Recognising craft skills in television production

The Royal Television Society (RTS) has announced the nominations for the RTS Craft & Design Awards 2017, which recognise the skills and processes involved in production.

Heading up the list is BBC1’s drama Taboo (pictured above), which receives six nominations, including Costume Design - Drama, Make Up Design - Drama, Music - Original Title, Production Design - Drama, Sound - Drama and Design - Trails & Packaging.

Sticking with BBC1 dramas, Broken and Three Girls get four nominations each. Broken is nominated for Design - Titles, Picture Enhancement, Sound - Drama, and Editing – Drama, while Three Girls is nominated for Editing – Drama, Photography - Drama & Comedy and Music - Original Score.

Three Girls director, Philippa Lowthorpe also receives a nomination in the Director - Drama category alongside Euros Lyn for Damilola, Our Loved Boy (BBC1) and Julian Jarrold for The Witness for the Prosecution (BBC1).

Elsewhere, Peter Kay is nominated in the Director - Comedy Drama/Situation Comedy category for Peter Kay’s Car Share (BBC1). Damon Beesley is nominated in the same category for White Gold (BBC2), alongside Tom Marshall for Chewing Gum (E4).

In the Director - Documentary/Factual & Non Drama category, Marcus Plowright is nominated for American High School (BBC3), Arthur Cary and Jonathan Taylor are nominated for American Justice (BBC2) and Dan Edge and Lauren Mucciolo pick up a nomination for Last Days of Solitary (BBC4).

Royal dramas Victoria and The Crown each receive three nominations. ITV’s Victoria is nominated for Costume Design - Drama, Make Up Design - Drama and Music - Original Title while Netflix’s The Crown is nominated for Music - Original Score, Effects - Digital and Effects - Special.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on Monday 27 November 2017 at the London Hilton, Park Lane.
 

The Nominations in full

 

Costume Design - Drama

Joanna Eatwell Taboo Scott Free London and Hardy, Son and Baker for BBC1

Rosalind Ebbutt Victoria - Series 1 (Ep 5) Mammoth Screen for ITV

James Keast Guerrilla Fifty Fathoms for Sky Atlantic and Showtime

 

Costume Design - Entertainment & Non Drama

Vicky Gill & The Costume Team Strictly Come Dancing 14 BBC Studios - Entertainment for BBC1

Heather MacVean The Keith and Paddy Picture Show Talkback for ITV

Caroline Pitcher White Gold Fudge Park Productions for BBC2

 

Design - Programme Content Sequences

Made In Colour Finding My Family - Partition Made in Colour for CBBC

Made In Colour Inside My Head Made in Colour for CBBC

Marc Knapton / The Brewery The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl BBC Studios / Pacific Quay Productions for BBC2

 

Design - Titles

Huge Designs - Hugo Moss, Paul McDonnell & Ben Hanbury Fearless Mammoth Screen for ITV

Patrick Hall Broken LA Productions for BBC1

Alex MacLean The Durrells II Sid Gentle for ITV

 

Design - Trails & Packaging

BBC Marketing Team Taboo Scott Free London and Hardy, Son and Baker for BBC1

Richard Gort, Julian Gibbs, Reuben Armstrong & The Intro Team Mexican F1 Grand Prix – Channel 4 Formula 1 2016 Intro / Whisper Films for Channel 4

Rob Heath, John Cryer, Shizuka Hata & Rachel Warr Film Fear Platform Post & 4Creative for Film4

 

Director - Comedy Drama/Situation Comedy

Damon Beesley White Gold Fudge Park Productions for BBC2

Peter Kay Peter Kay’s Car Share Goodnight Vienna Productions for BBC1

Tom Marshall Chewing Gum Retort for E4

 

Director - Documentary/Factual & Non Drama

Arthur Cary & Jonathan Taylor American Justice Minnow Films for BBC2

Dan Edge & Lauren Mucciolo Last Days Of Solitary Mongoose Pictures and Frontline PBS for BBC4

Marcus Plowright American High School Swan Films for BBC3

 

Director - Drama

Julian Jarrold The Witness for the Prosecution Mammoth Screen & Agatha Christie Productions for BBC1

Philippa Lowthorpe Three Girls BBC Studios in association with Studio Lambert for BBC1

Euros Lyn Damilola, Our Loved Boy Minnow Films for BBC1

 

Editing - Documentary/Factual

Editing Team The Trial: A Murder in the Family Dragonfly Film and Television for Channel 4

Production Team Planet Earth II BBC Studios, The Natural History Unit for BBC1

Sam Santana Bring Me Back To Life The Garden Productions for Channel 4

 

Editing - Drama

Úna Ní Dhonghaíle Three Girls BBC Studios in association with Studio Lambert for BBC1

Patrick Hall Broken LA Productions for BBC1

Johnny Rayner Murdered for Being Different BBC Studios for BBC3

 

Editing - Entertainment and Comedy

Matt Brown Peter Kay’s Car Share Goodnight Vienna Productions for BBC1

Editing Team Love Island - Series 3 ITV Studios / Motion Content Group for ITV2

William Webb White Gold Fudge Park Productions for BBC2

 

