Royal Television Society Programme Awards

{{Short description|Annual British Television Awards}}

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The Royal Television Society Programme Awards, (often referred to as the RTS Awards) seek to recognise programmes or individuals who have made a positive and material contribution to their genre: either because their content or originality in form has in some way moved the genre forward, or perhaps even created a new genre; or because their quality has set standards which other programme-makers can emulate and learn from.

In addition to the national awards and the Craft & Design Awards, the Royal Television Society also hosts a number of regional award ceremonies throughout the UK and Ireland.{{Cite web |title=Regional Awards |url=https://rts.org.uk/awards/regional-awards |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}

Award categories

The original Royal Television Society Programme Awards can be traced back to 1975, when there were just seven categories. In 1989, the categories were revised and awards in these new categories conferred for the award year of 1988. It was also in this year that nominations for some categories were introduced for the very first time. Since 2016, the awards have been primarily focussed on home-grown output, with Fargo, the final winner of the International category in 2015. In 2023, the number of award categories stood at 30.

Controversies

In February 2017 broadcaster Piers Morgan pulled out as host after only three days, citing a public campaign branding him as damaging and inappropriate for the event.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-19 |title=Piers Morgan pulls out of hosting Royal Television Society awards |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/feb/19/piers-morgan-pulls-out-of-hosting-royal-television-society-awards |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2017-02-19 |title=Piers Morgan quits RTS awards after criticism |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39022241 |access-date=2022-03-29}}

Judging

The RTS Programme Awards winners are selected not by public vote but decided via judging panels composed of industry experts and professionals. In 2016 the make up of the judging panels was adjusted to include more women and people from minority backgrounds. From approximately 200 jurors, 52% were now female and 27% from BAME backgrounds. The move towards more diversity came in the wake of the #OscarsSoWhite campaign.{{Cite news |date=2016-03-03 |title=RTS Awards: Ant and Dec receive 15th nomination |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35715025 |access-date=2022-03-29}} At the time of the 2020 awards, the overall jury composition was 56% female and 32% came from BAME backgrounds.{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=Royal Television Society Annual Report 2020 |url=https://rts.org.uk/sites/default/files/imce/rts_annual_report_2020_1.pdf |website=rts.org.uk |page=40}}

Winners: 1998–present

2025 winners

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Outstanding Achievement Award

|Claudia Winkleman

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Judges' Award

|Ruth Jones and James Corden

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Arts

|My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom (Channel 4)

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  • In My Own Words: Alison Lapper (BBC)
  • Camden (Disney+)
Breakthrough Award

|Josh TedekuBoarders (BBC)

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Children's Programme

|Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures (BBC)

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  • Dodo (Sky Kids)
  • BMX All Stars (BBC)
Comedy Drama

|Alma's Not Normal (BBC)

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Comedy Entertainment

|Junior Taskmaster (Channel 4)

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Comedy Performance: Female

|Sophie WillanAlma's Not Normal (BBC)

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Comedy Performance: Male

|Oliver SavellChanging Ends (ITV1)

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Daytime Programme

|Loose Women (ITV1)

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Documentary Series

|The Push: Murder on the Cliff (Channel 4)

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Drama Series

|Industry (BBC and HBO)

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Entertainment

|The Traitors (BBC)

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Entertainment Performance

|Anthony McPartlin and Declan DonnellyAnt & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV1)

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  • Steven FrayneMiracles (Sky Max)
  • Claudia Winkleman – The Traitors (BBC)
Formatted Popular Factual

|Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams on Tour (BBC)

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History

|Atomic People (BBC)

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  • Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain (Channel 4)
  • Helmand: Tour of Duty (BBC)
Leading Actor: Female

|Anna Maxwell MartinUntil I Kill You (ITV1)

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Leading Actor: Male

|Lennie JamesMr Loverman (BBC)

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Limited Series and Single Drama

|This Town (Netflix)

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Live Event

|D Day 80: Tribute to the Fallen (BBC)

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  • Coldplay at Glastonbury 2024 (BBC)
  • The Martin Lewis Money Show Live – Budget Special (ITV1)
Presenter

|Liz CarrBetter Off Dead? (BBC)

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Science & The Natural World

|Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (National Geographic and Disney+)

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  • Silverback (BBC)
  • Living with Leopards (Netflix)
Scripted Comedy

|Things You Should Have Done (BBC)

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Single Documentary

|Hell Jumper (BBC)

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Soap and Continuing Drama

|Casualty (BBC)

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Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

|Rose Ayling-Ellis and Clare BaldingParis 2024 Paralympics (Channel 4)

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Sports Program

|Paris 2024 Paralympics (Channel 4)

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Supporting Actor – Female

|Jessica GunningBaby Reindeer (Netflix)

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Supporting Actor – Male

|Danny DyerRivals (Disney+)

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Writer – Comedy

|Sophie Willan – Alma's Not Normal (BBC)

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  • Writing team – Cunk on Life (BBC and Netflix)
  • Nida ManzoorWe Are Lady Parts (Channel 4)
Writer – Drama

|Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Laura WadeRivals (Disney)+

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2024 winners

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|+Presented: 26 March 2024 – Host: Tom Allen

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! width="40%" | Nominees{{Cite web |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=2024-03-07 |title=Gary Oldman, Hannah Waddingham, Bella Ramsey Among Royal Television Society Programme Awards Nominees |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/global/royal-television-society-programme-awards-nominations-gary-oldman-hannah-waddingham-bella-ramsey-1235933276/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Outstanding Achievement Award

|Stephen Lambert

|–

Judges' Award

|Mr Bates vs The Post Office (ITV)

|–

Arts

|Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World (BBC)

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Breakthrough Award

|Lucy EdwardsJapan - The Way I See ItThe Travel Show (BBC)

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Children's Program

|A Kind of Spark (CBBC)

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Comedy Drama

|Juice (BBC Three)

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Comedy Entertainment

|Rob & Romesh Vs (Sky Max)

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Comedy Performance: Female

|Gbemisola IkumeloBlack Ops (BBC One)

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Comedy Performance: Male

|Hammed AnimashaunBlack Ops (BBC One)

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Daytime Program

|Scam Interceptors (BBC One)

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Documentary Series

|Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (BBC Two)

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  • Evacuation (Channel 4)
  • Kids (Channel 4)
Drama Series

|Happy Valley (BBC One)

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Entertainment

|Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix)

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Entertainment Performance

|Hannah WaddinghamEurovision Song Contest 2023 (BBC One)

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Formatted Popular Factual

|Sort Your Life Out (BBC)

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History

|White Nanny, Black Child (Channel 5)

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  • Britain's Human Zoos (Channel 4)
  • The Man Who Played With Fire (Sky Documentaries)
Leading Actor: Female

|Tamara LawranceTime (BBC One)

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Leading Actor: Male

|Kane RobinsonTop Boy (Netflix)

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Limited-Series

|The Sixth Commandment (BBC One)

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Live Event

|Eurovision Song Contest 2023 (BBC One)

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Presenter

|Chris PackhamInside Our Autistic Minds (BBC)

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Science & The Natural World

|Chimp Empire (Netflix)

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Scripted Comedy

|Extraordinary (Disney+)

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Single Documentary

|Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story (Sky Documentaries)

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  • Anorexic (Channel 5)
  • The Price of Truth (Channel 4)
Single Drama

|Partygate (Channel 4)

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Soap and Continuing Drama

|EastEnders (BBC One)

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Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

|Alex ScottFIFA Women's World Cup (BBC)

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Sports Program

|All Ireland Senior Football Championship Final (BBC Northern Ireland)

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Supporting Actor – Female

|Bella RamseyTime (BBC One)

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Supporting Actor – Male

|Éanna HardwickeThe Sixth Commandment (BBC One)

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Writer – Comedy

|Jack RookeBig Boys (Channel 4)

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Writer – Drama

|Sarah PhelpsThe Sixth Commandment (BBC One)

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2023 winners

This year saw the introduction of two new performance categories: supporting actor male and supporting actor female.

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|+Presented: 28 March 2023 – Host: Tom Allen

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Outstanding Achievement Award

|Sarah Lancashire

|–

Judges' Award

| Charlotte Moore (BBC)

|–

Arts

| The Evolution of Black British Music (BET UK)

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  • The Ghost of Richard Harris (Sky Arts)
  • This Is Joan Collins (BBC)
Breakthrough Award

| Lenny RushAm I Being Unreasonable? (BBC One)

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Children's Program

| Dodger (CBBC)

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  • COP27: Six Ways to Save Our Planet (Sky Kids / Sky News)
  • Corpse Talk (YouTube Originals)
Comedy Drama

| Brassic (Sky Max)

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Comedy Entertainment

| Friday Night Live (Channel 4)

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Comedy Performance: Female

| Daisy May Cooper as Nic in Am I Being Unreasonable? (BBC One)

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Comedy Performance: Male

| Lenny Rush as Ollie in Am I Being Unreasonable? (BBC One)

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Daytime Program

| Loose Men (ITV)

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Documentary Series

| Gazza (BBC Two)

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  • Big Oil vs The World (BBC Two)
  • Jeremy Kyle Show: Death On Daytime (Channel 4)
Drama Series

| Sherwood (BBC One)

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Entertainment

| The Traitors (BBC One)

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Entertainment Performance

| Claudia WinklemanThe Traitors (BBC One)

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Formatted Popular Factual

| Gogglebox (Channel 4)

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History

| Our Falklands War: A frontline story (BBC Two)

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  • Aids: The Unheard Tapes (BBC Two)
  • Italia 90: Four Weeks that Changed the World (Sky Documentaries)
Leading Actor: Female

| Kate Winslet as Ruth in I Am Ruth (Channel 4)

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Leading Actor: Male

| Kit Connor as Nick Nelson in Heartstopper (Netflix)

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Limited-Series

| Mood (BBC Three)

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Live Event

| The State Funeral of HM The Queen Elizabeth II (BBC)

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Presenter

| Ramita NavaiAfghanistan: No Country for Women (ITV)

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Science & The Natural World

| The Green Planet (BBC One)

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  • My Dead Body (Channel 4)
  • My Garden of a Thousand Bees (Sky Nature)
Scripted Comedy

| Derry Girls (Channel 4)

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Single Documentary

| The Tinder Swindler (Netflix)

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  • Dying to Divorce (Sky Documentaries)
  • Will Young: Losing My Twin Rupert (Channel 4)
Single Drama

| Life and Death in the Warehouse (BBC Three)

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Soap and Continuing Drama

| Casualty (BBC One)

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Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

| Ade Adepitan2022 Winter Paralympics (Channel 4)

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Sports Program

| Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games (BBC Sport)

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Supporting Actor – Female

| Ambika Mod as Shruti Acharya in This Is Going to Hurt (BBC One)

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Supporting Actor – Male

| Adeel Akhtar as Andy Fisher in Sherwood (BBC One)

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Writer – Comedy

| Lisa McGee for Derry Girls (Channel 4)

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Writer – Drama

| Lucy Prebble for I Hate Suzie Too (Sky Atlantic)

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2022 winners{{Cite web |date=2021-10-21 |title=RTS Programme Awards 2022 |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/programme2022 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-03-29 |title=Winners of the RTS Programme Awards 2022 announced |url=https://rts.org.uk/article/winners-rts-programme-awards-2022-announced |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Yossman |first=K. J. |date=2022-03-29 |title=RTS Program Awards 2022 Start With a Slap Before Honoring Winners Including Jack Thorne, Russell T. Davies |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/royal-television-society-program-awards-2022-winners-1235217646/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

This year saw the return to a live audience event after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. Comedian Graham Norton was presented the outstanding achievement award for 2020 which he had been unable to collect at that time due to having COVID-19.

