Nottingham-born Vicky McClure, who plays DI Kate Fleming in World Productions’ hit BBC One police corruption thriller Line Of Duty, was named Best Female Actor at the RTS Midlands Awards.
Coventry’s Guz Khan took home the Best Male Actor award for his performance in Tiger Aspect’s BBC Three comedy series Man Like Mobeen and the Best Writer prize, jointly with co-writer Andy Milligan. The two prizes, presented at the late-November ceremony, brought Khan’s tally to five RTS Midlands Awards in just two years.
BBC Director of Sport Barbara Slater was awarded the prestigious Baird Medal for her outstanding services to sport, in particular for championing women. The Birmingham-born executive, who represented Great Britain in gymnastics at the Montreal Olympics in 1976, celebrated a decade in the top job at BBC Sport earlier this year.
BBC One daytime drama Doctors, which will mark its 20th anniversary in 2020, was named Best drama.
ITV News Central journalist Matt Teale, who presents its evening news programme, won the award for Best On-screen Personality, while BBC Midlands’ Jonathan Gibson was named Journalist of the Year.
Birmingham-born poet Sue Brown, who presented BBC Four documentary First Black Brummies, won the Outstanding New Talent category.
Other winners on the night included Birmingham indie Gosh! Television, which picked up the Factual Entertainment award for BBC One’s Riverwalks: The Severn Valley and Optomen Television, which won the Craft Production Award for BBC Two series Great British Menu.
Television and radio presenter Trish Adudu hosted the ceremony at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, which was attended by more than 300 guests.
“This year has been an outstanding year for the Midlands in terms of TV and digital production. The breadth and diversity of the content is a true reflection of the talent and creativity of the region,” said RTS Midlands Chair Caren Davies.
“It was great to see the Midlands television industry out in force alongside many familiar faces from our TV screens. It was a truly exciting evening of celebration.”
The RTS Midlands Awards were supported by Birmingham City Council, Film Birmingham, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham City University, PLC Media, Channel 4 Nations & Regions, BBC Midlands, Reeves PR and the University of Worcester.
RTS Midlands Awards 2019 winners
Baird Medal
Barbara Slater
Drama
Doctors
BBC Studios for BBC One
Acting Performance – Male
Guz Khan: Man Like Mobeen
Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Three
Acting Performance – Female
Vicky McClure: Line of Duty
World Productions for BBC One
Writer
Guz Khan and Andy Milligan: Man Like Mobeen
Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Three
On-screen Personality
Matt Teale
ITV News Central
Outstanding New Talent
Sue Brown
Factual Entertainment/Popular Factual
River Walks: The Severn Valley
Gosh! Television for BBC One
Single Documentary/Documentary Feature
Gemma: My Murder
Hey Sonny Films for BBC Three
Specialist Factual
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
Dragonfly TV for BBC Two
News
Midlands Pub Bombings
BBC Birmingham
Journalist of the Year
Jonathan Gibson
BBC Birmingham
Current Affairs
The Pub Bombings
BBC One West Midlands
Short Form
Amazing Humans
BBC Three, Birmingham
Digital Creativity
EastEnders: The Real Stories
BBC Three, Birmingham
Promotional Content
Breck’s Last Game
Affixxius Films
Craft – Production
Perjeet Aujila: Great British Menu
Optomen Television for BBC Two
Craft – Post-production
Peshawar Zalmi
Affixxius Films
