RTS Scotland Awards 2025

Awards Ceremony

Friday, 6 June, 2025

RTS Scotland Awards 2025

 

Congratulations to year's RTS Scotland Award Winners!

The RTS Scotland Awards 2025 winners were announced on Friday 06 June at The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow. 

 

The RTS Scotland Awards 2025 were sponsored by 
Screen Skills HETV FundScreen ScotlandChannel 4BBC StudiosworksBlazing GriffinNo Drama and The Nerve

      

 

Winners

Ashley Jensen

Actor - Female: Ashley Jensen

Title: Shetland
Production Company: Silverprint Pictures
Broadcaster: BBC
Nominees:
Hannah Jarrett-Scott - Float
Karen Gillan - Douglas is Cancelled
Peter Capaldi

Actor – Male: Peter Capaldi

Title: Criminal Record
Production Company: Tod Productions and STV Studios in association with Apple TV+
Broadcaster: Apple TV+
Nominees:
Richard Rankin - Rebus
Brian Ferguson - Rebus
My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan

Camera (Craft): Jack Warrender, Jim Incledon & Gordon Buchanan

Title: My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan
Production Company: Hello Halo Productions
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland & BBC 2
Nominees:
David Liddell - Shetland
Hamish Macleod - Dàna (Series 4)
The Primrose Railway Children

Children's: The Primrose Railway Children

Title: John McKay, Alison Davis, Tom Bidwell & Julian Kemp
Production Company: BBC Studios Kids & Family
Broadcaster: BBC One
Nominees:
Tiny Wonders - Hamish Allison, Dan Short & Chris Marks
Dà Sgadan - Parker Dawes, Lana Pheutan, Carolynne Sinclair Kidd & Mhairi Valentine
Dinosaur

Comedy: Dinosaur

Title: Ashley Storrie, Matilda Curtis, Niamh McKeown, Brian Coffey & Sarah Hammond
Production Company: Two Brothers Pictures
Broadcaster: BBC & Hulu
Nominees:
Only Child - Bryce Hart, Ursula Haworth, Al Campbell & Neil Webster
Stevens & McCarthy - Gayle Telfer Stevens, Louise McCarthy, Marie McDonald & Meg Campbell
Catching A Killer: The Murder of Emma Caldwell (Disclosure)

Current Affairs: Catching A Killer: The Murder of Emma Caldwell (Disclosure)

Title: Samantha Poling, Anton Ferrie, Eamon T O'Connor & Shelley Jofre
Production Company: BBC Scotland News
Broadcaster: BBC One
Nominees:
Coca-Cola's Dirty Secret: Dispatches - Nicole Kleeman, Ellie Flynn,. Alice Rowsome & Eilidh Hart
Slavery at Sea - Chris Clements, Rachel Coburn, Anton Ferrie & Calum McKay
Scam Interceptors

Daytime & Features: Scam Interceptors

Title: Scam Interceptors Production Team
Production Company: BBC Studios
Broadcaster: BBC
Nominees:
Scotland's Home of the Year - Pauline Law, Anna Campbell-Jones, Banjo Beale Danny Campbell
Jules & Greg's Wild Swim - Tony Kearney, Jim Webster, Julie Wilson Nimmo & Greg Hemphill
The Kingdom (Episode 1)

Director: Non-Scripted: Colin Murray

Title: The Kingdom: The World's Most Powerful Prince
Production Company: Rogan Productions
Broadcaster: BBC Two
Nominees:
Jack Warrender - My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan
Jack Cocker - From Roger Moore With Love
Rebus

Director: Scripted: Niall MacCormick

Title: Rebus
Production Company: Eleventh Hour Films
Broadcaster: BBC
Nominees:
Ruth Paxton - Shetland
Niamh McKeown - Dinosaur
Janey

Documentary: Janey

Title: Janey Godley, John Archer, Clara Glynn, James Alcock, Laura Kingwell, Ashley Storrie & Shirley Doig
Production Company: Hopscotch Films
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland
Nominees:
Darren McGarvey: The State We're In - Harry Bell, Emma Fentiman, Jack Cocker, Richard Poet & Darren McGarvey
Lucy Letby: The New Evidence - Lotte Murphy Johnson, Jennifer Gilroy, Elspeth O'Hare & Julie Watson
Rebus

Drama: Rebus

Title: Paula Cuddy, Jill Green, Gregory Burke & Niall MacCormick
Production Company: Eleventh Hour Films
Broadcaster: BBC
Nominees:
Shetland - Paul Logue, Denise Paul, Louise V Say & Kate Bartlett
Float - Arabella Page Croft, Stef Smith, Nicole Fitzpatrick & Bjorn Hanson
Rikki

Entertainment: Rikki

Title: Jack Archer, John Archer & James Alcock
Production Company: Hopscotch Films
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland
Nominees:
The Agency: Unfiltered - Laura Capaldi, Mark Downie, Connie Sneddon & Fraser McArthur
Cèilidh na Bliadhn’ Ùire - Iain Macleod & Donald MacInnes
Up Late with Nicola Benedetti