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Outstanding Achievement Award 2020

|Graham Norton (awarded retroactively)

|–

Outstanding Achievement Award

|Jack Thorne

|–

Judges' Award

| Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)

|–

Actor: Female

| Gabrielle Creevy as Bethan in In My Skin (BBC Three)

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Actor: Male

| Callum Scott Howells as Colin "Gladys Pugh" Morris-Jones in It's a Sin (Channel 4)

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Arts

|Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story (BBC)

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Breakthrough Award

| Adjani Salmon – Dreaming Whilst Black (BBC Three)

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Children's Programme

|The Rubbish World of Dave Spud (CITV)

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Comedy Entertainment

| The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan (Channel 4)

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Comedy Performance: Female

| Anjana Vasan as Amina in We Are Lady Parts (Channel 4)

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Comedy Performance: Male

| Samson Kayo as Maleek in Bloods (Sky Comedy)

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Daytime Programme

|The Great House Giveaway (Channel 4)

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Documentary Series

|9/11: One Day in America (National Geographic / Hulu)

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  • Undercover Police: Hunting Paedophiles (Channel 4)
  • Liverpool Narcos (Sky Documentaries)
Drama Series

| In My Skin (BBC Three)

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Entertainment

|The Big Breakfast (Channel 4)

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Entertainment Performance

|AJ Odudu and Mo GilliganThe Big Breakfast (Channel 4)

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Formatted Popular Factual

|The Dog House (Channel 4)

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History

|Uprising (BBC Two)

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Live Event

| The Earthshot Prize 2021 (BBC)

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Limited Series

| It's a Sin (Channel 4)

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Presenter

| Munya ChawawaRace Around Britain (YouTube Originals)

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RTS Network of the Year

|BBC One

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Science & Natural History

|David Harewood – Why is Covid Killing People of Colour? (BBC)

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  • Horizon: "The Vaccine" (BBC Two)
  • Baby Surgeons: Delivering Miracles (Channel 4)
Scripted Comedy

| Alma's Not Normal (BBC Two)

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Single Documentary

| Rape: Who's on Trial? (Channel 4)

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Single Drama

| Help (Channel 4)

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Soap and Continuing Drama

| Hollyoaks (Channel 4)

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Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

|Gary NevilleSky Sports Premier League (Sky Sports)

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Sports Programme

| Tokyo 2020 Olympics (BBC Sport)

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Writer: Comedy

| Nida Manzoor for We Are Lady Parts (Channel 4)

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Writing: Drama

|Russell T Davies for It's a Sin (Channel 4)

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2021 winners{{Cite web |date=2020-10-23 |title=RTS Programme Awards 2021 |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2021 |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2021-03-17 |title=Michaela Coel's 'electrifying' I May Destroy You wins at RTS Awards |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56427339 |access-date=2022-03-29}}

For the second year running, due to COVID-19 related restrictions the 2021 winners ceremony was held behind closed doors and without a live audience. In 2021 a new award category for comedy entertainment programme was established. A special award was bestowed on John McVay, Sara Geater, Max Rumney, Hakan Kousetta and their team at PACT (Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television) in this year to recognise the difficulties and challenges for the independent production sector during the pandemic year.

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|+Presented: 16 March 2021 (livestreamed event){{Cite web |date=2021-03-06 |title=RTS-programme-awards-2021-live-stream |url=https://rts.org.uk/event/rts-programme-awards-2021-live-stream |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}} – Host: Jonathan Ross

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Outstanding Achievement Award

|Russell T Davies

|–

Judges' Award

|Anne Mensah

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Special Award

|PACT (John McVay, Sara Geater, Max Rumney, Hakan Kousetta and team)

|–

Actor: Female

| Michaela Coel as Arabella Essiedu in I May Destroy You (BBC One)

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Actor: Male

| Shaun Parkes as Frank Crichlow in Small Axe (BBC One)

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Arts

|Grayson's Art Club (Channel 4)

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Breakthrough Award

| Mae MartinFeel Good (Channel 4)

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Children's Programme

| IRL with Team Charlene (CITV)

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Comedy Entertainment

| The Ranganation (BBC Two)

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Comedy Performance: Female

| Gbemisola Ikumelo as various characters in Famalam (BBC Three)

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Comedy Performance: Male

| Youssef Kerkour as Sami Ibrahim in Home (Channel 4)

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Daytime Programme

| Loose Women (ITV)

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Documentary Series

| Once Upon a Time in Iraq (BBC Two)

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Drama Series

|In My Skin (BBC Three)

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Entertainment

| The Masked Singer (ITV)

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Entertainment Performance

| Big Narstie & Mo GilliganThe Big Narstie Show (Channel 4)

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Formatted Popular Factual

|Joe Lycett's Got Your Back (Channel 4)

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History

|Damilola: The Boy Next Door (Channel 4)

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  • Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany (BBC Four)
  • The World's Biggest Murder Trial: Nuremberg (Channel 5)
Live Event

| The Third Day: "Autumn" (Sky Atlantic / HBO)

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Mini Series

| I May Destroy You (BBC One)

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Presenter

|Joe LycettThe Great British Sewing Bee (BBC One)

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RTS Channel of the Year

|BBC One

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Science & Natural History

|The Surgeon's Cut (Netflix)

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  • Surviving the Virus: My Brother & Me (BBC One)
  • Brain Surgeons: Between Life and Death (Channel 4)
Scripted Comedy

| The Young Offenders (BBC Three / RTÉ)

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Single Documentary

|Anton Ferdinand: Football, Racism & Me (BBC One)

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  • Surviving Covid (Channel 4)
  • The Family Secret (Channel 4)
Single Drama

| Elizabeth Is Missing (BBC One)

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Soap and Continuing Drama

| Casualty (BBC One)

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Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

| Michael HoldingEngland v West Indies (Sky Sports)

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Sports Programme

| England v West Indies First Test: "Black Lives Matter" (Sky Sports)

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Writer: Comedy

| Mae Martin and Joe Hampson for Feel Good (Channel 4)

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Writing: Drama

| Michaela Coel for I May Destroy You (BBC One)

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2020 winners{{Cite web |date=2019-10-14 |title=RTS Programme Awards 2020 in partnership with Audio Network |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2020-partnership-audio-network |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}

Due to COVID-19 related restrictions the 2020 winners ceremony was held behind closed doors and without a live audience.{{Cite news |date=2020-03-18 |title=Coronavirus: RTS TV awards held behind closed doors as others are axed |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51942761 |access-date=2022-03-29}} The outstanding achievement award was not awarded as comedian Graham Norton had COVID-19, (it would be retroactively awarded in 2022 once the ceremony returned as a live audience event).

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Outstanding Achievement Award

|Graham Norton (not awarded)

|–

Judges' Award

|Jane Featherstone

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Actor: Female

| Tamara Lawrance as July in The Long Song (BBC One)

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Actor: Male

| Stephen Graham as Joseph in The Virtues (Channel 4)

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Arts

| Bros: After the Screaming Stops (BBC Four)

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  • Imagine: "James Graham - In the Room Where It Happens" (BBC One)
  • Superkids: Breaking Away From Care (Channel 4)
Breakthrough Award

| Tanya MoodieMotherland (BBC Two)

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Children's Programme

| Zog (BBC One)

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Comedy Performance: Female

| Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Erin Quinn in Derry Girls (Channel 4)

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Comedy Performance: Male

| Ncuti Gatwa as Eric Effiong in Sex Education (Netflix)

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Daytime Programme

| The Repair Shop (BBC Two)

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Documentary Series

|The Choir: Our School By The Tower (BBC Two)

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  • Crime and Punishment (Channel 4)
  • Hometown: A Killing (BBC Three)
Drama Series

|Gentleman Jack (BBC One)

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Entertainment

|RuPaul's Drag Race UK (BBC Three)

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Entertainment Performance

| London HughesDon't Hate The Playaz (ITV2)

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Formatted Popular Factual

|The British Tribe Next Door (Channel 4)

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History

|Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain (Channel 4)

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Live Event

|Stormzy at Glastonbury 2019 (BBC Two)

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Mini Series

|The Long Song (BBC One)

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Presenter

| Mobeen AzharHometown: A Killing (BBC Three)

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RTS Channel of the Year

|Channel 5

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Science & Natural History

| The Parkinson's Drug Trial: A Miracle Cure? (BBC Two)

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  • 8 Days: To the Moon and Back (BBC Two)
  • The Planets (BBC Two)
Scripted Comedy

|Fleabag (BBC One)

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Single Documentary

|War in the Blood (BBC Two)

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Single Drama

|The Left Behind (BBC Three / BBC Wales)

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Soap and Continuing Drama

| Casualty (BBC One)

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Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

| Alex Scott2019 FIFA Women's World Cup (BBC One)

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Sports Programme

| ICC Cricket World Cup Final (Sky Sports)

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Writer: Comedy

| Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Fleabag (BBC One)

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Writing: Drama

| Craig Mazin for Chernobyl (Sky Atlantic / HBO)

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2019 winners{{Cite web |date=2018-10-02 |title=RTS Programme Awards 2019 in partnership with Audio Network |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2019-partnership-audio-network |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2019-03-20 |title=Killing Eve's Jodie Comer among RTS winners |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47637716 |access-date=2022-03-29}}

In 2019 the comedy performance award was split into two (male and female) for the first time.

