Cambridge, England – The East of England's huge range of talent across the TV and film industry was celebrated at an awards ceremony in Cambridge last night (Monday 30 June), as the Royal Television Society (RTS) East announced the winners of its prestigious 2025 Programme Awards. 

Presented by BBC Look East presenter and reporter Mousumi Bakshi, along with RTS East’s Committee Member and Head Judge Tom Porter, last evening’s ceremony welcomed over 100 industry professionals from the region and awarded 15 trophies. 

The Jury: Murder Trial led the way with two genre wins during the evening for Factual – Specialist and Features and Entertainment - the newest category addition for 2025. Ninja Theory also secured two craft wins for their video game Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, for Sound and VFX, SFX and Games. 

Judges in the news categories also highly praised the standard of entries this year, with ITV winning three out of the four awards on offer – scooping wins in News Journalist of the Year with Rob Setchell, News Story of the Year with Speechless, and News Emerging Talent with Lucy Benneworth. 

BBC also secured two wins during the evening, with Jamie Niblock receiving the award for News Craft Talent, and Matt Wildash and Ed Barlow winning Promotional Film. 

Norwich-based production company Trett Films won the coveted Scripted – Single or Series award for their short film Dial whilst Operation Hope took the Factual – Documentary trophy. 

Cut The Mustard Animation returned this year, and this time received the Short Form Digital award for their animated shorts Beach Hut Six 2024 Reels Collection. 

For the Craft awards, first-time nominees Howard Berry took home the Editor award for Her Name Was Moviola, James Swift won in Sound for season 8 of Grantchester, and the Director award went to both Tom Green and Tommy Forbes for Me and the Voice in My Head. 

The full list of winners can be found below and at www.rts.org.uk/region/east 

Dinah Lord, Chair of RTS East: "We’re tremendously excited to announce the winners for this year’s RTS East Programme Awards. We had a record number of entries and once again expanded our categories, and are thrilled that we had the chance to showcase the huge range of talent and creativity working in TV and film across the region. From news and factual, to scripted and entertainment, The East boasts a wealth of creativity which we were delighted to celebrate last night.” 

The RTS is an educational charity promoting the art and science of television. It organises informative and entertaining events, fostering connections with professionals across the industry and those hoping to break into television. The RTS East Awards 2025 were proudly sponsored by headline sponsors Essex Film Office and Hertfordshire Film Office, along with category sponsors Anglia Ruskin University, Spotlight, Essex Film Office, Tysers Live and MediaTracks. 

RTS EAST PROGRAMME AWARDS 2025 – WINNERS 

 

News Journalist of the Year 

News Story of the Year 

News Craft Talent 

News Emerging Talent 

Scripted - Single or Series – Sponsored by Spotlight 

Factual – Documentary – Sponsored by MediaTracks 

Factual – Specialist 

Short Form Digital – Sponsored by ARU 

Promotional Film 

Features and Entertainment - Sponsored by Tysers Live 

Craft – Cinematography 

Craft - Director - Sponsored by Essex Film Office 

Craft – Editor 

Craft – Sound 

Craft - VFX, SFX, and Games