RTS Midlands Awards 2018

Awards Ceremony

Tuesday, 20 November, 2018

RTS Midlands is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Awards

The awards were presented at a glamourous red carpet event on Tuesday 20th November at Birmingham Town Hall, one of the city’s most iconic buildings. 

The awards celebrate the television and broadcasting industry across the region and saw the Midlands television industry out in force alongside a host of stars gracing the red carpet. 

 

 

Winners

Acting Performance - Female: Laura Rollins -

Title: Doctors
Production Company: BBC Studios
Nominees:
Deepti Naval - The Boy with the Topknot
Dúaa Karim - Man Like Mobeen
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh - Doctors
Jo Joyner - Shakespeare & Hathaway:Private Investigators

Acting Performance - Male: Guz Khan

Title: Man Like Mobeen
Production Company: Cave Bear and Tiger Aspect Productions
Nominees:
Sacha Dhawan - The Boy with the Topknot
Chris Walker - Doctors

Children’s

Title: Jamie Johnson Series 3
Production Company: Short Form Film
Nominees:
- Do You Know?
My Daddy's Stinky Dancing Pants
Nico Nog / Chico Chugg (series 2)
Twirlywoos - More About Cleaning

Craft – Post Production

Title: Rugby School
Production Company: Affixxius Films
Nominees:
Paul Farrer
- The Ashes Promo
ITV Graphics Hub
Adam Humphries - Travel Man: 48 hours in... Hong Kong

Craft – Production

Title: All is Not Lost
Production Company: Affixxius Films
Nominees:
- Steve Baker
- Commonwealth Games Handover Ceremony 2018
- Man Like Mobeen
Chris Richards and Nicola Silk - Travel Man: 48 hours in...Valencia

Current Affairs Programme of the Year

Title: BBC Inside Out East Midlands : “Boots: Pharmacists under pressure?”
Production Company: BBC
Nominees:
- The Butcher's Surgeon: A Scandal Uncovered
Inside Out West Midlands
- Ey Up Notts
- BBC Inside Out East Midlands

Digital Creativity

Title: Digital Creativity
Production Company: ITV News Central
Nominees:
Chris Waring
Post Match Extra

Factual Entertainment/Popular Factual series

Title: Travel Man: 48 hours in... Hong Kong
Production Company: North One Television
Nominees:
- Back To The Land with Kate Humble
- Speed with Guy Martin F1 Challenge
- The Gadget Show Wild Challenge Special
- RamsTV Meets

Journalist of the Year: Balvinder Sidhu

Production Company: ITV News Central
Nominees:
Stacey Foster
Jonathan Gibson
Navtej Johal
Victoria Hicks

News Programme of the Year

Title: Glenfield children's heart unit reprieve
Production Company: ITV News Central
Nominees:
Leicester shop explosion
Cyrille Regis memorial service
- BBC East Midlands Today
Cyrille Regis Funeral OB
- Sports Week

On Screen Personality: Mark Williams for Civilisations Stories

Production Company: Zebra Digital
Nominees:
Jonathan Gibson
Des Coleman
Sameena Ali-Khan
Natalie Jackson

Outstanding New Talent: Guz Khan

Title: Man Like Mobeen
Production Company: Cave Bear and Tiger Aspect Productions
Nominees:
Awo Tarabi
Nisha Chopra - Inside Out, BBC East Midlands
Richie Anderson
Natalie Cutler

Short Form

Title: Richie Anderson's Coming Out
Production Company: BBC Studios
Nominees:
- There Was A Boy
All is Not Lost
Warning Signs
Rise

Single Documentary/Documentary Feature

Title: How the NHS changed our world - The Birmingham Children's Hospital
Production Company: BBC Birmingham
Nominees:
- Guy Martin’s World War 1 Tank
BBC Inside Out East Midlands : “Boots: Pharmacists under pressure?”
- Married To The Game
- Prisons Uncovered: Out of Control?

Single Television Drama or Drama Series

Title: The Boy with the Topknot.
Production Company: Kudos in association with Parti Productions.
Nominees:
Father Brown
- Doctors
- Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

Specialist Factual Content/Series/Programme

Title: Hospital
Production Company: Label1 Television
Nominees:
- Civilisations Stories: Innovation and Inspiration in Birmingham
- Fighting For Air
Civilisations Stories The Art of Mining
- Guy Martin vs the Robot Car

Writer: Guz Khan & Andy Milligan

Title: Man Like Mobeen
Production Company: Cave Bear and Tiger Aspect Productions
Nominees:
Claire Bennett - Doctors : 'Rumspringa'
Jude Tindall and Paul Matthew Thompson - Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators
Kit Lambert - Father Brown: The Two Deaths of Hercule Flambeau
Neil Forsyth - Eric, Ernie and Me