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|+Presented: 19 March 2019 – Host: Shappi Khorsandi

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Outstanding Achievement Award

|Lorraine Kelly

|–

Judges' Award

|Ben Frow

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Actor: Female

| Jodie Comer as Oksana Astankova / Villanelle in Killing Eve (BBC Three)

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Actor: Male

| Lucian Msamati as Tobi Akindele Kiri (Channel 4)

|

Arts

|The Art of Drumming (Sky Arts)

|

Breakthrough Award

| Nabhaan RizwanInformer (BBC One)

|

Children's Programme

|Prosiect Z (S4C)

|

Comedy Performance: Female

| Lesley Manville as Cathy Walker in Mum (BBC Two)

|

Comedy Performance: Male

| Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith as various characters in Inside No. 9 (BBC Two)

|

Daytime Programme

| The Repair Shop (BBC Two)

|

Documentary Series

| Prison (Channel 4)

|

  • Drugsland (BBC Three)
  • Love and Hate Crime (BBC One)
Drama Series

| Save Me (Sky Atlantic)

|

Entertainment

| The Last Leg (Channel 4)

|

Entertainment Performance

| Big Narstie & Mo GilliganThe Big Narstie Show (Channel 4)

|

Formatted Popular Factual

| The Real Full Monty: Ladies Night (ITV)

|

History

| A Dangerous Dynasty: The House of Assad (BBC Two)

|

Live Event

| The Royal Wedding: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (BBC)

|

Mini Series

| A Very English Scandal (BBC One)

|

Presenter

| Romesh RanganathanThe Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan (BBC Two)

|

RTS Channel of the Year

|CBeebies

|

Science & Natural History

| Drowning in Plastic (BBC One)

|

  • Blue Planet II (BBC One)
  • The Secret Life of Landfill: A Rubbish History (BBC Four)
Scripted Comedy

| Derry Girls (Channel 4)

|

Single Documentary

|Raped: My Story (Channel 5)

|

  • Grenfell (BBC One)
  • Married to a Paedophile (Channel 4)
Single Drama

|Killed by My Debt (BBC Three)

|

Soap and Continuing Drama

| Hollyoaks (Channel 4)

|

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

| Osi UmenyioraThe NFL Show/NFL This Week (BBC Two)

|

Sports Programme

| MOTD: "2018 World Cup - Quarter Final – England v Sweden" (BBC One)

|

Writer: Comedy

| Stefan Golaszewski for Mum (BBC Two)

|

Writing: Drama

| Lennie James for Save Me (Sky Atlantic)

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2018 winners{{Cite web |date=2017-10-13 |title=RTS Programme Awards 2018 in partnership with Audio Network |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2018-partnership-audio-network |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2018-03-21 |title=This Country wins three prizes at RTS awards |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43484081 |access-date=2022-03-29}}{{Cite web |last=Powell |first=Tom |date=2018-03-21 |title=Ant and Dec snubbed at Royal Television Society Awards |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/ant-and-dec-lose-twice-at-royal-society-of-television-awards-as-both-miss-ceremony-a3794991.html |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=www.standard.co.uk |language=en}}

In 2018 Netflix's historical drama The Crown was bestowed a special recognition award.

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Lifetime Achievement Award

|Jimmy McGovern

|–

Judges' Award

|Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones

|–

Special Recognition Award

|The Crown (Netflix)

|–

Actor: Female

| Sinéad Keenan as Melanie Jones in Little Boy Blue (ITV)

|

Actor: Male

| Stephen Graham as Detective Superintendent Dave Kelly in Little Boy Blue (ITV)

|

Arts

| Paula Rego, Secrets & Stories (BBC Two)

|

Breakthrough Award

|Daniel Lawrence TaylorTimewasters (ITV2)

|

Children's Programme

| Newsround: "Inside My Head" (CBBC)

|

Comedy Performance

| Daisy May Cooper as Kerry Mucklowe and Charlie Cooper as Lee "Kurtan" Mucklowe in This Country (BBC Three)

|

Daytime Programme

| Moving On: "Eighteen" (BBC One)

|

Documentary Series

| Hospital (BBC Two)

|

Drama Series

| The End of the F***ing World (Channel 4 / Netflix)

|

Entertainment

| Love Island (ITV2)

|

Entertainment Performance

| Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh WiddicombeThe Last Leg (Channel 4)

|

Formatted Popular Factual

|Muslims Like Us (BBC One)

|

History

|Elizabeth I's Secret Agents (BBC Two)

|

Live Event

| World War One Remembered: Passchendaele – For The Fallen (BBC Two)

|

Mini Series

| Three Girls (BBC One)

|

Presenter

| Anita RaniMy Family, Partition and Me: India 1947 (BBC One)

|

RTS Channel of the Year

|BBC One

|

Science & Natural History

| Planet Earth II

|

Scripted Comedy

| This Country (BBC Three)

|

Single Documentary

| Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad (BBC One)

|

Single Drama

|Murdered for Being Different (BBC Three)

|

Soap and Continuing Drama

| Coronation Street (ITV)

|

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

| Michael JohnsonWorld Athletics Championships (BBC Sport)

|

Sports Programme

| Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko (Sky Sports)

|

Writer: Comedy

| Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper for This Country (BBC Three)

|

Writing: Drama

| Nicole Taylor for Three Girls (BBC One)

|

2017 winners{{Cite web |date=2016-10-24 |title=RTS Programme Awards 2017 |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2017 |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2017-03-22 |title=Phoebe Waller-Bridge scoops two RTS Awards |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39350781 |access-date=2022-03-29}}{{Cite web |last=Collie |first=Jason |date=2017-03-22 |title=Ant and Dec win Best Entertainment prize at RTS Awards |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/rts-awards-ant-and-dec-win-best-entertainment-prize-but-set-sights-on-having-adele-as-a-saturday-night-takeaway-guest-a3495791.html |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=www.standard.co.uk |language=en}}

This year saw the drama serial award retired to make way for two new awards: the mini-series award and the RTS channel of the year award.

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|+Presented: 21 March 2017 – Host: Sandy Toksvig

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Lifetime Achievement Award

|Julie Walters

|–

Judges' Award

|Sally Wainwright

|–

Actor: Female

| Sophie Okonedo as Maya Cobbina in Undercover (BBC One)

|

Actor: Male

| Robbie Coltrane as Paul Finchley in National Treasure (Channel 4)

|

Arts

| Grayson Perry: All Man (Channel 4)

|

Breakthrough Award

| Phoebe Waller-BridgeFleabag (BBC Three)

|

  • Nadiya HussainThe Chronicles of Nadiya (BBC One)
  • Phillip Wood – Chasing Dad: A Lifelong Addiction (BBC Three)
Children's Programme

| CBeebies A Midsummer Night's Dream (CBeebies)

|

Comedy Performance

| Asim Chaudhry as Chabud "Chabuddy G" Gul in People Just Do Nothing (BBC Three)

|

Daytime Programme

| Find it, Fix it, Flog it (Channel 4)

|

Documentary Series

| Exodus: Our Journey to Europe (BBC Two)

|

Drama Series

| Happy Valley (BBC One)

|

Entertainment

| Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)

|

Entertainment Performance

| Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh WiddicombeThe Last Leg (Channel 4)

|

History

| The Aberfan Young Wives' Club (ITV)

|

  • Secret History: "Saddam Goes to Hollywood" (Channel 4)
  • Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes (National Geographic)
Live Event

| Stand Up to Cancer (Channel 4)

|

Mini Series

| National Treasure (Channel 4)

|

Popular Factual and Features

| Employable Me (BBC Two)

|

Presenter

| Grayson PerryGrayson Perry: All Man (Channel 4)

|

RTS Channel of the Year

|BBC Three

|

Science & Natural History

| First Contact: Lost Tribe of the Amazon (Channel 4)

|

  • The Hunt: "The Hardest Challenge" (BBC One)
  • The Secret Life of 4, 5 & 6 Year Olds (Channel 4)
Scripted Comedy

| People Just Do Nothing (BBC Three)

|

Single Documentary

| The Murder of Sadie Hartley (ITV)

|

Single Drama

| Murdered by My Father (BBC One)

|

Soap and Continuing Drama

| Emmerdale (ITV)

|

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

| Osi UmenyioraRace to Super Bowl 50, The NFL Show/NFL This Week (BBC Two)

|

Sports Programme

| Rio Paralympics (Channel 4)

|

Writer: Comedy

| Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Fleabag (BBC Three)

|

Writing: Drama

| Sally Wainwright for Happy Valley (BBC One)

|

2016 winners{{Cite web |date=2015-10-19 |title=RTS Programme Awards 2016 |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2016 |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2016-03-23 |title=Sir Lenny Henry awarded RTS fellowship and judges award |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35879886 |access-date=2022-03-29}}{{Cite web |author=Guardian Staff |date=2016-03-23 |title=Royal Television Society awards 2016: full list of winners |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/mar/23/royal-television-society-awards-2016-full-list-of-winners |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}

In 2016 a single breakthrough award was revived to replace the two awards (behind the scenes and on-screen) that were last bestowed in 2008. The children's fiction award was retired as was the international award.

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|+Presented: 22 March 2016 – Host: Richard Madeley

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! width="40%" | Nominees{{Cite web |last=Ruby |first=Jennifer |date=2016-03-03 |title=RTS Awards nominations: Ant and Dec receive nod for 15th time |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/rts-awards-nominations-ant-and-dec-receive-nod-for-15th-year-running-as-judging-panel-announces-shakeup-a3194706.html |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=www.standard.co.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2016-03-03 |title=Poldark's topless scything fails to cut it with Royal Television Society judges |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/mar/03/poldark-topless-scything-rts-bbc-aidan-turner-mark-rylance |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}

Lifetime Achievement Award

|Joan Bakewell

|–

Judges' Award

|Lenny Henry

|–

Actor: Female

|Suranne Jones as Dr. Gemma Foster in Doctor Foster (BBC One)

|

Actor: Male

|Anthony Hopkins as "Sir" in The Dresser (BBC Two)

|

Arts

|Handmade (BBC Four)

|

  • Grayson Perry's Dream House (Channel 4)
  • Hockney (BBC Two)
Breakthrough Award

| Michaela CoelChewing Gum (E4)

|

Children's Programme

| My Life: "I Am Leo" (CBBC)

|

Comedy Performance

| Michaela Coel as Tracey Gordon in Chewing Gum (E4)

|

Daytime Programme

|Judge Rinder (ITV)

|

Documentary Series

|The Romanians are Coming (Channel 4)

|

Drama Serial

| The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies (ITV)

|

Drama Series

|No Offence (Channel 4)

|

Entertainment

|Release the Hounds (ITV2)

|

Entertainment Performance

|Ant & DecI'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! / Britain's Got Talent / Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)

|

History

| Holocaust: Night Will Fall (Channel 4)

|

Live Event

| VE Day 70: The Nation Remembers (BBC One)

|

Popular, Factual and Features

|DIY SOS: "Homes For Veterans" (BBC One)

|

Presenter

|Reggie YatesReggie Yates' Extreme Russia (BBC Three)

|

Science & Natural History

| Oak Tree: Nature's Greatest Survivor (BBC Four)

|

Scripted Comedy

| Catastrophe (Channel 4)

|

Single Documentary

| Storyville: "India's Daughter" (BBC Four)

|

Single Drama

|Coalition (Channel 4)

|

Soap and Continuing Drama

| Emmerdale (ITV)

|

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

| David Coulthard (BBC Sport)

|

Sports Programme

| Monday Night Football (Sky Sports)

|

Writer: Comedy

| Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan for Catastrophe (Channel 4)

|

Writing: Drama

|Peter Morgan for The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies (ITV)

|

2015 winners{{Cite web |date=2015-03-17 |title=RTS Programme Awards 2015 |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2015 |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2015-03-18 |title=Claudia Winkleman named best presenter at RTS awards |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31939351 |access-date=2022-03-29}}{{Cite web |date=2015-03-18 |title=BBC3 wins three RTS awards despite threat of TV closure |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/18/bbc3-wins-three-rts-awards-despite-threat-of-tv-closure |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}