Editing - Sport

Andy Collins Silverstone Grand Prix - Opener Whisper Films for Channel 4

Editing Team 2017 UEFA Champions League final IMG Productions for BT Sport

Matt Roberts, Kevin Evans, Jordan Buckingham & Scott Deaming UEFA Champions League final 2017 - Real Madrid v Juventus BT Sport

 

Effects - Digital

BDH Creative Digital Effects Team The Secrets Of Your Food BDH Creative / BBC Science for BBC2

Justin Hutchinson-Chatburn, Framestore, Glassworks & Painting Practice Black Mirror: Playtest House of Tomorrow for Netflix

The Digital Effects Team, One Of Us The Crown Left Bank Pictures for Netflix

 

Effects - Special

Chris Reynolds The Crown Left Bank Pictures for Netflix

Real SFX Sherlock Hartswood Films / Masterpiece for BBC1

 

Lighting for Multicamera

Nigel Catmur World War One Remembered: Passchendaele - For The Fallen BBC Studios for BBC1 and BBC2

Andy Hibbert Peter Kay’s Car Share Goodnight Vienna Productions for BBC1

Gurdip Mahal, Rob Bradley & Bill Peachment Let It Shine BBC Studios for BBC1

 

Make Up Design - Drama

Nic Collins Victoria - Series 1 (Ep3 - 8) Mammoth Screen for ITV

Erika Okvist, Jan Archibald & Audrey Doyle Taboo Scott Free London and Hardy, Son and Baker for BBC1

Jenna Wrage & Harriet Thompson Murdered for Being Different BBC Studios for BBC3

 

Make Up Design - Entertainment & Non Drama

Lulu Hall The Windsors - Christmas Special & Series 2 Noho Film & Television for Channel 4

Siobhán Harper-Ryan The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital Raw TV for BBC2

Nadine O’Toole & Reza Karim The Keith and Paddy Picture Show Talkback for ITV

 

Multicamera Work

Camera Team World War One Remembered: Passchendaele BBC Studios for BBC1 and BBC2

Nikki Parsons & The Camera Team Strictly Come Dancing 14 BBC Studios - Entertainment for BBC1

Richard Valentine & Matt Ingham One Love Manchester BBC Studios for BBC1

 

Multicamera Work - Sport

Pete Andrews, Micky Payne, Bill Morris & Dave White The Boat Races 2017 BBC and CTV for BBC1

Matthew Griffiths, Chrissie Collins, Sam Maynard & Andrew Jackson Six Nations Wales v England BBC Sport and Telegenic for BBC1

Helen Kuttner, Tim Moses, Mark Dennis & Camera Team 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championships Sunset+Vine (Host Broadcaster)

 

Music - Original Score

Rupert Gregson-Williams The Crown Left Bank Pictures for Netflix

Natalie Holt Three Girls BBC Studios in association with Studio Lambert for BBC1

Dru Masters Damilola, Our Loved Boy Minnow Films for BBC1

 

Music - Original Title

Dan Jones SS-GB Sid Gentle Films for BBC1

Martin Phipps Victoria - Series 1 Mammoth Screen for ITV

Max Richter Taboo Scott Free London and Hardy, Son and Baker for BBC1

 

Photography - Documentary/Factual & Non Drama

Arthur Cary & Jonathan Taylor American Justice Minnow Films for BBC2

Dan Edge & Tim Grucza Last Days Of Solitary Mongoose Pictures and Frontline PBS for BBC4

Production Team Planet Earth II BBC Studios, The Natural History Unit for BBC1

 

Photography - Drama & Comedy

Carlos Catalan Broadchurch - Series 3 Kudos / Imaginary Friends / Sister Pictures for ITV

Gavin Finney The State Archery Pictures for Channel Four

Matt Gray BSC Three Girls BBC Studios in association with Studio Lambert for BBC1

 

Picture Enhancement

Ross Baker The Missing - Series 2 New Pictures for BBC1 and Starz

Dan Gill Hospital - Series 2 Label 1 for BBC2

Patrick Hall Broken LA Productions for BBC1

 

Production Design - Drama

Joel Collins & James Foster Black Mirror: Nosedive House of Tomorrow for Netflix

Grenville Horner Man in an Orange Shirt Kudos for BBC2

Sonja Klaus Taboo Scott Free London and Hardy, Son and Baker for BBC1

 

Production Design - Entertainment & Non Drama

Antony Cartlidge Murder In Successville Tiger Aspect / Shiny Button Productions for BBC3

Mo Holden The Windsors - Christmas Special & Series 2 Noho Film & Television for Channel 4

Florian Wieder Britain’s Got Talent Thames SYCO for ITV

 

Sound - Drama

Brian Nelson & Gary Desmond Broken LA Productions for BBC1

Sound Team Sherlock - Series 4 Hartswood Films / Masterpiece for BBC1

Sound Team Taboo Scott Free London and Hardy, Son and Baker for BBC1

 

Sound - Entertainment & Non Drama

Gary Kelly Ambulance - Series 2 Dragonfly Film & Television for BBC1

Production Team Planet Earth II BBC Studios, The Natural History Unit for BBC1

Sound Team World War One Remembered: Passchendaele BBC Studios for BBC1 and BBC2

 

Design & Craft Innovation

The winner of this Award will be announced on the night

 

Judges’ Award

The winner of this Award will be announced on the night

 

Lifetime Achievement Award

The winner of this Award will be announced on the night

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