The BBC beat international competition to scoop half of the 12 categories at the Rose D'Or entertainment awards last night, ranging from children's programming to drama to virtual reality. 

Detectorists, starring Mackenzie Crook, also the writer and director, and Toby Jones, was named best in the Sitcom category, for the third run of the hit BBC4 series which sees metal-detecting friends Andy (Crook) and Lance (Jones) scour the countryside looking for a life-changing find. Production was by Acorn Media Enterprises, Channel X North, Treasure Trove Productions and Lola Entertainment for Acorn TV and BBC.

A Very English Scandal, starring Ben Whishaw and High Grant, won Limited Series and TV Movie, for its depiction of the disastrous affair between politician Jeremy Thorpe (Grant) and young stable hand Norman Scott (Whishaw). The three-part drama by Blueprint Pictures for BBC One was written by Russell T Davies, and directed by Stephen Frears. 

A BBC One adaptation of Julia Donaldson’s much-loved kids’ book The Highway Rat, by Magic Light Pictures, picked up the Children and Youth category. First broadcast on Christmas Day last year, its all-star cast included David Tennant, Frances de la Tour, and Rob Brydon.

National treasure Joanna Lumley received the Lifetime Achievement award, for a stellar career including playing the legendary Patsy Stone in BBC comedy Absolutely Fabulous.

Betroffenheit, a dance hybrid production from 3 Minutes West and broadcast from Sadler's Wells Theatre, received the Arts plaudit, for BBC Four.

Damming The Nile, a two-part 360-degree video series for BBC News with BBC's Africa correspondent Alastair Leithead, triumphed in the Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality class.

Last night (Wednesday 9 May 2018) the RTS Scotland Awards 2018 were held at a ceremony at the Old Fruit Market in Glasgow.

BBC people and programmes took home awards in 17 categories. Notably, Ewan Angus the outgoing BBC Scotland Commissioning Editor, Television was given the The RTS Scotland Award 2018: an industry award for outstanding contribution to television in Scotland.

All the BBC winners are listed below: 

• Documentary and Specialist Factual, Sighthill: BBC Two Scotland
• Documentary and Specialist Factual: History, Brian Cox's Russia, BBC Scotland
• Documentary and Specialist Factual: Arts,  Terry Pratchett: Back in Black, BBC Scotland
• Documentary and Specialist Factual: Science and Natural History, Trust Me, I'm A Doctor: Mental Health Special, BBC Two
• Drama, Queers – The Man on the Platform, BBC Four
• Current Affairs Programme, Football Abuse: The Ugly Side of the Beautiful Game, BBC One Scotland
• Sport: Programme, Glasgow 1967: The Lisbon Lions, BBC Scotland
• Comedy, The Dog Ate My Homework, CBBC
• Children's, Gudrun The Viking Princess, CBeebies
• On Screen Personality: Iain Stirling The Dog Ate My Homework, CBBC
• Director: Biança Barker A Family Divided, BBC Scotland
• Professional Excellence: Camera: Glen Milner  Handmade in Hull, BBC Four
• Professional Excellence: Sound: Kahl Henderson Accidental Anarchist, BBC Four
• Professional Excellence: Post Production Editing: David Arthur Sighthill, BBC Two Scotland
• Professional Excellence: Post Production Graphics and Tilting: Playdead, Trust Me, I'm A Doctor, BBC Two
• Innovation Award, Kidder, BBC The Social
• The RTS Scotland Award 2018: Ewan Angus

A full list of winners is available at the RTS website. 

•  Graham Norton - The Graham Norton Show – So Television / BBC One
• Michael McIntyre - Michael McIntyre’s Big Show – Hungry McBear / BBC One
• Sandi Toksvig - QI – QI Ltd / Talkback Thames – BBC Two

Entertainment Programme

• Michael McIntyre's Big Show - Dan Baldwin, Claire Horton, Christian Fletcher, Michael McIntyre – Hungry McBear / BBC One

Factual Series

• Ambulance - Jo Hughes, Bruce Fletcher, Kirsty Cunningham, Simon Ford – Dragonfly / BBC One
• Drugsland - Sacha Mirzoeff, Xavier Alford, Bart Corpe, Simon Ford – BBC Studios / BBC Three
• Hospital - Production Team – Label1 / BBC Two

Features

• Antiques Roadshow - Simon Shaw, Julia Foot, Robert Murphy, Sophie Wogden – BBC Studios / Unscripted Productions / BBC One
• No More Boys And Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free? - Javid Abdelmoneim, Helen Veale, Jeremy Daldry, Sam Palmer – Outline Productions / BBC Two

Female Performance in a Comedy Programme

• Anna Maxwell Martin - Motherland – Delightful Industries / Merman / BBC Two
• Daisy May Cooper - This Country – BBC Studios / BBC Three
• Sian Gibson -  Peter Kay’s Car Share – Goodnight Vienna Productions / BBC One