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|+Presented: 17 March 2015 – Host: John Sargeant

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Lifetime Achievement Award

|Melvyn Bragg

|–

Judges' Award

|Ben Stephenson

|–

Actor: Female

| Sarah Lancashire as Sgt Catherine Cawood in Happy Valley (BBC One)

|

Actor: Male

| Tom Hollander as Dylan Thomas in A Poet in New York (BBC Two)

|

Arts

|Grayson Perry: Who Are You? (Channel 4)

|

Children's Fiction

| 4 O'Clock Club: "Christmas" (CBBC)

|

Children's Programme

| The Big Performance: "Finale" (CBBC)

|

  • Marrying Mum and Dad (CBBC)
  • Swashbuckle: "Pirate Pampering" (Cbeebies)
Comedy Performance

| Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton as various characters in Inside No. 9 (BBC Two)

|

Daytime Programme

| Couples Come Dine with Me (Channel 4)

|

Documentary Series

|Life and Death Row (BBC Three)

|

  • Bedlam (Channel 4)
  • Protecting Our Parents (BBC Two)
Drama Serial

| The Honourable Woman (BBC Two)

|

Drama Series

| Line of Duty (BBC Two)

|

Entertainment

| The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)

|

Entertainment Performance

| Claudia WinklemanStrictly Come Dancing (BBC One)

|

History

|Our World War (BBC Three)

|

International

| Fargo (Channel 4)

|

Live Event

| D-Day: The Heroes Return (BBC One)

|

Popular Factual and Features

| The Island with Bear Grylls (Channel 4)

|

Presenter

| Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly's Big Send Off (ITV)

|

  • Lucy WorsleyThe First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain (BBC Four)
  • Grayson PerryGrayson Perry: Who Are You? (Channel 4)
Science & Natural History

| Live From Space: Lap of the Planet (Channel 4)

|

  • Life Story (BBC One)
  • The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins (BBC Four)
Scripted Comedy

| Harry & Paul's Story of the Twos (BBC Two)

|

Single Documentary

| The Paedophile Hunter (Channel 4)

|

Single Drama

| Murdered by My Boyfriend (BBC Three)

|

Soap and Continuing Drama

| Casualty (BBC One)

|

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

| Gary Neville (Sky Sports)

|

Sports Programme

| The 2014 Ryder Cup (Sky Sports)

|

Writer: Comedy

| Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson for Harry & Paul's Story of the Twos (BBC Two)

|

Writing: Drama

| Peter Bowker for Marvellous (BBC Two)

|

2014 winners{{Cite web |date=2014-03-18 |title=RTS Programme Awards 2014 |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2014 |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2014-03-19 |title=Broadchurch scoops two RTS awards |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26642980 |access-date=2022-03-29}}{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Amy |date=2014-03-19 |title=Idris Elba and Olivia Colman triumph at Royal Television Society |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/idris-elba-and-olivia-colman-triumph-at-royal-television-society-awards-9201484.html |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=www.standard.co.uk |language=en}}

In 2014 the nations & regions programme award was dropped to make room for two sports-related awards; sports programme and sports presenter, commentator or pundit.

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|+Presented: 18 March 2014 – Host: Tim Vine

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Lifetime Achievement Award

|David Suchet

|–

Judges' Award

|Janice Hadlow

|–

Actor: Female

| Olivia Colman as DR Ellie Miller in Broadchurch (ITV) / as Carol in Run (Channel 4)

|

Actor: Male

| Idris Elba as DCI John Luther in Luther (BBC One)

|

Arts

| Imagine: "Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?" (BBC One)

|

Children's Fiction

| The Dumping Ground (CBBC)

|

Children's Programme

| Newsround: "Hard Times" (CBBC)

|

Comedy Performance

| Brendan O'Carroll as Agnes Brown in Mrs. Brown's Boys (BBC One)

|

Daytime Programme

| Four Rooms (Channel 4 / More4)

|

Documentary Series

| Educating Yorkshire (Channel 4)

|

Drama Serial

| Broadchurch (ITV)

|

Drama Series

| Peaky Blinders (BBC Two)

|

Entertainment

| The Last Leg (Channel 4)

|

Entertainment Performance

| Alan CarrAlan Carr: Chatty Man (Channel 4)

|

History

| Richard III: King in the Car Park (Channel 4)

|

International

| Game of Thrones (Sky Atlantic)

|

Live Event

| The Ashes – 2013 (Sky Sports)

|

  • Bollywood Carmen Live (BBC Three)
  • Wimbledon: "Men's Final" (BBC Sport)
Popular Factual and Features

| Gogglebox (Channel 4)

|

Presenter

|Stephen FryStephen Fry: Out There (BBC Two)

|

Science & Natural History

| Africa (BBC One)

|

  • How To Win The Grand National (Channel 4)
  • Planet Ant: Life Inside the Colony (BBC Four)
Scripted Comedy

| Plebs (ITV2)

|

Single Documentary

| The Murder Trial (Channel 4)

|

  • Dogging Tales (Channel 4)
  • The Unspeakable Crime: Rape (BBC One)
Single Drama

| The Challenger (BBC Two)

|

Soap and Continuing Drama

| Coronation Street (ITV)

|

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

| Gary Neville (Sky Sports)

|

Sports Programme

| World Athletics: "Mo Farah's Double Gold Win (BBC Sport)

|

Writer: Comedy

| James Corden, Mathew Baynton and Tom Basden for The Wrong Mans (BBC Two)

|

Writing: Drama

|Marlon Smith and Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan for Run (Channel 4)

|

2013 winners{{Cite web |date=2013-03-19 |title=RTS Programme Awards 2013 |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2013 |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2013-03-20 |title=Clare Balding and BBC win awards for Olympics coverage |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/mar/20/clare-balding-bbc-rts-awards-olympics |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2013-03-20 |title=Sean Bean awarded for cross-dressing Accused role |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-21855669 |access-date=2022-03-29}}

In 2013 the award for live event was revived having been lasted bestowed in 2004. This year was also notable for the RTS television awards in that two judges' awards were bestowed for the very first time.

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|+Presented: 19 March 2013 – Host: Jo Brand

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Lifetime Achievement Award

|Dave Gordon (Head of sporting events: BBC)

|–

Judges' Award

|Danny Boyle

|–

Judges' Award

| London Paralympics 2012 (Channel 4)

|–

Actor: Female

| Olivia Colman as Sue in Accused (BBC One)

|

Actor: Male

| Sean Bean as Simon / Tracie in Accused (BBC One)

|

Arts

| Lucian Freud: Painted Life (BBC Two)

|

Children's Drama

|Wolfblood (CBBC)

|

  • Mr Stink (BBC One)
  • Teulu Tŷ Crwn (The 'Tŷ Crwn' Family) (S4C)
Children's Programme

|Room on the Broom (BBC One)

|

Comedy Performance

| Jessica Hynes as Siobhan Sharpe in Twenty Twelve (BBC Two)

|

Daytime Programme

| Remembrance Week (BBC One)

|

Documentary Series

|Protecting Our Children (BBC Two)

|

Drama Serial

| Good Cop (BBC One)

|

Drama Series

| Sherlock (BBC One)

|

Entertainment

| Celebrity Juice (ITV2)

|

Entertainment Performance

| Ant & DecI'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (ITV)

|

History

| The Secret History of Our Streets (BBC Two)

|

International

| Girls (Sky Atlantic)

|

Live Event

| The London Olympics 2012 (BBC Sport)

|

Nations and Regions Programme

| The Bank of Dave: "Episode 1" (Channel 4)

|

Popular Factual and Features

| Long Lost Family (ITV)

|

Presenter

|Clare BaldingThe Olympics (BBC)

|

Science & Natural History

| Operation Iceberg (BBC Two)

|

Scripted Comedy

|Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life (Sky Atlantic)

|

Single Documentary

| 7/7: One Day in London (BBC Two)

|

  • Fy Chwaer A Fi / My Sister and Me (S4C)
  • Lifers (Channel 4)
Single Drama

| The Hollow Crown: "Richard II" (BBC Two)

|

  • Everyday (Channel 4)
  • My Murder (BBC Three)
Soap and Continuing Drama

| Coronation Street (ITV)

|

Writer: Comedy

| Writing Team for The Thick of It (BBC Two)

|

Writing: Drama

| Steven Moffat for Sherlock (BBC One)

|

2012 winners{{Cite web |date=2012-09-05 |title=RTS Programme Awards 2012 |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2012 |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2012-03-21 |title=RTS Awards 2012: Winners in full |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-17456874 |access-date=2022-03-29}}{{Cite web |date=2012-03-21 |title=Channel 4 wins 10 prizes at Royal Television awards |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/mar/21/channel-4-royal-television-awards |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}

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|+Presented: 20 March 2012 – Host: Rob Brydon

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Lifetime Achievement Award

|Beryl Vertue

|–

Judges' Award

|Laura Mackie (Director of drama: ITV)

|–

Actor: Female

| Emily Watson as Janet Leach in Appropriate Adult (ITV)

|

Actor: Male

| Dominic West as Fred West in Appropriate Adult (ITV)

|

Arts

|Graffiti Wars (Channel 4)

|

Children's Drama

| The Story of Tracy Beaker (CBBC)

|

Children's Programme

| Newsround: "My Autism & Me" (CBBC)

|

Comedy Performance

| Russell Tovey as Steve Marshall and Sarah Solemani as Becky Williams in Him & Her (BBC Three)

|

Daytime Programme

| Deal or No Deal (Channel 4)

|

Documentary Series

|24 Hours in A&E (Channel 4)

|

Drama Serial

| Top Boy (Channel 4)

|

Drama Series

| Luther (BBC One)

|

Entertainment

| Derren Brown: The Experiments (Channel 4)

|

Entertainment Performance

| Ant & DecI'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! / Red or Black? /
Push the Button / Britain's Got Talent (ITV)

|

History

|Dambusters: Building The Bouncing Bomb (Channel 4)

|

International

| Modern Family (Sky1)

|

Nations and Regions Programme

| The Scheme (BBC One Scotland)

|

Popular Factual and Features

| Hugh's Big Fish Fight (Channel 4)

|

Presenter

| Gareth MaloneThe Choir: Military Wives (BBC Two)

|

Science & Natural History

| Mummifying Alan: Egypt's Last Secret (Channel 4)

|

Scripted Comedy

| Fresh Meat (Channel 4)

|

Single Documentary

|Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die

|

Single Drama

| Eric and Ernie (BBC Two)

|

  • Random (Channel 4)
  • United (BBC Two)
Soap and Continuing Drama

| Coronation Street (ITV)

|

Writer: Comedy

| Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong for Fresh Meat (Channel 4)

|

Writing: Drama

|Peter Bowker for Eric and Ernie (BBC Two)

|

2011 winners{{Cite web |date=2011-03-16 |title=RTS Programme Awards 2011 |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2011 |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}{{Cite web |author=Guardian Staff |date=2011-03-16 |title=Royal Television Society awards: full list of winners |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/mar/16/royal-television-awards-winners |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2011-03-16 |title=RTS Awards 2011: Winners in full |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-12755586 |access-date=2022-03-29}}{{Cite news |date=2011-03-16 |title=Prof Brian Cox and Miranda Hart win twice at RTS Awards |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-12755524 |access-date=2022-03-29}}{{Cite web |date=2012-04-11 |title=Ant and Dec triumph at RTS Awards 2011 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/ant-and-dec-triumph-at-rts-awards-2011-6577984.html |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=www.standard.co.uk |language=en}}

2011 saw a reversal of the 2009 decision with two documentary categories reinstated and the constructed factual series award removed along with the multi-channel programme award.

