Last night’s Royal Television Society (RTS) Craft & Design Awards were dominated by the Olympics, with coverage and work promoting the 2012 Games scooping three awards.
Awards were made in a total of 22 categories, from costume design and digital effects to editing and lighting.
The Design & Craft Innovation award went to the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony Production Team, while BBC Sport picked up the Judges’ Award for its London 2012 coverage and The Graphic Design Trails & Packaging award went to Passion Pictures and Red Bee Media for their BBC 2012 creative.
BBC dramas White Heat and The Fades scooped three awards each.
The Winners (in bold):
Effects Digital
Lexhag Visual Effects Team – The Fades, BBC Productions/BBC America for BBC Three
BlueBolt – Great Expectations, BBC Productions/Masterpiece for BBC One
The Mill – Sinbad (Episode 1), Impossible Pictures for Sky 1 HD
Effects Special
Andy Heath & Iestyn Evans of Talk to the Hand– Mongrels (Series 2), BBC Productions for BBC Three
Colin Gorry & Ed Smith – Great Expectations, BBC Productions/Masterpiece for BBC One
Mark Holt & James Davis – Downton Abbey (Series 2), Carnival Film & Television for ITV
Costume Design Entertainment & Non Drama Productions
Ameena Kara Callender & Noel Fielding– Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, Secret Peter for E4
Vicky Gill – Strictly Come Dancing (Series 9), BBC Productions for BBC One
Ros Little & Team – Horrible Histories (Series 4), Lion Television/Citrus Television for CBBC
Costume Design Drama
Annie Symons – Great Expectations, BBC Productions/Masterpiece for BBC One
Amy Roberts – Call The Midwife, Neal Street Productions for BBC One
Charlotte Walter – This Is England ‘88, Warp Films for Channel 4
Photography Documentary/Factual & Non Drama Productions
Camera Team – Earthflight, John Downer Productions for BBC One
Camera Team – After Life: The Strange Science Of Decay, BBC Scotland for BBC Four
The Camera Team – Frozen Planet, A BBC/Discovery Channel/Antena 3 Television S.A./ZDF/Skai/Open University Co-Production in association with Discovery Canada for BBC One
Photography Drama
Christopher Ross – Blackout, Red Production Company for BBC One
Alan Almond – The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, BBC Productions/Masterpiece for BBC Two
Julian Court – Birdsong, A Working Title Television/Masterpiece Co-Production in association with NBC Universal for BBC One
Effects Picture Enhancement
Paul Staples – White Heat, ITV Studios for BBC Two
John Cryer – Horrible Histories (Series 4), Lion TV/Citrus Television/Platform Post Production for CBBC
Jet Omoshebi – Great Expectations, BBC Productions/Masterpiece for BBC One
Multicamera Work
Paul Dugdale, Simon Pizey, Phil Lee & Cordelia Plunket – Adele Live At The Royal Albert Hall, Done And Dusted for BBC One
Richard Valentine – Dancing On Ice (Series 7), ITV Studios for ITV
SIS LIVE & ACEA On-Board Camera Teams – America’s Cup World Series, 2011, Plymouth GBR Regatta, America’s Cup Event Authority – TV Production for Channel 4/Sky Sports (UK)
Lighting for Multicamera
Durham Marenghi, Tim Routledge, Sam Pattinson & Steve Nolan – The Diamond Jubilee Concert, BBC Productions for BBC One
Dave Davey – Dancing On Ice (Series 7), ITV Studios for ITV
Dave Davey – The X Factor, Thames (part of FremantleMedia UK) for ITV1
Sound Entertainment & Non Drama Productions
John Rogerson, Johnathan Rush & Alastair Sirkett – David Attenborough’s Bachelor King 3D, Atlantic Productions for Sky 3D
John Rogerson & Alastair Sirkett – Stephen Hawking’s Grand Design; The Meaning Of Life, Darlow Smithson for Discovery UK
Mark Atkinson & Andy Hodges – Gary Barlow: On Her Majesty’s Service, Fulwell 73 for BBC One
Sound Drama
David Old, Chris Roberts, Richard Fordham & Martin Trevis – White Heat, ITV Studios for BBC Two
Ben Baird, Jamie McPhee, Adrian Bell & Team – Merlin (Series IV), Shine for BBC One
