The Royal Television Society (RTS) has announced the winners of its 2018 Craft & Design Awards last night at a prestigious awards ceremony at the London Hilton on Park Lane, which was hosted by comedian and actor Tom Allen (Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown).The RTS Craft & Design Awards recognise excellence in broadcast television in 29 categories from directing to make-up design. The BBC led the way taking home an impressive set of 16 awards, with A Very English Scandal and Retreat: Meditations from a Monastery both winning two awards each. The Windsors Royal Wedding Special from Channel 4 also garnered two awards, bringing the broadcaster’s total number of awards on the night to six. Kathy ShulzThe London Studios former managing director Kathy Schulz received the Lifetime Achievement Awardin recognition ofthe professionalism, passion, honesty and loyalty she has demonstrated throughout her career and the dedication and expertise she has provided to the industry. Craft & Design Awards chair Lee Connolly said, “The jury has had some extremely hard decisions to make this year, with the range of outstanding programming being made in the UK. We are excited to celebrate both UK content and talent this evening and award the well-deserved winners.”
Here’s the full list of winners :
Costume Design – Entertainment and Non DramaJune Nevin–The Windsors Royal Wedding Special Noho Film and Television for Channel 4Costume Design – DramaMarianne Agertoft- The City and The City Mammoth Screen for BBC Two.Design – Programme Content SequencesAxis Animation- Kiss Me First Kindle Entertainment & Balloon Entertainment for Channel 4.Design – TitlesSasan Roohi, Amber Sutera, Peter Aldridge and Michael Pearson Deep State Endor Productions for Fox NG (Europe and Africa).Design – Trails and PackagingBBC Sport, BBC Creative, Blinkink 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia BBC Sport / BBC Creative / Blinkink for BBCDirector – Comedy Drama/Situation ComedyMichael Lennox- Derry Girls Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4Director – Documentary/Factual & Non DramaDeeyah Khan- White Right: Meeting the Enemy Fuuse Films for ITVDirector – DramaStephen Frears- A Very English Scandal Blueprint Pictures for BBC OneDirector – Multi cameraNikki Parsons- Strictly Come Dancing (Series 15) BBC Studios for BBC OneEditing – Documentary/FactualPaul Carlin, Paul Dosaj and Kevin Konak- The Detectives: Murder On The Streets Minnow Films for BBC Two.Editing – DramaAdam Trotman- Come Home Red Production Company for BBC OneEditing – Entertainment and ComedyMark Williams- The Windsors Royal Wedding Special Noho Film and Television for Channel 4.Editing – SportIan Grech, Mike Carter and Kevin Evans Champions League Final Liverpool v Real Madrid: Opening Music Sequence BT SportEffectsOne Of Us, Chris ReynoldsTheCrown Left Bank Pictures for NetflixLighting for MulticameraMartin Kempton Upstart Crow (Series 2) BBC Studios for BBC TwoMake Up Design – DramaNaomi Donne King Lear Playground Television (UK) / Sonia Friedman Productions for BBC TwoMake Up Design – Entertainment & Non DramaVanessa White The Dali and The Cooper – Urban Myths Me and You Productions for Sky ArtsMulticamera WorkCamera Team The Royal Wedding: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle BBC Studios for BBC OneMulticamera Work – SportMicky Payne The London Marathon BBC TV Sport Production for BBCMusic – Original ScoreMurray Gold A Very English Scandal Blueprint Pictures for BBC OneMusic – Original TitleOli Julian Motherland Delightful Industries for BBC TwoPhotography – Documentary/Factual & Non DramaAndrew Muggleton Retreat: Meditations from a Monastery Tigerlily Productions / BBC FourPhotography – Drama & ComedyJustin Brown The End of the F***ing World Clerkenwell Films & Dominic Buchanan Productions for Netflix/Channel4Picture EnhancementAdam Dolniak The UN Sex Abuse Scandal Ronachan Films for Channel 4Production Design – DramaSimon Rogers The City and The City Mammoth Screen for BBC TwoProduction Design – Entertainment and Non DramaPeter Bingemann Britain’s Got Talent Thames / Syco for ITVSound – DramaDan Johnson, Simon Farmer, Jamie Caple and Marc Lawes Bodyguard World Productions / BBCSound – Entertainment and Non DramaDoug Dreger, Greg Gettens and Kim Tae Hak Retreat: Meditations from a Monastery Tigerlily Productions for BBC Four.