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|+Presented: 15 March 2011 – Host: Dara Ó Briain

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Lifetime Achievement Award

|Peter Bennett-Jones

|–

Judges' Award

|Steven Moffat

|–

Actor: Female

| Vicky McClure as Frances Lorraine "Lol" Jenkins in This Is England '86 (Channel 4)

|

Actor: Male

| Jim Broadbent as Logan Mountstuart in Any Human Heart (Channel 4)

|

Arts

| Alan Bennett and the Habit of Art (More4)

|

Children's Drama

| The Sarah Jane Adventures (CBBC)

|

Children's Programme

| Horrible Histories (CBBC)

|

  • Something Special (CBeebies)
  • Diwrnod Mawr – Sion Pyrs (My Big Day – Sion Pyrs) (S4C)
Comedy Performance

| Miranda Hart as Miranda in Miranda (BBC One)

|

Daytime / Early-peak Programme

| The Indian Doctor (BBC One)

|

Documentary Series

| Welcome to Lagos (BBC Two)

|

Drama Serial

| Five Daughters (BBC One)

|

Drama Series

| Sherlock (BBC One)

|

Entertainment

| The X Factor (ITV)

|

Entertainment Performance

| Ant & DecI'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! / Britain's Got Talent (ITV)

|

Features and Lifestyle Series

|Pineapple Dance Studios (Sky1)

|

History

| The Secret Life of the National Grid (BBC Four)

|

International

| True Stories: "The Cove" (Channel 4)

|

Nations and Regions Programme

| Breaking the Silence (BBC One Northern Ireland)

|

Presenter

| Brian CoxWonders of the Solar System (BBC Two)

|

Science & Natural History

| Wonders of the Solar System (BBC Two)

|

Scripted Comedy

| Miranda (BBC One)

|

Single Documentary

| Between Life and Death (BBC One)

|

Single Drama

| The Road to Coronation Street (BBC Four)

|

Soap and Continuing Drama

| EastEnders (BBC One)

|

Writer: Comedy

| Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine and Joanna Scanlan for Getting On (BBC Four)

|

Writing: Drama

| Jack Thorne and Shane Meadows for This Is England '86 (Channel 4)

|

2010 winners{{Cite web |date=2011-03-14 |title=RTS Programme Awards 2010 |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2010 |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2010-03-17 |title=RTS Awards: Full list of winners |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8543887.stm |access-date=2022-03-29}}{{Cite news |date=2010-03-17 |title=BBC triumphs at TV awards |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8570852.stm |access-date=2022-03-29}}

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|+Presented: 16 March 2010 – Host: Rob Brydon

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Lifetime Achievement Award

|Tony Warren

|–

Judges' Award

|Norma Percy

|–

Actor: Female

|Naomie Harris as Hortense Roberts in Small Island (BBC One)

|

Actor: Male

| David Oyelowo as Gilbert Joseph in Small Island (BBC One)

|

Arts

| Baroque! (BBC Four)

|

Children's Drama

|Roy (CBBC)

|

Children's Programme

| Big & Small: "Blame it on the Drain" (Cbeebies)

|

Comedy Performance

| Miranda Hart as Miranda in Miranda (BBC Two)

|

Constructed Factual Series

| Famous, Rich and Homeless (BBC One)

|

Daytime / Early-peak Programme

| Come Dine with Me (Channel 4)

|

Documentary

|Wounded (BBC One)

|

Drama Serial

| Unforgiven (ITV)

|

Drama Series

| The Street (BBC One)

|

Entertainment

|Newswipe with Charlie Brooker (BBC Four)

|

Entertainment Performance

| Harry HillHarry Hill's TV Burp (ITV)

|

Features and Lifestyle Series

| Heston's Feasts: "Heston's Victorian Feast" (Channel 4)

|

History

| Garrow's Law (BBC One)

|

International

|Mad Men (BBC Four)

|

Multi-Channel Programme Award

| Dating in the Dark (Living)

|

  • True Stories: "Here's Johnny" (More 4)
  • Micro Men (BBC Four)
Nations and Regions Programme

| A History of Scotland (BBC One Scotland)

|

  • Deep Wreck Mysteries: Death of a Battleship (UTV)
  • Shameless (Channel 4)
Presenter

| Louis TherouxA Place for Paedophiles (BBC Two)

|

Science & Natural History

| Inside Nature's Giants (Channel 4)

|

  • The Great Sperm Race (Channel 4)
  • Yellowstone: "Winter" (BBC Two)
Scripted Comedy

| The Thick of It (BBC Two)

|

Single Drama

| Five Minutes of Heaven (BBC Two)

|

  • A Short Stay in Switzerland (BBC One)
  • Endgame (Channel 4)
Soap and Continuing Drama

| EastEnders (BBC One)

|

Writer: Comedy

| Iain Morris and Damon Beesley for The Inbetweeners (E4)

|

Writing: Drama

| Peter Bowker for Occupation (BBC One)

|

2009 winners{{Cite web |date=2011-03-14 |title=RTS Programme Awards 2009 |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2009 |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}{{Cite web |author=Guardian Staff |date=2009-03-18 |title=RTS Programme Awards winners 2009 - in full |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/mar/18/rts-awards-winners |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2009-03-18 |title=Forsyth 'has no retirement plans' |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7949983.stm |access-date=2022-03-29}}

In 2009 the two separate awards for documentaries were merged to make room for an award for constructed factual series, created to recognise the growth and popularity of the reality TV series genre.

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|+Presented: 17 March 2009 – Host: Rory Bremner

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! width="40%" | Nominees

Lifetime Achievement Award

|Bruce Forsyth

|–

Judges' Award

|Richard Holloway

|–

Actor: Female

| Andrea Riseborough as Angelica Fanshawe in The Devil's Whore (Channel 4)

|

Actor: Male

| Ben Whishaw as Ben Coulter in Criminal Justice (BBC One)

|

Arts

| Arena: "The Agony and The Ecstasy of Phil Spector" (BBC Two)

|

Children's Drama

| M.I. High (CBBC)

|

Children's Programme

| ABC (S4C)

|

Comedy Performance

| Peter Kay as Geraldine McQueen in Britain's Got the Pop Factor... (Channel 4)

|

Constructed Factual Series

| The Choir: Boys Don't Sing (BBC Two)

|

Daytime / Early-peak Programme

| The Estate We're In (BBC One)

|

Digital Channel Programme

| Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (BBC Four)

|

Documentary

|The Fallen (BBC Two)

|

Drama Serial

| The Devil's Whore (Channel 4)

|

Drama Series

| The Fixer (ITV)

|

Entertainment

| Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV)

|

Entertainment Performance

| Alan Carr and Justin Lee CollinsThe Sunday Night Project (Channel 4)

|

Features and Lifestyle Series

| How to Look Good Naked (Channel 4)

|

History

| Victorian Sex Explorer (Channel 4)

|

International

| Mad Men (BBC Four)

|

Nations and Regions Programme

| A Poem for Harry (BBC West)

|

Presenter

| Bruce ParryAmazon with Bruce Parry (BBC Two)

|

Science & Natural History

| Lost Land of the Jaguar (BBC One)

|

Scripted Comedy

| Outnumbered (BBC One)

|

Single Drama

| The Curse of Steptoe (BBC Four)

|

Soap and Continuing Drama

| EastEnders (BBC One)

|

Writer: Comedy

| Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong for Peep Show (Channel 4)

|

Writing: Drama

| Peter Flannery for The Devil's Whore (Channel 4)

|

2008 winners{{Cite web |date=2011-03-14 |title=Programme Awards Winners 2008 |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/programme-awards-winners-2008 |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}{{Cite web |author=Guardian Staff |date=2008-03-20 |title=RTS programme awards - full list of winners |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/mar/20/television2 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2008-03-20 |title=RTS awards: Winners list |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7306263.stm |access-date=2022-03-29}}

In 2008 the RTS Gold Medal was superseded by the lifetime achievement award. The two breakthrough awards (behind the scenes and on-screen) were retired in this year as was the award for nations & regions presenter.