Russell Jeffery, Tony Gibson, Roger Dobson & Billy Mahoney – Misfits (Series 3), Clerkenwell Films for E4
Music Original Score
John Harle – Lucien Freud – Painted Life, Blakeway Productions for BBC Two
Jack C Arnold – Holy Flying Circus, Hillbilly Television for BBC Four
Mark Russell – The Best Of Men, Whitby Davison Production for BBC Two
Music Original Title
Paul Thomson – The Fades, BBC Productions/BBC America for BBC Three
Edmund Butt – Without You, ITV/Sally Head Productions/Tosca/Bucks Music for ITV1
Rob Lane – The Last Weekend, Carnival Film & Television for ITV1
Production Design Entertainment & Non Drama Productions
Peter Findley – Turn Back Time: The Family, Wall to Wall Media for BBC One
Mark Fisher – The Diamond Jubilee Concert, BBC Productions for BBC One
Miranda Jones & Team – Horrible Histories (Series 4), Lion Television/Citrus Television for CBBC
Production Design Drama
David Roger – Great Expectations, BBC Productions/Masterpiece for BBC One
Martin Childs – Parade’s End (Episode 1), A Mammoth Screen production for the BBC in association with HBO
Michael Pickwoad – Doctor Who - The Doctor, The Widow & The Wardrobe, BBC Productions for BBC One
Make Up Design Drama
Janet Horsfield – Appropriate Adult, ITV Studios for ITV1
Christine Allsopp – The Fades, BBC Productions/BBC America for BBC Three
Catherine Scoble – This Is England ‘88, Warp Films for Channel 4
Make Up Design Entertainment & Non Drama Productions
Christine Cant – Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, Secret Peter for E4
Kristyan Mallett & Sarah Lockwood – Facejacker (Episode 1, Series 2), Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4
Cheryl Mitchell, Kate Benton & Marie Deehan – Horrible Histories (Series 4), Lion Television/Citrus Television for CBBC
Graphic Design Titles
Rupert Ray – Parade’s End (Episode 1), A Mammoth Screen production for the BBC in association with HBO.
Patrick Bedeau & Pierangelo Pirak – People And Power, Al Jazeera Creative Division for Al Jazeera English
Nic Benns, Rodi Kaya, Miki Kato & Tom Bromwich – Great Expectations, BBC Productions/Masterpiece for BBC One
Graphic Design Trails & Packaging
Passion Pictures, BBC, RKCR/Y&R, Red Bee Media – BBC 2012 – The Olympics, Passion Pictures/Red Bee Media for BBC
Graphic Design Programme Content Sequences
Victoria Bell, Owenna Griffiths, Daniel Clarke and Black North – My Autism and Me – A Newsround Special, CBBC Productions/Black North for CBBC
Creative Nuts – Dirty Great Machines, Princess Productions for Channel 5
Julian Gibbs, Richard Gort & Robin Nurse – London 2012, - The Importance Of Sport Psychology, Intro Partnership for BBC One
Tape & Film Editing Entertainment & Situation Comedy
Mark Lawrence – Mrs Brown’s Boys (Series 2), BBC Scotland/BBC Productions co-production with Bocpix in association with RTE for BBC One
Editing Team – I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, ITV Studios for ITV1
Steve Tempia & Mark Williams – Outnumbered (Episode 6, Series 4), Hat Trick Productions for BBC One
Tape & Film Editing Documentary & Factual
Sacha Mirzoeff, Ollie Huddleston, Colette Hodges & Darren Flaxstone – Protecting Our Children, BBC Bristol Factual for BBC Two
Joby Gee Ben Brown, Michael Harrowes & Nick Packer –Educating Essex, Twofour for Channel 4
Peter Hein – Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew “Darts” (Episode 1), Princess Productions for Sky1HD
Tape & Film Editing Drama
Andrew Hulme – Appropriate Adult, ITV Studios for ITV1
Victoria Boydell – Great Expectations, BBC Productions/Masterpiece for BBC One
Jacob Thuesen – Murder, Touchpaper for BBC Two
Design & Craft Innovation
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony Production Team
Lifetime Achievement Award
Keir & Louise Lusby A husband and wife team who ran Shepperton-based prop and model-making company Keir Lusby Props from 1970 until 2011.
Judges’ Award
London 2012 Olympic Coverage BBC Sport
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