Live Event: Up Late with Nicola Benedetti

Title: Pauline Law,. Andrew Lockyer, Donald MacInnes & Clyde Wallbanks
Production Company: IWC Media
Broadcaster: Sky Arts
Nominees:
Burns Night 2024 - David Staite, Gillian McNeil, Emma Bond & Donald MacInnes
Julie Fowlis | Kelvingrove - Alasdair MacCuish & Iain Macleod
Sky News (Scotland Bureau)

News: Sky News (Scotland Bureau)

Title: Connor Gillies, Ronnie Dewhurst, Douglas Macleod & Francesca Infante
Production Company: Sky News
Nominees:
STV News at Six (Central) - Andrew Browne, Keith Samuel, Kelly-Ann Woodland & Gordon Chree
Reporting Scotland - Laura Miller, Sally Magnusson, Jackie Houston & Mike Farrell
Michelle McManus

On-Screen Personality: Michelle McManus

Title: BBC Scotland Productions
Production Company: BBC Scotland
Nominees:
Gordon Buchanan - Hello Halo Productions
Pàdruig MacCuidhein - Storyboard Studios
All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train

Original Music Score: James Gray

Title: All Aboard! Scotland's Poshest Train
Production Company: 14th Floor Productions
Broadcaster: Channel 4
Nominees:
John Lunn - Shetland
Benjamin McMillan - The Emerald Isles
My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan

Post Production: Editing (Craft): Simon Hamilton

Title: My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan
Production Company: Hello Halo
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland & BBC Two
Nominees:
James Alcock - Lena Zavaroni: The Forgotten Child Star
Noel Nelis - From Roger Moore with Love
Synthetic Pleasures

Post Production: Motion Design & Animation: Synthetic Pleasures

Title: Stuart Langfield, Kev McCrae, Debbie Ferguson, Kieran Smyth & Pamela Nelson
Production Company: Revenant & Stuart Langfield
Broadcaster: OFFF Barcelona
Nominees:
The Legend of Luna - Eyebolls & BRC Imagination Arts
Apollo 13: Survival - Kev McCrae, Debbie Ferguson & Justin Claus Harder
Synthetic Pleasures

Short Form: Synthetic Pleasures

Title: Stuart Langfield, Kev McCrae, Debbie Ferguson, Kieran Smyth & Pamela Nelson
Production Company: Revenant & Stuart Langfield
Broadcaster: OFFF Barcelona
Nominees:
I Change Shapes: Lauren Mayberry - Lori Duncan Allan, Hannah Currie, Thomas Hogben, Susie Sandilands & Alex Oliver
The Dead Don’t Care - Stephen Buchanan, Niamh McKeown, Ewan Denny & Ryan Meloy
My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan

Sound (Craft): Jack Creith & Tom Forbes

Title: My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan
Production Company: Serious Facilities for Hello Halo
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland & BBC Two
Nominees:
Adam Wood, Jamie Hartland & Ben Gruber - Float
John Cobban & Zander Mavor - The Tattooist of Auschwitz
In My Own Words: Jackie Kay

Specialist Factual: In My Own Words: Jackie Kay

Title: Louise Lockwood, Lindsey Hanlon, Daniel Taylor & Tanya Hudson
Production Company: BBC Studios
Broadcaster: BBC
Nominees:
Lena Zavaroni: The Forgotten Child Star - Anne-Claire Pilley, James Alcock, John Archer & Dee Edmonds
From Roger Moore With Love - Jack Cocker, Janet Lee, Karen Steyn & Noel Nelis
Celtic 3-2 St Mirren - Celtic's Trophy Day

Sport: Celtic 3-2 St Mirren - Celtic's Trophy Day

Title: Martin Keegan & David Carton
Production Company: Sky Sports Scotland
Broadcaster: Sky Sports
Nominees:
Icons of Football, Series Two: Jen Beattie - Martin Conaghan, Ewan Torrance, Claire Kelly & Laura McCance
A View from the Terrace - Ian Greenhill, Jordan Laird, Andy Maas & Laura Jaimeson
Rebus

Writer: Gregory Burke

Title: Rebus
Production Company: Eleventh Hour Films
Broadcaster: BBC Scotland
Nominees:
Bryce Hart - Only Child
Ashley Storrie & Matilda Curtis - Dinosaur
Selena Jackson

Young Journalist: Selena Jackson

Title: STV
Production Company: STV
Nominees:
Holly Jennings - BBC News
Rachel Coburn - Disclosure

RTS Scotland Student Television Award: Saving the Planet

Title: On the Red List
Production Company: Mathilde van Ooijen, Andrea Costa, Carla Basu & Sean Burns
Broadcaster: University of the West of Scotland
Nominees:
Animation - Midnight at Mickey's
Drama - Gas & Electricity
Entertainment and Comedy Drama - Taraspotting
Factual - Long Form - Sub Zero Salvation
Factual - Short Form - Oj Tato

 

The RTS Scotland Awards 2025 were sponsored by 
Screen Skills HETV FundScreen ScotlandChannel 4BBC StudiosworksBlazing GriffinNo Drama and The Nerve