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|+Presented: 19 March 2008 – Host: Eamonn Holmes

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! width="40%" | Winners

! width="40%" | Nominees{{Cite web |author=Guardian Staff |date=2008-03-03 |title=RTS Programme Award nominations |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/mar/03/television2 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}

Lifetime Achievement Award

|Sir David Attenborough

|–

Judges' Award

|Glenwyn Benson

|–

Actor: Female

| Sally Hawkins as Anne Elliot in Persuasion (ITV)

|

Actor: Male

| Matthew Macfadyen as Charlie in Secret Life (Channel 4)

|

Arts

|Genius of Photography (BBC Four)

|

Children's Drama

| My Life as a Popat (CITV)

|

Children's Programme

| Serious Andes (CBBC)

|

Comedy Performance

| David Mitchell as Mark Corrigan / Robert Webb as Jeremy "Jez" Usborne in Peep Show (Channel 4)

|

Daytime Programme

| Come Dine with Me (Channel 4)

|

Digital Channel Programme

| Fonejacker (E4)

|

Drama Serial

| Britz (Channel 4)

|

Drama Series

| The Street (BBC One)

|

Entertainment

|QI (BBC Two)

|

Entertainment Performance

| Harry HillHarry Hill's TV Burp (ITV)

|

Features and Lifestyle Series

| Top Gear (BBC Two)

|

Formatted Documentary

|Meet the Natives (Channel 4)

|

History

| Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain (BBC Two)

|

International

|Flight of the Conchords (BBC Four)

|

Nations and Regions Programme

| Boys Behind Bars (BBC Scotland)

|

Observational Documentary

|You're Not Splitting Up My Family (Channel 4)

|

Presenter

|Andrew MarrAndrew Marr's History of Modern Britain (BBC Two)

|

Science & Natural History

| Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives (BBC Four)

|

  • Horizon: "Everest – Doctors in the Death Zone" (BBC Two)
  • The Human Footprint (Channel 4)
Single Drama

| Stuart: A Life Backwards (BBC Two)

|

Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama

| The Mighty Boosh (BBC Three)

|

Soap and Continuing Drama

| The Bill (ITV)

|

Writer: Comedy

| Graham Linehan for The IT Crowd (Channel 4)

|

Writing: Drama

|Heidi Thomas for Cranford (BBC One)

|

2007 winners

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|+Presented: 14 March 2007 – Host: Mark Austin

! width="20%" | Award

! width="40%" | Winners{{Cite web |author=Guardian Staff |date=2007-03-14 |title=RTS programme awards - winners |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/14/broadcasting.television1 |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}

! width="40%" | Nominees{{Cite web |date=2007-03-16 |title=Royal Television Society - Latest news |url=http://www.rts.org.uk/Information_page_+_3_pic_det.asp?id=5726 |access-date=2022-03-04 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070316100816/http://www.rts.org.uk/Information_page_+_3_pic_det.asp?id=5726 |archive-date=16 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}

RTS Gold Medal

|Clive Jones (MD: ITV network)

|–

Judges' Award

|Richard Curtis

|–

Actor: Female

| Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect (ITV)

|

Actor: Male

| Michael Sheen as Kenneth Williams in Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (BBC Four)

|

Arts

| 9/11: Out of the Blue (Channel 5)

|

Breakthrough Award – Behind the Scenes

| Lee Mack and Andrew CollinsNot Going Out (BBC One)

|

Breakthrough Award – On Screen

| Sacha Dhawan as Karim in Bradford Riots (Channel 4)

|

Children's Drama

| Young Dracula (CBBC)

|

Children's Programme

| Newsround: "The Wrong Trainers" (CBBC)

|

Comedy Performance

| Stephen Merchant as Darren Lamb in Extras (BBC Two)

|

Daytime Programme

| Through Hell and High Water (BBC One)

|

Documentary Series

| Anatomy of a Crime (BBC Two)

|

Digital Channel Programme

| Death of a President (More4)

|

Drama Serial

| Low Winter Sun (Channel 4)

|

Drama Series

| The Street (BBC One)

|

Entertainment

| How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria? (BBC One)

|

Entertainment Performance

| Simon AmstellNever Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC Two)

|

Features and Factual Entertainment

| The Apprentice (BBC Two)

|

History

| Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC One)

|

International

| Entourage (ITV2)

|

Nations and Regions Presenter

| Jim McColl – The Beechgrove Garden (BBC One)

|

Nations and Regions Programme

| Inside Out: "Iceman" (BBC Yorkshire)

|

Presenter

| Bruce ParryTribe (BBC Two)

|

Science & Natural History

| Planet Earth: "From Pole to Pole" (BBC One)

|

Single Documentary

| True Stories: "Sisters in Law" (More4)

|

Single Drama

| Housewife, 49 (ITV)

|

Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama

| The Royle Family: "The Queen of Sheba" (BBC Two)

|

Soap and Continuing Drama

| Coronation Street (ITV)

|

Writer: Comedy

| Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash and Phil Mealey for The Royle Family (BBC Two)

|

Writing: Drama

| Peter Morgan for Longford (Channel 4)

|

2006 winners (Programme Awards 2005){{Cite web |date=2011-03-14 |title=RTS Programme Awards 2006 |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2006 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2006-03-15 |title=RTS awards: Main winners |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4808430.stm |access-date=2022-03-29}}{{Cite news |date=2006-03-15 |title=Bleak House wins TV drama award |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4808172.stm |access-date=2022-03-29}}

In 2006 the two newcomer awards (behind the scenes and on-screen) were each renamed as the breakthrough awards. No RTS Gold Medal recipient is recorded for this year.

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|+Presented: 14 March 2006 – Host: Phillip Schofield

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! width="40%" | Winners

! width="40%" | Nominees{{Cite web |author=Guardian Staff |date=2006-03-15 |title=Royal Television Society Awards |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/mar/15/broadcasting.uknews1 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}

Judges' Award

|Jon Plowman

|–

Actor: Female

| Lesley Sharp as Alison Mundy in Afterlife (ITV)

|

Actor: Male

| David Threlfall as Frank Gallagher in Shameless (Channel 4) / & The Queen's Sister)

|

Arts

| Holocaust: A Music Memorial Film from Auschwitz (BBC Two)

|

Breakthrough Award – Behind the Scenes

| Jonathan Smith – Only Human: "Make Me Normal" (Channel 4)

|

Breakthrough Award – On Screen

| Phil Beadle – The Unteachables (Channel 4)

|

Children's Drama

| My Parents Are Aliens (CITV)

|

Children's Programme

| Serious Arctic (CBBC)

|

  • Charlie and Lola: "I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed" (Cbeebies)
  • Sticks and Stones (Channel 4)
Comedy Performance

|Catherine Tate as various characters in The Catherine Tate Show (BBC Two)

|

Daytime Programme

|Deal or No Deal (Channel 4)

|

Documentary Series

|Jamie's School Dinners (Channel 4)

|

  • Cocaine (Channel 4)
  • Tribe (BBC Two)
Digital Channel Programme

| Brainiac (Sky One)

|

Drama Serial

| Bleak House (BBC One)

|

Drama Series

| Bodies (BBC Three)

|

Entertainment

| The Catherine Tate Show (BBC Two)

|

Entertainment Performance

| Paul O'GradyThe Paul O'Grady Show (ITV)

|

Features and Factual Entertainment

| Springwatch with Bill Oddie (BBC Two)

|

History

|Trafalgar Battle Surgeon (Channel 4)

|

International

| Weeds (Sky One)

|

Nations and Regions Presenter

|Stephen NolanNolan Live (BBC Northern Ireland)

|

Nations and Regions Programme

|From Belfast to Dachau (BBC Northern Ireland)

|

  • New Found Land: "Elephant Boy" (STV and Grampian)
  • New Found Land: "IM" (STV and Grampian)
Presenter

| Lorraine KellyLK Today, GMTV (GMTV)

|

Science & Natural History

| Anatomy for Beginners (Channel 4)

|

Single Documentary

| Children of Beslan (BBC Two)

|

  • Make Me Normal (Channel 4)
  • Taxidermy: Stuff the World (BBC Two)
Single Drama

| The Government Inspector (Channel 4)

|

Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama

| The Thick of It (BBC Four)

|

Soap and Continuing Drama

| Emmerdale (ITV)

|

Writer: Comedy

| Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong for Peep Show (Channel 4)

|

Writing: Drama

| Andrew Davies for Bleak House (BBC One)

|

2005 winners (Programme Awards 2004){{Cite web |date=2011-03-14 |title=Programme Awards Winners 2005 |url=https://rts.org.uk/award/programme-awards-winners-2005 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Royal Television Society |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2005-03-16 |title=Shameless triumphs at RTS awards |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4353059.stm |access-date=2022-03-29}}{{Cite web |author=Guardian Staff |date=2005-03-16 |title=Royal Television Society Awards: full list of winners |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/mar/16/broadcasting.bbc |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2012-04-11 |title=Royal Television Society Awards |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/royal-television-society-awards-7175150.html |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=www.standard.co.uk |language=en}}

In 2005 the event award was once again dropped to make way for a new digital channel programme award and the writing award was split into two awards; writer: comedy, and writer: drama. No RTS Gold Medal recipient is recorded for this year.

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|+Presented: 15 March 2005 – Host: Kate Thornton

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! width="40%" | Winners

! width="40%" | Nominees{{Cite news |date=2005-03-15 |title=Little Britain hoping for RTS win |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4349865.stm |access-date=2022-03-29}}

Judges' Award

|Paul Abbott

|–

Actor: Female

| Anamaria Marinca as Elena Visinescu in Sex Traffic (Channel 4)

|

Actor: Male

| Gerard McSorley as Michael Gallagher in Omagh (Channel 4)

|

Arts

| The South Bank Show: "Robert Frank" (ITV)

|

Children's Drama

| Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me (Channel 4)

|

Children's Programme

| No Girls Allowed (Shake!)

|

Comedy Performance

| Tamsin Greig as Dr. Caroline Todd in Green Wing (Channel 4)

|

Daytime Programme

| The Paul O'Grady Show (ITV)

|

Documentary Series

| The Power of Nightmares (BBC Two)

|

  • My Crazy Parents (Channel 4)
  • The Trouble with Black Men (BBC Three)
Digital Channel Programme

| Virtual History: Secret Plot to Kill Hitler (Discovery Channel)

|

  • Flashmob The Opera (BBC Three)
  • The Heart of a Lioness (Animal Planet)
Drama Serial

| Sex Traffic (Channel 4)

|

Drama Series

| Shameless (Channel 4)

|

Entertainment

| Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One)

|

Entertainment Performance

| Ant & DecAnt & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)

|

Features and Factual Entertainment

| Supernanny (Channel 4)

|

History

| The Guinea Pig Club (BBC Four)

|

  • D-Day: The Ultimate Conflict (Channel 5)
  • Virtual History: Secret Plot to Kill Hitler (Discovery Channel)
International

| The Sopranos (Channel 4)

|

Nations and Regions Presenter

| Stephen NolanNolan Live / Fair Play / The Right Move (BBC Northern Ireland)

|

Nations and Regions Programme

|My Name is Paul (BBC Northern Ireland)

|

Newcomer – Behind the Scenes

| Patrick Collerton – The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off (Channel 4)

|

Newcomer – On Screen

| Catherine Tate as various characters in The Catherine Tate Show (BBC Two)

|

Presenter

|Michael PalinHimalaya with Michael Palin (BBC One)

|

Science & Natural History

| Your Life in Their Hands (BBC One)

|

  • Horizon: "Atkins Diet" (BBC Two)
  • Secret Intersex (Channel 4)
Single Documentary

|Stealing a Nation: A Special Report by John Pilger (ITV)

|

Single Drama

| Dirty Filthy Love (ITV)

|

Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama

| Nighty Night (BBC Three)

|

Soap and Continuing Drama

| Coronation Street (ITV)

|

Writer: Comedy

| Julia Davis for Nighty Night (BBC Three)

|

Writing: Drama

| Paul Abbott for Shameless (Channel 4)

|

2004 winners (Programme Awards 2003){{Cite web |date=2006-09-24 |title=Royal Television Society - Programme |url=http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=622&from=section |access-date=2022-03-08 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924230909/http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=622&from=section |archive-date=24 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |author=Guardian Staff |date=2004-03-17 |title=RTS Programme Awards: full list of winners |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/mar/17/broadcasting |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=BBC - Press Office - RTS Programme Awards 2003 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/03_march/17/rts.shtml |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}

In 2004 the acquired award introduced the previous year was redesignated as the international award and the serials & single drama award was once again split back into two separate awards, namely the drama serial award and the single drama award. No RTS Gold Medal recipient is recorded for this year.

