RTS Television Sport Awards 1999

RTS Television Sports Awards

Judges' Award

Winner: Bill McLaren

Live Outside Broadcast Coverage

Winner: Test Cricket, Sunset + Vine for Channel 4
Nominee: F1: British Grand Prix Live, Chrysalis Sport/United for ITV
Nominee: The Ryder Cup, Sky Sports

Regional Sports Documentary

Winner: Working Class Hero - Neil Jenkins, BBC Wales
Nominee: Premier Pressure - Look North (Newcastle) Special, BBC North
Nominee: Desert Drama: Against All Odds, Carlton for Central Region

Regional Sports News

Winner: Dougie Walker - Reporting Scotland, BBC Scotland Sport
Nominee: Silverstone - Anglia News, Anglia Television
Nominee: Rugby League In Crisis - Calendar, Yorkshire Television

Regional Sports Presenter or Commentator

Winner: Jonathan Wills: London News Network
Nominee: Keith Daniell: Carlton, Central News
Nominee: Alistair Mann: Granada Television

Regional Sports Programme - Actuality

Winner: Friday Sportscene, BBC Scotland Sport
Nominee: Champion of Champions, Ulster Television
Nominee: Living With The Dragons, Cwnmi 10 for S4C

Regional Sports Programme - Entertainment

Winner: Offside, BBC Scotland Sport
Nominee: The Back Page, Grampian Television
Nominee: Sir Alf - A Tribute, Anglia Television

Sports Commentator

Winner: Peter Alliss: BBC Sport
Nominee: Simon Reed: British Eurosport

Sports Documentary

Winner: Clash of the Titans: Benn v Eubank, BBC Television
Nominee: Bat and Ball War, TWI for Channel 4
Nominee: Driving Ambition - A Season with Eddie Jordan, United/Mach 1 for ITV

Sports Innovation

Winner: Sky Sports Active/Interactive Football, Sky Sports
Nominee: Ongoals, Art In Sport for ONdigital
Nominee: Test Cricket, Sunset + Vine for Channel 4

Sports News

Winner: Olympic Corruption - Channel 4 News, ITN/Atlantic TV for Channel 4
Nominee: Lewis v Holyfield Fight, ITN News for ITV

Sports Presenter

Winner: Jim Rosenthal: ISN/Carlton/Mach 1, ITV
Nominee: Steve Rider: BBC Sport
Nominee: Richard Keys: Sky Sports

Sports Programme - Actuality

Winner: Scotland v England, Sky Sports
Nominee: F1: British Grand Prix Live, Chrysalis Sport/United for ITV
Nominee: Open Golf Final Day, BBC Sport

Sports Programme - Entertainment

Winner: Sports Personality of the Century, BBC Sport
Nominee: On Side, BBC Sport
Nominee: A Question of Sport, BBC North

Sports Pundit

Winner: Martin Brundle: Chrysalis Sport/United, ITV
Nominee: Andy Gray: Sky Sports
Nominee: Francois Pienaar: ISN/United, ITV

Television Image

Winner: F1: British Grand Prix Live - Michael Schumacher Crash, Chrysalis Sport/United for ITV
Nominee: The Open - Jean Van de Velde, BBC Sport
Nominee: The Ryder Cup, Sky Sports

Television Sports Award

Winner: Test Cricket, Sunset + Vine for Channel 4