations

Comedy Performance (Male) O-T Fagbenle - Maxxx Luti Media for Channel 4 Paul Chahidi - BBC Studios for BBC Three Youssef Kerkour - Home Jantaculum and Channel X for Channel 4

Writer - Comedy Mae Martin and Joe Hampson - Feel Good Objective Fiction and Objective Media Group Scotland for Channel 4 and Netflix Peter Foott - The Young Offenders Vico Films for BBC Three Writing Team – Ghosts Monumental Television for BBC One

Writer - Drama Lucy Prebble - Hate Suzie Bad Wolf for Steve McQueen and Alastair Siddons - Small Axe Turbine Studios and Lammas Park for BBC One - Various Artists/FALKNA for BBC One and HBO

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Nominations

Soap and Continuing Drama BBC Studios for BBC One ITV Studios for ITV City BBC Studios for BBC One

Single Drama Anthony LA Productions for BBC One Sitting in Limbo for BBC One Elizabeth is Missing STV Studios for BBC One

Drama Series Save Me Too for Sky Atlantic Bad Wolf for Sky Atlantic In My Skin Expectation for BBC Three and BBC One Wales

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Nominations

Mini-Series Adult Material Fifty Fathoms for Channel 4 Small Axe Turbine Studios and Lammas Park for BBC One I May Destroy You Various Artists/FALKNA for BBC One and HBO

Actor (Male) - Save Me Too World Productions for Sky Atlantic - Element Pictures for BBC Three Shaun Parkes - Small Axe Turbine Studios and Lammas Park for BBC One

Actor (Female) Daisy Edgar-Jones - Normal People Element Pictures for BBC Three Michaela Coel - I May Destroy You Various Artists/FALKNA for BBC One and HBO Glenda Jackson - Elizabeth is Missing STV Studios for BBC One

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Nominations

Special Award

Judges’ Award The Judges’ Award recognises an outstanding contribution to the UK’s television and media industry, focussing primarily on impact in the criteria year.

RTS Channel Of The Year ITV BBC One Sky Arts

Outstanding Achievement Award The Outstanding Achievement Award is presented to an outstanding broadcaster for an on-screen or off-screen achievement over a number of years.

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Juries

Chair of the RTS Programme Awards Kenton Allen,

Actor - Female Arts Chair: Reemah Sakaan, Britbox UK Chair: Brenda Emmanus OBE Dan Baldwin, Hungry Bear Simone Pennant MBE, The TV Collective Ben Caudell, BBC Abigail Priddle, BBC Antonia Howard-Taylor, Channel 4 Greg Sanderson, Brook Lapping Jo Hunter, Sky Helen Scott Johnny Lewsley, Studios Sohail Shah, King of Sunshine Jayne Stanger, Channel 4 Amanda Stavri, ITV Simon Tarrant Grant Tucker, Why World Roy Williams Breakthrough Award Chair: Camilla Lewis, Curve Media Actor - Male Harjeet Chhokar, Channel 4 Chair: Kwame Kwei Armah, Iyare Igiehon, BBC Theatre Rebecca Johnson-Honey, Arifa Akbar, Encanta Talent Management Aml Ameen Satmohan Panesar, ITV Serena Cullen Debris Stevenson Angela Ferreira, Douglas Road Productions Jane Turton, All3Media Huw Kennair-Jones, ITV Vanessa Woodard, Sky Navi Lamba, Channel 4 Carla McGilchrist, Sky Josie Rourke Vinnie Shergill, BBC

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Juries

Children's Programme Comedy Performance - Male and Chair: Chris Sussman, Netflix Comedy Performance - Female Professor Chair: Tim Hincks, Expectation Tom Beck, Channel 4 Phil Edgar-Jones, Sky Andrew Davenport, Foundling Bird Krishnan Guru-Murthy, ITN Jamila Metran, Pictures Television Syeda Irtizaali, BBC Darren Nartey, ITV Gwawr Lloyd, Channel 4 Jack Oliver, Sky Ikenna Obiekwe, Independent Talent Gregor Sharp, BBC Julia Raeside Sue Walton, ITV Comedy Entertainment Chair: Saurabh Kakkar, Daytime Programme Big Talk Productions Chair: Danielle Lux, CPL Productions Scott Bryan Sharon Ali Camilla Campbell, Noho Film & TV Sreya Biswas, BBC Josh Cole, BBC Studios Bridget Boseley, Spun Angela Jain, ITV Studios Mob Dar, Nit TV Liz Lewin, Sky Jo Farrelly, ITV Fiona McDermott, Channel 4 Emma Hyman, Tiny House Productions Gillian Joseph, Sky News Melvin Odoom Shelby Taylor

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Juries

Documentary Series Entertainment Chair: Shaminder Nahal, Channel 4 Chair: Akemnji Ndifornyen Javaad Alipoor Sheila Atim MBE Peter Barron Dane Baptiste Lamia Dabboussy, BBC Kully Kaur-Bains, BBC Navdip Dhariwal, Miran Media Lucy Murphy, Sky Mark Rubens, Multistory TV Aaron Rosenthal, Youngest Media Siobhan Sinnerton, Channel 4 Priya Singh, ITV Ayshah Tull, ITN Jo Street, Channel 4

