RTS Scotland Awards 2023

RTS Awards 2023 - Event Image

Awards Ceremony

Thursday, 8 June, 2023

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RTS Scotland Awards 2023

Winners

 

Congratulations to all this year's winners! 

The RTS Scotland Awards 2023 are sponsored by Screen Skills HETV FundChannel 4BBC StudiosScreen Scotland, Arteus Post ProductionKR Management and The Nerve

        

 

Please find a selection of photos from the awards from RTS Scotland HERE OR view all via Google Photos HERE
Photos by Kirsty Anderson & Shonagh Kelly

 

 

Winners

Tony Curran - Mayflies 2023

Actor (Male): Tony Curran

Title: Mayflies
Production Company: Synchronicity Films
Broadcaster: BBC
Nominees:
Stephen Purdon - River City
Alan Cumming - My Old School
Shauna Macdonald - Actor (Female) 2023

Actor (Female): Shauna Macdonald

Title: The Scotts
Production Company: The Comedy Unit
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland
Nominees:
Elaine C. Smith - Two Doors Down
Nina Sosanya - Screw
Martin Compston's Scottish Fling - Entertainment and Features 2023

Entertainment and Features: Martin Compston's Scottish Fling

Title: David Marshall, Rod Tamime, Philip Dunsmore & Cara Maclean
Production Company: Tern Television Productions
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland
Nominees:
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story - Konnie Huq, Linda Sands, Kirsten Highet & Lynn Sutcliffe
Food Unwrapped: Nordic Adventure - Production Team
Long Live My Happy Head - Documentary and Specialist: Factual 2023

Documentary and Specialist Factual: Long Live My Happy Head

Title: Austen McCowan & Will Hewitt
Production Company: Melt The Fly
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland
Nominees:
My Old School - Jono McLeod, John Archer, Olivia Lichtenstein & Berny McGurk
War and Justice, The Case of Marine A - Stephen Bennett, Alan Clements, Mick McAvoy & Chris Terrill
Triùir Aig Trì 2023

Children's: Triùir Aig Trì

Title: Patsi Mackenzie, Peter Gallagher, Stewart Svaasand, George C Geddes & Fergus MacKinnon
Production Company: Sorbier Productions
Broadcaster: BBC ALBA
Nominees:
Clò Beag Chirsty Bella - Dòmhnall Eòghainn MacFhionghain
Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest - Terri Langan, Ewan Torrance, Lesley McKeran & Mark Young
Dr Marco J Federici | Director | RICO (The Richard Demarco Story)

Director: Dr Marco J Federici

Title: Rico: The Richard Demarco Story
Production Company: MLC Productions & Federici Films
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland
Nominees:
Calum McKay - Disclosure
Robert Neill - The Ice Cream Wars
When We Were Famous – Scotland 72 - Short Form 2023

Short Form: When We Were Famous – Scotland 72

Title: Andy Maas, Jordan Laird, Chris Marshall & Katie Mallinder
Production Company: Studio Something
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland
Nominees:
Money On My Mind - Natalie Humphreys, Andrew Robertson, Hollie Smith & Kevin Walker
A-Hole - Stuart Elliott
Disclosure: The Great Ferries Scandal 2023

Current Affairs: Disclosure: The Great Ferries Scandal

Title: Mark Daly, Kevin Anderson, Calum Watson & Katie McEvinney
Production Company: BBC Scotland
Broadcaster: BBC One Scotland
Nominees:
Scotland Tonight: Who is Nicholas Rossi? - Sharon Frew, Scott Duffield, Przemek Wasilewski & Stephen Townsend
Darren McGarvey's Addictions - Harry Bell, Jack Cocker, Emma Fentiman & Sileas MacInnes
Rob Williams | Screw | Writer

Writer: Rob Williams

Title: Screw
Production Company: STV Studios
Broadcaster: Channel 4
Nominees:
Johnny McKnight - River City: 20th Anniversary Episode
Alia Ghafar - Alone
Scot Squad Comedy 2023

Comedy: Scot Squad

Title: Iain Davidson, Rab Christie & Jack Docherty
Production Company: The Comedy Unit
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland
Nominees:
Two Doors Down - Simon Carlyle, Gregor Sharp, Jacqueline Sinclair & Steven Canny
First Footing - Kathy Speirs, Margarita Veberaite, Paul Black & Josefa Celestin
The Last Stone - Post Production: Editing (Craft) 2023

