Never Die scored a hat-trick, also winning the Factual Short-form and Craft Skills: Camera awards. Sir Lenny Henry said of the winners and his pick: “What a glorious plethora of talent, some lovely heartfelt and careful work. I was really moved by Never Die. You guys are incredibly talented and should keep going.”

A team of Staffordshire University students took home the Drama award for Night Light, while Leo Wright picked up two Craft Skills prizes, Production Design and Writing, for No Man’s Land.

Nottingham Trent University students took three prizes: Animation for You Are Not Made of Flesh; Entertainment and Comedy Drama for Will Smith’s Wicked Band; and the Craft Sound award for Robyn Hargreaves with Voices.

The University of Worcester’s Levi Lajtai won the Craft Editing award for Scratch.

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RTS Midlands Student Television Awards winners

Animation - You Are Not Made of Flesh - Harry Lenton and Jack Steel, Nottingham Trent University

Drama - Night Light - Oscar Bell, Thomas Ellison and Madeleine Reddy, Staffordshire University

Entertainment and Comedy Drama - Will Smith's Wicked Band - Tom Harper, Josh Fenner, Sam Greenhill and Jacek Ubych, Nottingham Trent University

Factual: Short-form - Never Die - Darcy Wootton-Davies, Callum Martin and Thomas Ellison, Staffordshire University

Craft Skills: Camera - Never Die - Darcy Wootton-Davies, Callum Martin and Thomas Ellison, Staffordshire University

Craft Skills: Editing - Scratch - Levi Lajtai, University of Worcester

Craft Skills: Production Design - No Man's Land - Leo Wright, Staffordshire University

Craft Skils: Sound - Voices - Robyn Hargreaves, Nottingham Trent University

Craft Skills: Writing - No Man's Land - Leo Wright, Staffordshire University