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Judges' Award

|Greg Dyke

|–

Actor: Female

| Kate Ashfield as Sadie MacGregor in This Little Life (BBC Two)

|

Actor: Male

| David Morrissey as Gordon Brown in The Deal (Channel 4)

|

Arts

|Operatunity (Channel 4)

|

Children's Drama

| Girls in Love (CITV)

|

Children's Programme

| UP2U (BBC)

|

Comedy Performance

| David Walliams and Matt LucasLittle Britain (BBC Three)

|

Daytime Programme

| Britain's Secret Shame (BBC One)

|

Documentary Series

| The Last Peasants (Channel 4)

|

Drama Serial

| State of Play (BBC One)

|

Drama Series

| Spooks (BBC One)

|

Entertainment

| Little Britain (BBC Three)

|

Entertainment Performance

|Jonathan RossFriday Night with Jonathan Ross (BBC One)

|

Event

| Comic Relief: "The Big Hair Do" (BBC Two)

| -

Features and Factual Entertainment

| Holiday Showdown (ITV)

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History

| Georgian Underworld: "Invitation to a Hanging" (Channel 4)

|

International Award

| 24 (BBC Two / BBC Three)

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Nations and Regions Presenter

| Gerry AndersonAnderson in... (BBC Northern Ireland)

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Nations and Regions Programme

| Christine's Children (BBC Northern Ireland)

|

Newcomer – Behind the Scenes

| Sarah GavronThis Little Life (BBC Two)

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Newcomer – On Screen

| Katie Lyon as Joanna Mosscroft in Pleasureland (Channel 4)

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Presenter - Factual

|Melvyn BraggThe Adventure of English (ITV) / The South Bank Show (ITV)

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Science & Natural History

|Motherland (BBC Two)

|

Single Documentary

| The Secret Policeman (BBC One)

|

Single Drama

| This Little Life (BBC Two)

|

Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama

| The Office: "Christmas Specials" (BBC Two)

|

Soap and Continuing Drama

| Coronation Street (ITV)

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Writing

| Paul Abbott for State of Play (BBC One)

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2003 winners (Programme Awards 2002){{Cite web |date=2006-09-24 |title=Royal Television Society - Programme |url=http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=336&from=section |access-date=2022-03-08 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924230807/http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=336&from=section |archive-date=24 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=Winners of Royal Television Society awards |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1425055/Winners-of-Royal-Television-Society-awards.html |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=19 March 2003 }}{{Cite news |date=2003-03-19 |title=Ross wins TV entertainer award |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2863161.stm |access-date=2022-03-29}}

2003 saw two completely new categories introduced in the shape of the acquired programme award and the comedy performance award. An event award was also reintroduced, similar to the live event award that had been last bestowed in 1998. The team award was retired in this year.

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RTS Gold Medal

|David Liddiment

|–

Judges' Award

|Peter Bazalgette

|–

Acquired Programme

|Six Feet Under (HBO / Channel 4)

|

  • In Memoriam (HBO)
  • My Sperm Donor Dad (BBC Four)
Actor: Female

| Julie Walters as Angela Maurer in Murder (BBC Two)

|

Actor: Male

|Christopher Eccleston as Joe Broughton in Flesh and Blood (BBC Two)

|

Arts

|The Strange World of Barry Who? (BBC Four)

|

Children's Factual

| Serious Jungle (CBBC)

|

  • RAD: The Grommets Tour (Channel 5)
  • Stuff: "Episode 2" (CITV)
Children's Fictional

|Double Act (4Learning)

|

Comedy Performance

| Ricky Gervais as David Brent in The Office (BBC Two)

|

Daytime Programme

|Today with Des and Mel (ITV)

|

Documentary Series

| The Hunt for Britain's Paedophiles (BBC Two)

|

Drama Series

| Clocking Off (BBC One)

|

Entertainment

| Pop Idol: "The Final" & "Results Show" (ITV)

|

Entertainment Performance

| Jonathan RossFriday Night with Jonathan Ross (BBC One) / They Think It's All Over (BBC One)

|

Event

| The Jubilee Weekend (BBC One)

|

Features Primetime

| Lads' Army (ITV)

|

History

| Dambusters: Revealed (Channel 5)

|

Nations and Regions Presenter

| Dewi Pws – Byd Pws (S4C)

|

Nations and Regions Programme

|Ar Y Stryd (S4C)

|

  • Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs? (BBC Northern Ireland)
  • Silence of the Lambs (Yorkshire Television)
Newcomer – Behind the Scenes

| David ModellYoung, Nazi and Proud (Channel 4)

|

Newcomer – On Screen

| Jimmy CarrYour Face or Mine? (E4)

|

Presenter

| Susannah Constantine and Trinny WoodallWhat Not to Wear (BBC Two)

|

Science & Natural History

| Superfly (BBC Four)

|

  • Death (Channel 4)
  • Weird Nature: "Marvellous Motion" (BBC One)
Serials and Single Drama

| Out of Control (BBC One)

|

Single Documentary

|House of War (Channel 4)

|

Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama

| Phoenix Nights (Channel 4)

|

Soap and Continuing Drama

| Coronation Street (ITV)

|

Writing

| Peter Bowker for Flesh and Blood (BBC Two)

|

2002 winners (Programme Awards 2001){{Cite web |date=2006-09-24 |title=Royal Television Society - Programme |url=http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=337&from=section |access-date=2022-03-09 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924230632/http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=337&from=section |archive-date=24 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite news |date=2002-03-20 |title=RTS 2002: The winners |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1883022.stm |access-date=2022-03-29}}

In 2002 three new awards were introduced; the soap and continuing drama award; the science & natural history award; and the history award. Other changes saw the children's drama and the children's entertainment categories merged to become the children's fictional award; and the drama serial award merged with the single drama award. Awards for documentary strand and regional documentary were retired.

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RTS Gold Medal

|BBC Natural History Unit

|–

Judges' Award

|Nick Elliott (ITV network head of drama)

|–

Actor: Female

| Diane Parish as Lesley Bailey in Babyfather (BBC Two)

|

Actor: Male

|David Suchet as Augustus Melmotte in The Way We Live Now (BBC One)

|

Arts

| Arena: "James Ellory's Feast of Death" (BBC Two)

|

Children's Factual

| Nick News: "WisedUp" (Nickelodeon)

|

Children's Fictional

| My Parents Are Aliens (CITV)

|

Daytime Programme

| The Weakest Link (BBC Two)

|

Documentary Series

| Living with Cancer (BBC One)

|

Drama Series

|Clocking Off (BBC One)

|

Entertainment

| Banzai (E4)

|

Entertainment Performance

| Alistair McGowanAlistair McGowan's Big Impression (BBC One)

|

Features Primetime

| Faking It (Channel 4)

|

History

| Fire, Plague, War and Treason (Channel 4)

|

  • Endgame in Ireland (BBC Two)
  • Time of Our Lives (ITV)
Nations and Regions Presenter

| Tam CowanTaxi for Cowan / Offside (BBC Scotland)

|

Nations and Regions Programme

| Tartan Shorts: "Cry for Bobo" (BBC Scotland)

|

Newcomer – Behind the Scenes

|Marc IsaacsThe Lift (Channel 4)

|

Newcomer – On Screen

| Johnny Vegas as Charlie Doyle in Happiness (BBC Two)

|

  • Holly Scourfield as Chloe in When I Was 12 (BBC Two)
  • Omid Djalili in Bloody Foreigners (Channel 4)
Presenter

| Ant & DecSMTV Live (ITV)

|

Science & Natural History

| Congo (BBC Two)

|

Serials and Single Drama

| Perfect Strangers (BBC Two)

|

Single Documentary

|Kelly and Her Sisters (ITV)

|

  • Cutting Edge: "Brian's Story" (Channel 4)
  • One Day of Terror: New York Witnesses (BBC Two)
Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama

| The Office (BBC Two)

|

Soap and Continuing Drama

| EastEnders (BBC One)

|

Team

|Kumbh Mela: The Greatest Show on Earth (Channel 4)

|

Writing

|Stephen Poliakoff for Perfect Strangers (BBC Two)

|

2001 winners (Programme Awards 2000){{Cite web |date=2006-09-24 |title=Royal Television Society - Programme |url=http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=338&from=section |access-date=2022-03-11 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924230711/http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=338&from=section |archive-date=24 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |date=2001-03-21 |title=BBC drama triumphs at RTS programme awards |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/mar/21/bbc.television |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}

No RTS Gold Medal recipient is recorded for this year.

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Judges' Award

|John Willis (MD: LWT & United Productions)

|–

Actor: Female

| Katy Murphy as Lucy Pannick in Donovan Quick (BBC Scotland)

|

Actor: Male

|Steven Mackintosh as Davey Younger in Care (BBC One)

|

Arts

| Arena: "Wisconsin Death Trip" (BBC Two)

|

Children's Drama

|My Parents Are Aliens (CITV)

|

Children's Entertainment

|SMTV Live (ITV)

|

Children's Factual

|Blue Peter (BBC One)

|

Documentary Series

|15 (Channel 4)

|

Documentary Strand

|Correspondent (BBC Two)

|

Drama Serial

|Nature Boy (BBC Two)

|

Drama Series

|Clocking Off (BBC One)

|

Entertainment

|Da Ali G Show (Channel 4)

|

Features Daytime

|Watercolour Challenge (Channel 4)

|

Features Primetime

|Big Brother (Channel 4)

|

Newcomer – Behind the Scenes

|Liza Marshall – The Sins (BBC One)

|–

Newcomer – On Screen

| Rob Brydon in Marion and Geoff (BBC Two)

|

Presenter

|Graham NortonSo Graham Norton (Channel 4)

|

Regional Documentary

| Spotlight: "Capitol Hill" (BBC Northern Ireland)

|

Regional Presenter

|Stephen Jardine (STV)

|

Regional Programme

| 'New Found Land: "I Saw You" (STV / Grampian)

|

Single Documentary

|True Stories: "100% White" (Channel 4)

|

  • News from Number 10 (BBC Two)
  • The Man Who Bought Mustique (Channel 4)
Single Drama

|Storm Damage (BBC Two)

|

  • Care (BBC One)
  • Donovan Quick (BBC Scotland)
Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama

|The Royle Family (BBC Two)

|

Team

|Big Brother (Channel 4)

|

Television Performance

|Julia DavisHuman Remains (BBC Two)

|

Writing

|Paul Abbott for Clocking Off (BBC One)

|

2000 winners (Programme Awards 1999){{Cite web |date=2006-09-24 |title=Royal Television Society - Programme |url=http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=339&from=section |access-date=2022-03-11 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924230544/http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=339&from=section |archive-date=24 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=BBC News {{!}} ENTERTAINMENT {{!}} Dame Thora's awards double |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/686583.stm |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}

