RTS Craft & Design Awards

It might be surprising, then, that one of its editors’ other work is positively whimsical. Mike Holliday’s CV includes considerably lighter-hearted shows, among them Horrible Histories and Ghosts. Sure, Baby Reindeer is also a comedy – when it wants to be – but it’s hard to imagine Donny Dunn ranting on CBBC. However, Holliday was hired because of, not despite this experience.

“It wasn’t drama they were looking for in my background: it was comedy,” he tells me. “That side is considered harder.”

Across 29 competitive categories, the awards celebrate the vast variety of skills and processes involved in programme making. The BBC led the way with 10 awards, including two of the three Director awards: Janet Fraser Crook won Director – Multicamera for her work on Coldplay at Glastonbury 2024, and Paddy Wivell’s Hell Jumper took home the Director – Non-scripted award.

The winners will be presented at the awards ceremony taking place on Monday 2 December 2024 at the London Hilton on Park Lane. For this year, Emma Gormley, Managing Director of Daytime at ITV Studios, has been appointed as the new Chair of the RTS Craft & Design Awards.

For the upcoming edition of the Craft & Design Awards, a new category has been added to this year’s criteria, Multicamera Work – Sport, which aims to recognise the skillsets needed in this key genre of programming.

The awards celebrate excellence in broadcast television, highlighting the extensive range of skills and processes that are involved in programme making, welcoming entries from both broadcasters and individual crafts people. The prestigious awards ceremony will be held on Monday 4^th December at the London Hilton on Park Lane.