Russell T Davies was honoured with the Judges prize at the RTS North West Awards in late November. The screenwriter accepted the award from Russell Tovey, who starred in his chilling dystopian drama Years and Years.
The BBC One series, made by the Red Production Company, bagged three awards at the ceremony, which was held at the Hilton Deansgate in Manchester. Years and Years was named Best Drama, while the acting gongs went to Rory Kinnear and Jessica Hynes.
Granada Reports also picked up three awards on the night. The ITV News programme won the Best Regional News Programme award for its investigation into the North West’s high suicide rate and the prize for Best Digital Content. Sports correspondent Chris Hall was named Best Regional News Journalist.
Timewasters – Big Talk Productions’ ITV2 sitcom about a group of South London time travellers – went home with two awards: Best Comedy Programme and Best Performance in a Comedy for one of its starts, Samson Kayo.
Dragonfly’s BBC One series, Ambulance, was another double winner, scooping the prizes for Best Factual Series and the Production – Craft award.
Coronation Street actor Rob Mallard, who plays Ken Barlow’s son Daniel, won the award for Best Performance in a Continuing Drama, while the ITV Studios soap also took the prize for Best Continuing Drama Storyline for the heartbreaking death of Sinead – Daniel’s wife in the programme – from cancer.
The North West Awards were hosted by former Coronation Street star Sally Lindsay, who was assisted by Hollyoaks actor Ruby O'Donnell.
“Over the last year there’s been a huge amount of growth in the North West’s TV sector and we’re extremely proud of the breadth, quality and creativity of content coming out of the region,” said RTS North West Chair Cat Lewis.
“It was fantastic to celebrate the achievements of our local industry and the talented individuals within it.”
All photography by Andrew F Photography
RTS North West Awards winners
Judges Award
Russell T Davies
Single Drama or Series
Years and Years
Red Production Company for BBC One
Performance in a Single Drama or Series – Male
Rory Kinnear
Years and Years
Red Production Company for BBC One
Performance in a Single Drama or Series – Female
Jessica Hynes
Years and Years
Red Production Company for BBC One
Scriptwriter
Nick Leather
Mother’s Day
BBC Studios for BBC Two
Performance in a Continuing Drama
Rob Mallard
Coronation Street
ITV Studios for ITV
Continuing Drama Storyline
Coronation Street: Sinead’s Cancer
ITV Studios for ITV
Comedy Programme
Timewasters
Big Talk Productions for ITV2
Performance in a Comedy
Samson Kayo
Timewasters
Big Talk Productions for ITV 2
Entertainment Programme
Sam and Mark’s Big Friday Wind Up
BBC Children’s for CBBC
Factual Entertainment Programme
Teen Mom UK
True North Productions for MTV
Factual Series
Ambulance
Dragonfly for BBC One
Single Documentary
Farther and Sun: A Dyslexic Road Trip
Platform Productions for BBC Four
Regional News Journalist
Chris Hall
ITV News Granada Reports for ITV
Regional News Programme
Granada Reports: Suicide Investigation
ITV News Granada Reports for ITV
Regional Story
BBC North West Tonight: The Church that Changed: Lizzie’s Legacy
BBC North West Tonight for BBC One
Current Affairs
Life After My Brother’s Murder
Blakeway North for BBC Three
Daytime Series
Moving On
LA Productions for BBC One
Sports Programme
The Kennedy Who Changed the World
BBC Sport for BBC Two
Breakthrough Talent
Callum Booth-Ford
Butterfly
Red Production Company/Aenon for ITV
Children’s – Pre-school
YolanDa’s Band Jam
BBC Children’s for CBeebies
Children’s – School Age
My Life: Blood Sugar Brothers
Nine Lives Media for CBBC
Animation/Puppetry
Clangers
Factory Create/Coolabi for CBeebies
Digital Content
Granada Reports
ITV News Granada Reports for ITV
Production – Craft
Ambulance
Dragonfly for BBC One
Post-production – Craft
The ABC Murders
Mark Briscoe (audio)
Farm Manchester for BBC One
