The Royal Television Society (RTS) announces its 2018 Craft & Design Award winners

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.

The London Studios former managing director Kathy Schulz received the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of the 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 Drama June Nevin – The Windsors Royal Wedding Special Noho Film and Television for Channel 4 Costume Design – Drama Marianne Agertoft- The City and The City Mammoth Screen for BBC Two. Design – Programme Content Sequences Axis Animation- Kiss Me First Kindle Entertainment & Balloon Entertainment for Channel 4. Design – Titles Sasan Roohi, Amber Sutera, Peter Aldridge and Michael Pearson Deep State Endor Productions for Fox NG (Europe and Africa). Design – Trails and Packaging BBC Sport, BBC Creative, Blinkink 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia BBC Sport / BBC Creative / Blinkink for BBC Director – Comedy Drama/Situation Comedy Michael Lennox- Derry Girls Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4 Director – Documentary/Factual & Non Drama Deeyah Khan- White Right: Meeting the Enemy Fuuse Films for ITV Director – Drama Stephen Frears- A Very English Scandal Blueprint Pictures for BBC One Director – Multi camera Nikki Parsons-  Strictly Come Dancing (Series 15) BBC Studios for BBC One Editing – Documentary/Factual Paul Carlin, Paul Dosaj and Kevin Konak- The Detectives: Murder On The Streets Minnow Films for BBC Two. Editing – Drama Adam Trotman- Come Home Red Production Company for BBC One Editing – Entertainment and Comedy Mark Williams- The Windsors Royal Wedding Special Noho Film and Television for Channel 4. Editing – Sport Ian Grech, Mike Carter and Kevin Evans Champions League Final Liverpool v Real Madrid: Opening Music Sequence BT Sport Effects One Of Us, Chris Reynolds The Crown Left Bank Pictures for Netflix Lighting for Multicamera Martin Kempton Upstart Crow (Series 2) BBC Studios for BBC Two Make Up Design – Drama Naomi Donne King Lear Playground Television (UK) / Sonia Friedman Productions for BBC Two Make Up Design – Entertainment & Non Drama Vanessa White The Dali and The Cooper – Urban Myths Me and You Productions for Sky Arts Multicamera Work Camera Team The Royal Wedding: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle BBC Studios for BBC One Multicamera Work – Sport Micky Payne The London Marathon BBC TV Sport Production for BBC Music – Original Score Murray Gold A Very English Scandal Blueprint Pictures for BBC One Music – Original Title Oli Julian Motherland Delightful Industries for BBC Two Photography – Documentary/Factual & Non Drama Andrew Muggleton Retreat: Meditations from a Monastery Tigerlily Productions / BBC Four Photography – Drama & Comedy Justin Brown The End of the F***ing World Clerkenwell Films & Dominic Buchanan Productions for Netflix/Channel4 Picture Enhancement Adam Dolniak The UN Sex Abuse Scandal Ronachan Films for Channel 4 Production Design – Drama Simon Rogers The City and The City Mammoth Screen for BBC Two Production Design – Entertainment and Non Drama Peter Bingemann Britain’s Got Talent Thames / Syco for ITV Sound – Drama Dan Johnson, Simon Farmer, Jamie Caple and Marc Lawes Bodyguard World Productions / BBC Sound – Entertainment and Non Drama Doug Dreger, Greg Gettens and Kim Tae Hak Retreat: Meditations from a Monastery Tigerlily Productions for BBC Four.