BBC East’s The Galaxy Britain Built, which celebrated the behind-the-camera contribution of British film craft to the first Star Wars movie, was named best Factual Programme.

Three BBC East journalists won awards: Richard Westcott took the News and Current Affairs Feature award; Robby West was named best On-screen Journalist; and Jo Thewlis picked up the New Talent On Screen award. Matt Wildash took home the Post-production Craft Skills award.

ITV Anglia notched up two wins: correspondent and presenter Natalie Gray was named On-screen Personality and her colleague, journalist Victoria Leggett, won the New Talent Off Screen award.

Norwich indie Eye Film nabbed two awards – best Promotional Film and Production Craft Skills – for its film for local firm Humphries Weaving. Norfolk’s Ember Films also took home two prizes: best Digital Content for Refugium Trailer and the Short Film award for Andy Brandy Casagrande IV’s work, People Who Inspire Change.

In the student categories, Anglia Ruskin University students landed six awards, the Drama prize for Things Left Unsaid and all five of the Craft Skills prizes.

Norwich University of the Arts students took home the Comedy and Entertainment award for Age of Strange, the Factual prize for Stop at 60 and the Short Form award for Awl Along. Pine, which was made by University of Hertfordshire students, won the Animation award.

“It was such a pleasure to see the fantastic work on show from students, established broadcasters, digital innovators and independent producers across so many genres,” said RTS East Chair Nikki O’Donnell.

“We should be very proud that the East is brimming with talent and creativity and to see the creative industries thriving in our part of the world. I’m delighted that RTS East can celebrate this success.”

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RTS East Awards Winners

Factual Programme

The Galaxy Britain Built

BBC East

 

News and Current Affairs Feature 

Richard Westcott

BBC Look East (West)/BBC Inside Out 

BBC East

 

On-screen Personality 

Natalie Gray

ITV Anglia 

 

On-screen Journalist 

Robby West

BBC Look East

BBC East

 

New Talent On Screen

Jo Thewlis

Sunday Politics East

BBC East

 

New Talent Off Screen 

Victoria Leggett

ITV News Anglia

ITV Anglia

 

Production Craft Skills 

Humphries Weaving promo

Eye Film 

 

Post-production Craft Skills 

Matt Wildash

BBC East

 

Digital Content 

Refugium Trailer

Ember Films 

 

Short Film 

Andy Brandy Casagrande IV

People Who Inspire Change

Ember Films 

 

Promotional Film

Humphries Weaving

Eye Film

 

Student Animation

India Crooke, Liam Richards and Dan Farley

Pine

University of Hertfordshire

 

Student Comedy and Entertainment 

Olivia Baldwin

Age of Strange

Norwich University of the Arts

 

Student Drama 

Theo Douchand and Francesco Merlini-Fiore

Things Left Unsaid

Anglia Ruskin University

 

Student Factual

Joe Harrington

Stop at 60

Norwich University of the Arts

 

Student Short Form

Lucy Felce

Awl Along

Norwich University of the Arts

 

Student Craft Skills – Camera

George Bullen and Mehdi Iromlou

Sons of Mars

Anglia Ruskin University

 

Student Craft Skills – Editing

Andrea Bortolaso

Things Left Unsaid

Anglia Ruskin University

 

Student Craft Skills – Production Design

Alessandro Piccato, Alice Nhu Nguyen, Cao Quynh and Isis Madonna Basile

Kos

Anglia Ruskin University

 

Student Craft Skills – Sound

Celine Rivera-Boucart, Daria Hupov and Mariana Vaz

Woodley on the Run

Anglia Ruskin University

 

Student Craft Skills – Writing

Theo Douchand

Things Left Unsaid

Anglia Ruskin University