Post Production: Editing (Craft): Dave Clark

Title: The Last Stone
Production Company: Tern TV
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland
Nominees:
Audrey McColligan - Three Mothers,Two Babies and A Scandal
Joe Sawyer - Mayflies
Gordon Buchanan - On-Screen Personality 2023

On-Screen Personality: Gordon Buchanan

Title: Snow Dogs into the Wild
Production Company: Hello Halo Productions & Oak Island Films
Broadcaster: BBC
Nominees:
Judith Ralston - Weather Presenter
Alannah Carson & Jamie Grandison - Style Fixers
Fight At The Fort 2023

Sport Programme: Fight At The Fort

Title: Alex Gale, David MacCormack & Noel Nelis
Production Company: Amped Pictures
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland
Nominees:
Scotland: Passion of The Play Offs - Rab Christie & Marie McDonald
The Last Stone - Harry Bell, Louise Lockwood, Dave Clark & Angela Smith
Morgan Spence - Young Journalist 2023

Young Journalist (presented in memory of George Sinclair): Morgan Spence

Production Company: BBC Scotland
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland News
Nominees:
Jax Sinclair
Donald Matheson
The Secret Genius of Modern Life - Documentary and Specialist Factual: Science and Natural History 2023

Documentary and Specialist Factual: Science and Natural History: The Secret Genius of Modern Life

Title: Paul Overton, Eileen Inkson & James Howard
Production Company: BBC Studios: Science Unit
Broadcaster: BBC
Nominees:
Davina McCall: Sex, Mind and the Menopause - Katie Lander, Kate Muir, Louise Pirie & Lesley Shields
What Killed the Whale? - Craig Hunter, Rosy Marshall-McRae, Russ Leven & Heather McCorriston
The Mystery of Anthrax Island - Documentary and Specialist Factual: History 2023

Documentary and Specialist Factual: History: The Mystery of Anthrax Island

Title: John MacLaverty, Joanna Taylor, Noel Nelis & Lucy McNae
Production Company: Indelible Telly
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland
Nominees:
Being Jewish in Scotland - Sarah Howitt, Angela Slaven, Ross Harper & Jane Rogerson
The Hunt for the World's End Killers - Matt Pinder, Paul McGinness, Michael McAvoy & Audrey McColligan
Gordon Buchanan Jack Warrender Keith Partridge - Camera (Craft) 2023

Camera (Craft): Gordon Buchanan, Jack Warrender, Keith Partridge

Title: Snow Dogs: Into the Wild
Production Company: Hello Halo Productions & Oak Island Films
Broadcaster: BBC
Nominees:
Hamish MacLeod - Dàna
Alasdair Boyce - Mayflies
BBC World Cup 2022 Title Sequence - Here We Go! 2023

Post Production: Motion Design & Animation | Individual and Small Team Award: BBC World Cup 2022 Title Sequence - Here We Go!

Title: Emma Lally, Andy Maas, Ken Clark & Andrei Staruiala
Production Company: Studio Something
Broadcaster: BBC Sport
Nominees:
The Ice Cream Wars - Jason Hillier, John Cox & Colin Maclean for Serious FX
War and Justice: The Case of Marine A - Sam Goodwin for Blazing Griffin
Reporting Scotland 2023

News: Reporting Scotland

Title: Laura Miller, Sally Magnusson, Laura Goodwin, Jackie Houston, Fraser Wilson, Jenny Rollo, Catriona Mackinnon & Jo Perry
Production Company: BBC Scotland News & Current Affairs
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland
Nominees:
STV News at Six (Central) - Andrew Browne, John MacKay, Kelly-Ann Woodland
The Nine - Gerry Gay, Martin Geissler, Laura Maciver
River City: 20 Anniversary Episode 2023

Drama: River City: 20th Anniversary Episode

Title: Martin McCardie, Deb Charles, Ryan Graham & Johnny McKnight
Production Company: BBC Studios
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland
Nominees:
Mayflies - Claire Mundell, Andrea Gibb, Brian Kaczynski & Peter Mackie Burns
Alone - Paul McFadyen, Amie Igoe, Alia Ghafar & Anna Fenton
The Travelling Auctioneers 2023