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|+Presented: 21 March 2000

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RTS Gold Medal

|BSkyB

|–

Judges' Award

|Peter Symes (BBC director)

|–

Actor: Female

|Thora Hird as Annie in Lost for Words (ITV)

|

Actor: Male

|Michael Gambon as Squire Hamley in Wives and Daughters (BBC One)

|

Arts

|This is Modern Art (Channel 4)

|

Children's Drama

|See How They Run (BBC)

|

Children's Entertainment

|SMTV Live (ITV)

|

Children's Factual

|Nick News: "WisedUp" (Nickelodeon)

|

  • North Hollywood High (Channel 4)
  • Wise Up (Channel 4)
Documentary Series

|The Decision (Channel 4)

|

Documentary Strand

|Horizon (BBC Two)

|

Drama Serial

| Shooting the Past (BBC Two)

|

Drama Series

|The Cops (BBC Two)

|

Entertainment

|The League of Gentlemen (BBC Two)

|

Features Daytime

|Show Me the Money (Channel 4)

|

Features Primetime

| The 1900 House (Channel 4)

|

Newcomer – Behind the Scenes

|David WolstencroftPsychos (Channel 4)

|

Newcomer – On Screen

|Jamie Oliver presenting The Naked Chef (BBC Two)

|

  • Eric Byrne as Daniel Letts in Kid in the Corner (Channel 4)
  • Nigel Marven presenting Giants (ITV)
Presenter

|Johnny VaughanThe Big Breakfast (Channel 4)

|

Regional Documentary

|Spinners and Losers (STV)

|

Regional Presenter

|Roy NobleCommon Ground / The Shed (BBC Wales)

|

Regional Programme

|Nuts and Bolts (HTV)

|

  • Soul Music (Carlton Central)
  • Voices of a Nation (BBC Wales)
Single Documentary

|Malcolm and Barbara: A Love Story (ITV)

|

Single Drama

| Warriors (BBC One)

|

Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama

|People Like Us (BBC Two)

|

Team

|Walking with Dinosaurs (BBC One)

|

Television Performance

|Rory BremnerBremner, Bird and Fortune (Channel 4)

|

Writing

|Caroline Aherne & Craig Cash for The Royle Family (BBC Two)

|

1999 winners (Programme Awards 1998){{Cite web |date=2006-09-24 |title=Royal Television Society - Programme |url=http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=340&from=section |access-date=2022-03-11 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924230507/http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=340&from=section |archive-date=24 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}

This year saw a special recognition award for the Channel 4 comedy series Father Ted to mark Dermot Morgan's passing in February 1998. The features award was split into two categories: Daytime and Primetime, and the live event award was discontinued.

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RTS Gold Medal

|Roger Laughton

|–

Judges' Award

|Andrea Wonfor

|–

Special Recognition Award

|Father Ted

|–

Actor: Female

|Thora Hird as Violet in Talking Heads: "Waiting for the Telegram" (BBC Two)

|

Actor: Male

|Ray Winstone as Woody Williamson in Our Boy (BBC One)

|

Arts

| Close Up: "This England" (BBC Two)

|

Children's Drama

|Microsoap (CBBC)

|

Children's Entertainment

|The First Snow of Winter (BBC)

|

Children's Factual

|The Fame Game (BBC One)

|

Documentary Series

|Windrush (BBC Two)

|

  • The Clintons: A Marriage of Power (Channel 4)
  • The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (BBC Two)
Documentary Strand

|Natural World (BBC Two)

|

  • Inside Story (BBC One)
  • Return of the Ba Ba Zee (Channel 4)
Drama Serial

|The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star (Channel 4)

|

Drama Series

| Jonathan Creek (BBC One)

|

Entertainment

|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (ITV)

|

Features Daytime

|City Hospital (BBC One)

|

  • Lowri (BBC Two)
Features Primetime

|Time Team (Channel 4)

|

Newcomer – Behind the Scenes

|Damien O'DonnellThirty Five Aside (BBC Two)

|

Newcomer – On Screen

|Tony Maudsley as Stefan Kiszko in A Life for A Life (ITV)

|

Presenter

|David AttenboroughThe Life of Birds (BBC One)

|

Regional Documentary

|Put to the Test (BBC Northern Ireland)

|

Regional Presenter

|Noel Thompson (BBC Northern Ireland)

|

  • Marsali Stewart – Up For It! (BBC Scotland)
  • Vincent KaneKane / Week In Week Out Special (BBC Wales)
Regional Programme

|A Light in the Valley (BBC Wales)

|

  • Making a Difference (BBC Northern Ireland)
  • Scotland's Larder: "From Angus to Andalucia" (STV)
Single Documentary

|Modern Times: "Drinking for England" (BBC Two)

|

Single Drama

|A Rather English Marriage (BBC Two)

|

Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama

| Cold Feet (ITV)

|

Team

|Goodness Gracious Me (BBC Two)

|

Television Performance

|Rory BremnerRory Bremner, Who Else? (Chanel 4)

|

Writing

|Peter Berry for A Life for A Life (ITV)

|

1998 winners (Programme Awards 1997){{Cite web |date=2006-09-24 |title=Royal Television Society - Programme |url=http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=370&from=section |access-date=2022-03-11 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924231043/http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=370&from=section |archive-date=24 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}

In 1998 the following new awards were instituted: Documentary strand; Features; Newcomer – behind the scenes; and Newcomer – on screen.

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RTS Gold Medal

|Trevor McDonald

| -

Judges' Award

|Michael Wearing

| -

Actor: Female

|Sinéad Cusack as Charlotte Dawson in Have Your Cake and Eat It (BBC One)

|

Actor: Male

|Simon Russell Beale as Widmerpool in A Dance to the Music of Time (Channel 4)

|

Arts

|The South Bank Show: "Gilbert & George" (LWT)

|

Children's Drama

|Sunny's Ears (Carlton)

|

Children's Entertainment

|Teletubbies (BBC Two)

|

Children's Factual

| Newsround: "Bullying" (BBC One)

|

  • As Seen On TV: "Reading" (BBC Two)
  • The Lowdown: "Strictly Wimbledon" (BBC One)
Documentary Series

|Breaking Point (BBC Two)

|

Documentary Strand

|Witness (Channel 4)

|

  • Equinox (Channel 4)
  • Picture This (BBC Two)
Drama Serial

|Holding On (BBC Two)

|

Drama Series

|This Life (BBC Two)

|

Entertainment

| Harry Enfield & Chums (BBC One)

|

Features

|Back to the Floor (BBC Two)

|

Live Event

| Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales (BBC One)

|

Newcomer – Behind the Scenes

|Paul McGuiganThe Granton Star Cause (Channel 4)

|

Newcomer – On Screen

|Adam Buxton & Joe CornishThe Adam and Joe Show (Channel 4)

|

Presenter

|Jeremy ClarksonTop Gear (BBC Two)

|

Regional Documentary

|Tales from the Health Service: A Doctor's Tale (BBC Wales)

|

Regional Presenter

|Noel ThompsonHearts and Minds (BBC Northern Ireland)

|

Regional Programme

|Food For Ravens (BBC Wales)

|

  • Northern Lights: "The Freesia of Eden" (BBC Northern Ireland)
  • Tartan Shorts: "Gasman" (BBC Scotland)
Single Documentary

| True Stories: "The Grave" (Channel 4)

|

  • Dunblane: Remembering our Children (Meridian)
Single Drama

| The Granton Star Cause (Channel 4)

|

Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama

|The Vicar of Dibley (BBC One)

|

Team

|Time Team Live (Channel 4)

|

Television Performance

|Chris MorrisBrass Eye (Channel 4)

|

Writing

|Tony Marchant for Holding On (BBC Two)

|

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  • 1988: The Calendar Fashion Show (Yorkshire TV)
  • 1989: Charlie Wing (Television South)
  • 1990: First Sight: "Baby Alex" (BBC South and East)
  • 1991: Scotch and Wry (BBC Scotland)
  • 1992: The Snow Show (BBC Scotland)
  • 1993: Selected Exits (BBC Wales)
  • 1994: The Empire Laughs Back (BBC Northern Ireland)
  • 1995: Two Ceasefires and a Wedding (BBC Northern Ireland)
  • 1996: Tartan Shorts – The Star (BBC Scotland)

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  • 1975: Oh to be in Ulster (BBC Northern Ireland)
  • 1976: A Man Between Three Rivers (Anglia TV)
  • 1977: It's No Joke Living in Barnsley (Yorkshire TV)
  • 1978: Beneath the Pennines: Pippikin Pot (BBC North)
  • 1979: From the Roots came the Wrapper (BBC North West)
  • 1980: Lancaster Legend – A Pilot's Story (BBC North)
  • 1981: Valentine's Day (Tyne Tees TV)
  • 1982: Recipe for Disaster (Television South West)
  • 1983: Cavalcade: A Backstage Story (BBC South)
  • 1984: I Can Hear you Smile (STV)
  • 1985: The Dying Swan (BBC East)
  • 1986: Living with CF (BBC Midlands)
  • 1987: All Change at Evercreech Junction (BBC West)
  • 1988: Paper Kisses (BBC Leeds)

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Writer's Award

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Technique Award

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Design Award

  • 1975: Fred Pusey
  • 1976: David Myerscough-Jones (The Flying Dutchman – BBC)
  • 1977: Thames TV (Rock Follies)
  • 1978: Roy Stonehouse (Hard Times)
  • 1979: Barry Newbery (The Lost Boys)
  • 1980: Sally Hulke (Testament of Youth)
  • 1981: Andrew Drummond (Blade on a Feather)
  • 1982: Tim Harvey (The Borgias)
  • 1983: Juanita Waterson (The Barchester Chronicles)
  • 1984: Vic Symonds / Alan Pickford (The Jewel in the Crown)
  • 1985: Jan Spoczynski (A Month in the Country / Much Ado About Nothing)
  • 1986: The Design Team (The Max Headroom Show)
  • 1987: The Design Team (The Singing Detective)
  • 1988: the design award was spun off into the Craft & Design Awards

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Outstanding Achievement – Behind the camera

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RTS Gold Medal

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Outstanding Achievement – In front of camera

Judges Award

Children's Programme Award

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The Cyril Bennett Award

Popular Arts Award

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References

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