RTS Programme Awards 2025

The RTS Programme Awards are one of the gold standard awards in our industry and are an important showcase of the extraordinary talent evident across all genres in British television.

The awards ceremony will take place on Tuesday 25 March 2025 at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House, London.

Across the 29 competitive categories, the RTS Programme Awards recognise programmes and performances that have significantly contributed to the evolving television industry and UK audiences. In particular, the juries look to identify and celebrate content which is high quality, offers originality, contributes to the development of new genres, shows impact on audiences, and showcases technical and production excellence. The closing date for submissions is Friday 6 December 2024 and nominations will be announced in early March.

For 2025, the Single Drama and Limited Series categories have been combined into a single category, including self-contained drama series with a closed-ended story arc as well as Single Dramas.

Kenton Allen, Chair of the RTS Programme Awards, said: ““The RTS Programme Awards are always bursting with talent and showcases the boundary-pushing, outstanding content and incredible innovation in all areas of story-telling, that continuously captivates viewers around the world. We are phenomenally excited to celebrate the best of UK television with support from industry leaders Cast & Crew. It has been an incredible year for our industry thus far, despite the various challenges we all face, and we look forward to the huge variety of entries and celebrating their achievements at next year’s ceremony.”

Entries are now accepted blow, and all programmes and performances should have been aired, whether by broadcast or online streaming, between 1st January 2024 and 31st December 2024. In line with all RTS awards, the society stresses the need for all organisations to show awareness when selecting entries and recognise diversity in the industry and broader community.

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About the sponsor

For over 40 years, Cast & Crew has been a leading provider of products and services to the entertainment industry with a focus on payroll and best-in-class accounting solutions. Decades of unparalleled service have earned us the trust of studios and production companies ranging from the largest global organisations to smaller independents. We help unlock creativity and ingenuity at every step of the production process, because innovation and inspiration aren’t just important in the spotlight. At Cast & Crew, we bring a people-first mentality to everything we do, whether we’re designing specialized tools, providing expertise, or building supportive relationships.

Sargent-Disc, Cast & Crew’s UK company, has been a Patron of the RTS for 8 years and is delighted to further the relationship in this way. Founded in 1986, Sargent-Disc is the UK entertainment industry’s leading supplier of integrated payroll, accounting (PSL+) and cloud-based workflow solutions, that help to streamline your production software services. The Digital Production Office® suite of applications helps production and accounts teams work more efficiently and securely wherever they are based, whilst also reducing the carbon footprint of productions.

Cast & Crew’s other international companies include Final Draft - the choice of professional screenwriters and filmmakers around the world; Backstage - providing content creators with the tools to staff their projects and produce quality content at scale, and Mandy -  suppliers of industry-leading tools which enable creative professionals to connect and find jobs across all sectors of Film, TV, Theatre and Commercial Production.