RTS Programme Awards for Phoebe Waller-Bridge & Fleabag

The Royal Television Society (RTS) has revealed the winners of the RTS Programme Awards, in partnership with Audio Network, with Tamara Lawrance of The Long Song and Stephen Graham of The Virtues among the honorees during the live-streamed event.

The winners were revealed last night by writer and comedian Paul Merton and were streamed live to nominees and viewers at home via the RTS website.

Lawrance won for actor (female) and Graham for actor (male). The breakthrough award went to Tanya Moodie for Motherland. Saoirse-Monica Jackson was recognized for her comedic performance in Derry Girls, while Ncuti Gatwa won for male comedic performance for Sex Education.

Fleabag was the top scripted comedy, and creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge won for comedy writing. Gentleman Jack was awarded for drama series, and The Left Behind was recognized in the single drama category. Casualty won for soap/continuing drama. Chernobyl‘s Craig Mazin was singled out for drama writing. The Long Song triumphed in the miniseries category.

In the entertainment genre, RuPaul’s Drag Race UK was honored as the top program. London Hughes was recognized for entertainment performance for Don’t Hate the Playaz. The British Tribe Next Door won for formatted popular factual. Mobeen Azhar was named best presenter for Hometown: A Killing.

Zog won for children’s program. The Repair Shop landed the award for daytime program. For documentary series, The Choir: Our School by the Tower won the award, while single documentary went to War in the Blood. Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain was the winner in the history category. For science and natural history, the winning program is The Parkinson’s Drug Trial: A Miracle Cure?

In the arts arena, the winner is Bros: After the Screaming Stops. Stormzy at Glastonbury 2019 was awarded for best live event.

The RTS Channel of Year is Channel 5. The Judges’ Award went to Jane Featherstone, founder and chief executive of Sister Pictures. The recipient of this honor is a producer of drama who, over the last 12 months in particular, has shown that their time has truly come.

Wayne Garvie, chair of the RTS Programme Awards, said: “We are all facing an incredibly difficult time and rightfully have made responsible changes to the format of the RTS Programme Awards. Despite this, we would like to acknowledge the incredible contribution of all our nominees to the U.K.’s television output and celebrate our deserving winners. This is my last year in the role of chair of the RTS Programme Awards and throughout my tenure, I have been proud to witness the outstanding talent in the U.K., and have been repeatedly inspired by the creativity across our industry.”