Congratulations to the winners of this year's Midlands Centre Royal Television Society Awards which were presented at a black tie dinner on 12 November 2015.
The RTS Midlands Centre welcomed 420 guests to celebrate the work of creative people across the region to its annual awards ceremony at the National Motorcycle Museum outside Birmingham in November.
RTS Chief Executive Theresa Wise presented the Baird Medal to Worcestershire-born actor Mark Williams who also won the best male actor category for his performance in BBC One’s Father Brown. Williams other memorable characters include Arthur Weasley from the Harry Potter films and everyone’s favourite tailor from The Fast Show.
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Father Brown, a BBC Drama Production, scooped the best fictional programme category. The best female actor award went to Elisabeth Dermot Walsh for BBC One’s medical soap, Doctors, which is made by BBC Drama.
BBC Birmingham’s Jonathan Gibson was named TV journalist of the year, while best news programme was The Reburial of Richard III from BBC East Midlands. North One Television’s Travel Man: 48 Hours in Marrakech won the best factual category and BBC Birmingham’s Inside Out: Extremism took the current affairs award.
The award were hosted by ITV News Central presenter Sameena Ali-Khan who was named best on-screen personality, a secret kept from her on the night by the event’s production team.
Williams joined BBC Head of Daytime Drama Will Trotter to present the student awards, which attracted a record number of entries. They praised the entrants and encouraged them to make their mark in the television industry.
The student categories were won by Jan Julian Rospond from Birmingham City University (The Curse of the Ware-Rat, animation); Nathan Riley, Carla Bithell and Dave Morgan, Staffordshire University (Wardrobe Wars, comedy and entertainment); Meera Darji, Coventry University (Transindia, factual); and Josh Ormerod, Jordan Daynes, Patrick Brown and Romey Watters, University of Derby (Mould, drama).
The Midlands awards enjoyed support from BBC Birmingham, BBC East Midlands, BBC Drama Production and ITV Central and Central East, as well as an increased number of independents from the region.
Best Promotional Programme
Orion Productions Warwick School, Guy Nelson Hall
Best Fictional Programme
Father Brown Series 3 Episode 1 'The Man in the Shadows'
BBC Drama Production
Best Production Craft Skills
Second Home Studios, Iceni, BCU
Bechtel 'The Engineering Machine'
Best Acting Female
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh
BBC Drama Production
Best Acting Male
Mark Williams
BBC Drama Production
Best New Talent
Jordan McGibney
McGibney Productions
Student Animation
The Curse of the Ware-Rat
Jan Julian Rospond, Birmingham City University
Student Comedy & Entertainment
Wardrobe Wars
Nathan Riley, Carla Bithell, Dave Morgan, Staffordshire University
Student Factual
Transindia
Meera Darji, Coventry University
Student Drama
Mould
Josh Ormerod, Jordan Daynes, Patrick Brown, Romey Watters, University of Derby
Best On Screen Personality
Sameena Ali Khan
ITV News Central
The Diversity Award
Battle Lines
104 Films
TV Journalist of the Year
Jonathan Gibson
BBC Birmingham
Best Digital Innovation
Reverse the Odds for Stand Up to Cancer
Maverick Television
Best News Programme
The Reburial of Richard III
BBC East Midlands
Best Factual Programme
Travel Man: 48 Hours in Marrakech
North One Television
Best Current Affairs Feature
Inside Out - Extremism
BBC Birmingham
The Baird Medal
Mark Williams