Daytime: The Travelling Auctioneers

Title: Craig Hunter, John Redshaw, Neil Dimmock & Sarah Forster
Production Company: STV Studios
Broadcaster: BBC One
Nominees:
Kirstie's Handmade Christmas - Laura McKay & Laura Knox, Christian Kehoe, Chris Hall & Kirstie Allsopp
Scam Interceptors - Rowland Stone, Sherry Knight, Nick Stapleton & Rav Wilding
Adam Wood Jamie Hartland for Serious Facilities - Sound 2023

Sound (Craft): Adam Wood & Jamie Hartland for Serious Facilities

Title: Snow Dogs - Into the Wild
Production Company: Hello Halo Productions and Oak Island Films
Broadcaster: BBC
Nominees:
Kahl Henderson, Sam Biggs & Micheal MacKinnon for Savalas - The Control Room TV
John Cobban, Heather Andrews & Zander Mavor for Blazing Griffin - Karen Pirie
World Pipe Bands Championship 2022 - Live Event 2023

Live Event: World Pipe Bands Championship 2022

Title: David Staite, Jackie Bird, Emma Bond, Lynne Morland & Donald MacInness
Production Company: BBC Scotland Productions
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland
Nominees:
TRNSMT 2022 - David Staite, Lynne Morland, Gillian McNeil & Stephanie McWhinnie
BBC Introducing Scottish Act of the Year 2022 - David Staite, Donald MacInnes, Laura Seawright & Alison Newton
SMALL - Student Television Award 2023

Student Television Award: SMALL

Title: Drama
Production Company: Jonathan Payne, Sophie MacDonald & Laura Wiggett
Broadcaster: The University of Edinburgh & STV Player
Nominees:
The Tortoise and the Square - Animation
A League of Their Own - Factual
The Dead Cat Strategy - Entertainment and Comedy Drama
Iron Sail 2023

Post Production: Motion Design & Animation | Team Award: Iron Sail

Title: Kev McCrae, Pam Nelson, Alex Rych & Nicole Anderson (Blackwood)
Production Company: Revenant
Broadcaster: Vimeo
Nominees:
Dog Squad - Helen Teeling, Marco Maldonato, Renan Bueno & Karolina Tomaszewska
Galaxy Fight Club - Trailer - Tom Bryant, Matt Cowan & Lucy Teire
Stolen: Catching the Art Thieves - Arts 2023

Documentary and Specialist Factual: Arts: Stolen: Catching the Art Thieves

Title: Lisa Hazlehurst, Stuart Elliot, Pauline Boyle & Tom Watt-Smith
Production Company: Lion Television Scotland
Broadcaster: BBC Two
Nominees:
#CancelKarenDunbar - Karen Dunbar, Anne-Claire Pilley, Natalie Humphreys & Jonathan Seal
Rico: The Richard Demarco Story - Dr Marco J Federici, Matthew Truesmith, Paul Flitcroft, Joseph Merrick, Alan Cox & Robert Mcdowell

RTS Outstanding Contribution Award: Margaret Scott

Nominees:

RTS Scotland Special Award: Alan Cumming

Nominees:

 

 

AWARD TIMINGS
17:30    Arrival for welcome reception, with drinks & canapés
19:00   Take your seat (General admission, unreserved seating)
19:20   Award Ceremony begins - and is followed by canapés & networking
00:00   Event ends 

 

SEATING
The awards operate with general admission theatre style seating, making it easy for everyone to sit with those they want to.
No table plan or numbered seating is used. 

 

DRESS CODE
Dress code is encouraged as your best glad rags as entry is via a red carpet but please feel free to dress up or down as you feel comfortable.
We never want to put anyone off attending and opted for general admission theatre style seating to make it a relaxed event as we understand there will be people from all across the industry attending - maybe even directly after leaving a job!

 

CATERING 
Food is currently organised to be served as plentiful canapés at the beginning and end of the awards. Vegetarian, vegan & dairy free options will be available. 
Should you have any allergens or dietary requirements, you will have the opportunity to note for each guest at the time of booking or you can log back in and make changes afterwards. 

 

ACCESS 
The venue is fully accessible with lift access to the upper floor where the reception will take place. There is also ramped access to the stalls where the main event will take place. 
Should you have any access requirements, please note for each guest at the time of booking or you can log back in and make changes afterwards. Should you have any queries or concerns, please email RTSScotland@rts.org.uk and we will be happy to accommodate as best as possible.

 

 

The RTS Scotland Awards 2023 are sponsored by Screen Skills HETV FundChannel 4BBC StudiosScreen Scotland, Arteus Post Production, KR Management and The Nerve