The four-part BBC One series took home four prizes: Natural History, Cinematography, Editing and Sound.

Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, The Green Planet explores the fascinating and often bizarre world of plants. It was hailed by the judges as “ground-breaking, innovative and brilliant – an important story about our world in these times of great change”.

Two programmes notched awards two years’ running. The second series of Stephen Merchant’s BBC One comedy thriller The Outlaws won in the Scripted category, repeating its triumph last year.

The judges commended the “sharp writing, fantastic performances and the seamless switch from comedy to drama”. John Butler, who helmed The Outlaws, received the Director award.

Five Mile Films series for Channel 4 The Dog House, the dog dating show in which people and dogs are matched, won the Factual Entertainment category for the second year in a row.

Frank Films’s BBC One documentary Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch, which follows deep-sea fishermen risking their lives to bring in the catch, nabbed two awards: Factual and Production Management – the latter for Megan Pinches.

Explorer and film-maker Bertie Gregory took home the On-screen Talent award for his work on Wildstar Films’s Disney+ series Epic Adventures with Bertie Gregory. Drugsland: Going Country, made by Marble Films for BBC Three, triumphed in the Documentary category.

In the news categories, Beth McLeod was awarded the Journalist prize for We Are England, and the News Story prize went to Decoy, an ITV News West Country ­documentary about a 1970s covert operation to catch the Clifton Rapist.

Katherine Kelly and Joe Sims, both of whom star in new ITVX sitcom Ruby Speaking, hosted the RTS West of England Awards.

Guests included The Outlaws actors Gamba Cole, Jessica Gunning, Clare Perkins and Rhianne Barreto, ITVX’s McDonald & Dodds star Tala Gouveia, and actor and comedian Sally Phillips. The third series of The Outlaws is filming in Bristol.

RTS West of England Chair Lynn Barlow said the awards saw “an amazing range of winners across all genres, proving the West Country’s programme-makers are at the top of their game”.

The awards, in association with Evolutions Bristol, were held at Bristol Old Vic in April.

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RTS West of England Television Awards winners

Scripted — The Outlaws — Big Talk Productions/Four Eyes Entertainment for BBC One

Natural History — The Green Planet — BBC Studios Natural History Unit, with The Open University, bilibili, ZDF German Television, France Télévisions and NHK for BBC One

Documentary — Drugsland: Going Country — Marble Films for BBC Three

Factual — Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch — Frank Films for BBC One

Factual Entertainment and Features — The Dog House — Five Mile Films for Channel 4

On-screen Talent — Bertie Gregory, Epic Adventures with Bertie Gregory — Wildstar Films for Disney+

Flying Futures — Abdimalik Abdullahi, Drummer TV

News or Current Affairs Story — Decoy, ITV News West Country — ITV

News or Current Affairs Journalist — Beth McLeod, We Are England — BBC Bristol for BBC One

Animation — Sesame Street: The Nutcracker Starring Elmo and Tango — Sesame Workshop and A Productions for HBO Max

Children’s — The Last Bus — Wildseed Studios for Netflix

Short Film — After the After Party — Calling the Shots

Director — John Butler, The Outlaws — Big Talk Productions/Four Eyes Entertainment for BBC One

Composer — Jim Cornick and Matt Loveridge, Rendezvous with the Future — BBC Science for Bilibili

Cinematography — Cinematography Team, The Green Planet — BBC Studios Natural History Unit, with The Open University, bilibili, ZDF German Television, France Télévisions and NHK for BBC One

Editing — Editing Team, The Green Planet — BBC Studios Natural History Unit, with The Open University, bilibili, ZDF German Television, France Télévisions and NHK for BBC One

Grading — Simon Bland, Dynasties II — Films at 59 for BBC Studios Natural History Unit

Sound — Sound Team, The Green Planet — BBC Studios Natural History Unit, with The Open University, bilibili, ZDF German Television, France Télévisions and NHK for BBC One

Production Management — Megan Pinches, Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch — Frank Films for BBC One

VFX and Digital Creativity — Lindsay McFarlane, Elliot Newman, Fay Hancocks and Andrew R Jones, Prehistoric Planet — BBC Studios Natural History Unit for Apple TV+