The BBC region triumphed in the Factual category with its documentary, White Van Gogh Man, about Norfolk artist Ruddy Mudd, who uses mud to create paintings on the side of his van and has raised thousands of pounds for local charities. BBC Look East health correspondent Nikki Fox was named best On-screen Journalist.
 
ITV Anglia presenter Kate Prout won the On-screen Personality prize and her colleague, journalist Rob Setchell, took home the News and Current Affairs Feature award for his report, “The Big Online Gamble”.
 
Norwich-based Epic Studios Broadcast also took home two awards: Lilium was named best Promotional Film and World of Sport Live Tour Promo won the Digital Content award.
 
Video production agency Forward won the Craft Skills award for its short film about Norfolk artist Nial Adams. SubMotion Productions took home the Short Film prize for its documentary following eight young people with severe autism as they travel to Abbey Road Studios to record their own song, Let Me Shine.
 
The ceremony was hosted by Becky Jago, the co-presenter of ITV News Anglia and Stewart White, who presents regional BBC news programme Look East, at the Assembly House in Norwich.
 
“It has been a great year for the creative industries in the East, and we are extremely proud of the quality of content and talent coming out of the region,” said RTS East Chair Tony Campbell.
 
“The standard of submissions was very high this year and it was fantastic to come together to celebrate everyone’s achievements – congratulations to all the winners.”
 
In the student categories, Norwich University of the Arts and Anglia Ruskin University each won two of the main awards. The former took home the Animation and Comedy and Entertainment prizes, while Anglia Ruskin scooped the Drama and Factual awards.
 
RTS East Television Awards winners
 
Factual Programme
Our Lives: White Van Gogh Man
BBC East for BBC One
 
On-screen Journalist
Nikki Fox
BBC Look East
 
On-screen Personality
Kate Prout
ITV Anglia
 
News and Current Affairs Feature
Rob Setchell, “The Big Online Gamble”
ITV Anglia
 
Short Film
Priors Court/Let Me Shine
SubMotion Productions
 
Promotional Film
Lillium
Epic Studios Broadcast
 
Digital Content
World of Sport Live Tour Promo
Epic Studios Broadcast
 
Craft Skills
Nial Adams
Forward
 
Student – Animation
Cat Fight
Elizabeth Fijalkowski, Ruth Bennett, Jay Ainsley, Harriette Daniels and Zoe Walker, Norwich University of the Arts
 
Student – Comedy and Entertainment
Spotters
Oliver Willcox, Andrius Zukas, Adam Martin and David Cisay Rule, Norwich University of the Arts
 
Student – Drama
On the Ropes
Jake Mounteney, Mariana Vaz, Margarita Velentza, Joshua Panes, Charlie Fairclough, Freya Blake and Ofelia Mura, Anglia Ruskin University
 
Student – Factual
Tertiary Sound
Solomia Dzhurovska, Luca Struijk, Cristi-Valeria Tomsa and Jared Guy, Anglia Ruskin University
 
Student – Craft Skills: Camerawork
On the Ropes
Margarita Velentza, Anglia Ruskin University
 
Student – Craft Skills – Editing
The Incomplete Guide to Everything
Toby Pope, University of Bedfordshire
 
Student – Craft Skills – Production Design
Spotters
Adam Martin, Norwich University of the Arts

Student – Craft Skills – Sound
Tertiary Sound
Jared Guy, Anglia Ruskin University
 
Student – Craft Skills – Writing
Through These Eyes
Andrew Prosser, Norwich City College