Drama Series Entertainment Performance Chair: Victoria Fea, Longboat Pictures Chair: Nana Hughes, ITV Stewart Harcourt Victoria Ashbourne, Hello Dolly Theresa Ikoko Debra Blenkinsop, Zeppotron Shirley Jones, Sky Sadia Butt, Primal Media Kate Lewis, Neon Ink Productions Ricky Cooper, BBC Kirstie Macdonald, Film Nation James Gandhi, Studio Lambert Aysha Rafaele, BBC Emma Gormley, ITV Laura Riseam, Channel 4 Vivienne Molokwu, Channel 4 Clifford Samuel Sean O'Grady, Iona Vrolyk Kim Tserkezie

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Juries

Formatted Popular Factual Mini Series Chair: Heather Jones, A+E Networks Chair: Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, Afua Adom Genial Productions Ayo Akinwolere Jarrod Ball, Sky Mike Beale, ITV David Brown, Times Nell Butler, Riverdog Productions Amy Buscombe, BBC Tim Hancock, Channel 4 Danny Horan, Channel 4 Anita Land Kayleigh Jellis, ITV Kate Phillips, BBC Patrick Robinson History Deborah Williams, Chair: Roly Keating, Creative Diversity Network Yomi Adegoke Sally Angel, Angelica Films Presenter Greg Barnett, Channel 5 Chair: Manpreet Dosanjh, Sky Emma Cahusac, BBC Babita Bahal, Channel 4 Dr Catherine Eagleton, Toby Earle Jane Hudson, ITV Studios Mark Henderson Alex Lamb, BBC Caroline Hollick, Channel 4 Kara Manley, Sky Tanya Qureshi, Various Artists David Upshal Mark Talbot, Beano Emma Wakefield, Lambent Productions

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Juries

RTS Channel of the Year and Live Event Scripted Comedy Chair: Kenton Allen, Chair: Manda Levin, BBC Big Talk Productions Emily Allen, BBC Boyd Hilton, Heat Sasha Breslau, ITV Tamara Howe Chris Carey, Dancing Ledge Productions Stephen Lambert, Studio Lambert Anil Gupta, Sky Tracey MacLeod, KBJ Management Lee Mason, Channel 4 Emma Scott Claire Mundell, Synchronicity Sue Vertue, Hartswood Films Rhashan Stone (RTS Channel of the Year only) Ben Williams, Plosive

Science & Natural History Single Documentary Chair: Laura Mansfield, Chair: David Glover, 72 Films Outline Productions Eddie Botsio Lara Akeju, ITV Symeon Brown, ITN Jeremy Daldry Christina Macaulay, BBC Kevin Duala Jamie Morris, Sky Arif Nurmohamed, Nutopia Carolyn Payne, National Geographic Will Rowson, Channel 4 Ade Rawcliffe, ITV Julie Shaw, BBC Kelly Webb-Lamb, Channel 4 David Yelland, Kitchen Table Partners

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Juries

Single Drama Sports Programme and Sports Chair: Christopher Aird, Presenter, Commentator or Pundit Chair: Pat Younge, Productions Tommy Bulfin, BBC Paul Armstrong Beccy De Souza, Drama Republic Patrick Dalzell, BBC Sarah Hey, Channel 4 Ben Dean, DCMS Carissa Hope Lynch, Eleven Films Helen Foster, Sky Philippa Lowthorpe Tom Giles, ITV Fiona Shaw CBE Tove Okunniwa, London Sport Soap & Continuing Drama Jonah Weston, Channel 4 Chair: Steve November, Further South Productions Writer - Comedy Christiana Ebohon-Green Chair: , Left Bank Pictures Gemma John-Lewis, ITV Basi Akpabio, Ltd Steven Murphy, Laurence Bowen, Philip Stagg, Channel 4 Dancing Ledge Productions Robert Wulff-Cochrane, Ayela Butt, BBC Noho Film & TV Lucy Criddle, Sky Zehra Yas, BBC Jocelyn Jee-Esien, Iain MacLeod, ITV Studios ,

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Juries

Writer - Drama Chair: Georgia Brown, Amazon Video Luke Alkin, Big Talk Productions Jack Bayles, Channel 4 Moreyba Bidessie, A+E Networks Dan Cheesbrough, Hartswood Film & TV Laura Grange, Sky Abby C Kumar Cynthia Okoye, Curtis Brown Chloe Tucker, ITV Sammy Wong, BBC

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Forthcoming Events

The Society was delighted to be able to continue to engage with its members and the wider community in 2020 by moving all of its events online and will continue to do so this year.

Here’s a brief rundown of what’s coming but for more detailed information and to see what’s happening across the UK, please visit the RTS website www.rts.org.uk

18 March – RTS Lunchtime Event – Monkey: 21 in 2021

22 March – RTS Lunchtime Event – Comfort and Challenge: Celebrating 10 Years of

25 March – RTS Lunchtime Event – Frank of Ireland Preview and Q&A

25 June – RTS Student Television Awards

3 – 4 November – RTS Student Masterclasses

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RTS Patrons

Principal Patrons Major Patrons

BBC Accenture Channel 4 All3Media

ITV Amazon Video Sky Audio Network Avid International Patrons Banijay UK Boston Consulting Group A+E Networks BT International Channel 5 Discovery Networks Deloitte Facebook Enders Analysis Kinetic Content Entertainment One Liberty Global Finecast NBCUniversal Freeview International Fremantle Netflix Gravity Media The Walt Disney IBM Company IMG Studios Viacom International ITN Media Networks KPMG WarnerMedia netgem.tv YouTube NTT Data OC&C Patrons Pinewood TV Studios Autocue Sargent-Disc Digital Television Group Spencer Stuart Grass Valley STV Group Isle of Media The Journalists’ Charity Lumina Search The Trade Desk Mission Bay UKTV PricewaterhouseCoopers Vice Raidió Teilifís Éireann YouView

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