International

• Feud: Bette And Joan - Ryan Murphy, Dede Gardner, Tim Minear, Alexis Martin Woodall – Fox 21 Television Studios / BBC Two
• The Vietnam War -  Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Geoffrey C. Ward , Sarah Botstein – BBC / Florentine Films / BBC Four

Leading Actor

• Tim Piggott-Smith - King Charles III – Drama Republic / BBC Two
• Sean Bean - Broken – LA Productions / BBC One

Leading Actress

• Molly Windsor - Three Girls – BBC Studios / Studio Lambert / BBC One
• Thandie Newton -  Line of Duty – World Productions / BBC One

Live Event

• One Love Manchester - Production Team – BBC Studios / SB Projects / BBC One
• Wild Alaska Live - Adam White, James Morgan, Roger Webb, Vanessa Coates – BBC Studios / BBC Natural History Unit / PBS / BBC One
• World War One Remembered: Passchendale - Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC Two

Male Performance in a Comedy

• Asim Chaudhry - People Just Do Nothing – Roughcut TV / BBC Three
• Samson Kayo - Famalam – BBC Studios / BBC Two
• Toby Jones - Detectorists – Channel X North / Treasure Trove Productions / Lola Entertainment / BBC Four

Mini Series

• Howards End - Kenneth Lonergan, Hettie Macdonald, Laura Hastings-Smith, Sophie Gardiner – Playground Entertainment / BBC One
• The Moorside - Neil McKay, Paul Whittington, Ken Horn, Jeff Pope – ITV Studios / BBC One
• Three Girls - Nicole Taylor, Philippa Lowthorpe, Susan Hogg, Simon Lewis – BBC Studios / Studio Lambert / BBC One

Scripted Comedy

• This Country -  Daisy May Cooper, Charlie Cooper, Tom George, Simon Mayhew-Archer – BBC Studios / BBC Three

Short Form Programme

• Britains' Forgotten Men - Production Team – BBC Three / BBC Three
• Eating With My Ex - Production Team – Shotglass Media / BBC Three
• Pls Like - Tom Kingsley, Rupert Majendie, Olly Cambridge, Liam Williams – BBC Three / BBC Three

Single Documentary

• Chris Packham: Asperger's And Me - Charlie Russell, Lizzie Kempton, Tom Barry, Will Grayburn – Raw TV / BBC Two
• Louis Theroux, Talking To Anorexia - Louis Theroux, Ellena Wood, Simon McMahon, Peter Dale – BBC Studios / BBC Two
• One Deadly Weekend In America - Sanjay Singhal, Ursula Macfarlane, Jon Alwen, Sarah Hunt – Voltage TV Productions / BBC Three
• Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum And Dad - Rio Ferdinand, Grant Best, Matt Smith, Martin Thompson – Only The Best Productions / BBC One

Single Drama

• Against The Law - Aysha Rafaele, Scott Bassett, Fergus O’Brien, Brian Fillis – BBC Studios / BBC Two
• King Charles III - Mike Bartlett, Greg Brenman, Rupert Goold, Simon Maloney - Drama Republic / BBC Two
• Murdered For Being Different - Aysha Rafaele, Scott Bassett, Paul Andrew Williams, Nick Leather – BBC Studios / BBC Three

Soap & Continuing Drama

• Casualty - Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC One

Specialist Factual

• Basquiat - Rage To Riches - David Shulman, Janet Lee – BBC Studios / BBC Two
• Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain - Production Team – Wall to Wall Media / BBC Two
• Blue Planet II - Production Team – BBC Studios / BBC Natural History Unit / BBC One
• Elizabeth I's Secret Agents -  Chris Durlacher, Bernadette Ross, Julian Jones, Claire Guillon – 72 Films / BBC Two

Sport

• Six Nations: Wales v. England - Production Team – BBC Sport / BBC One
• UEFA Women's Euro Semi-Final: England v. Netherlands - Sunil Patel, Mark Cole, Kay Satterley, Ian Finch – Whisper Films / Channel 4

Supporting Actor

• Adrian Dunbar - Line of Duty – World Productions / BBC One
• Anupam Kher - The Boy with the Topknot – Kudos / Parti Productions / BBC Two

Supporting Actress

• Anna Friel - Broken – LA Productions / BBC One
• Liv Hill - Three Girls – BBC Studios / Studio Lambert / BBC One

Virgin TV's Must-See Moment

• Blue Planet II: Mother Pilot Whale Grieves – BBC Studios / BBC Natural History Unit / BBC One
• Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Revealed – BBC Studios / BBC One
• Line Of Duty: Huntley’s Narrow Escape – World Productions / BBC One
• One Love Manchester: Ariana Grande Sings ‘One Last Time’ – BBC Studios / SB Projects / BBC One

• For the full list of nominees visit the BAFTA website
• Find out which BBC shows were successful at the 2017 BAFTAs in our blog 'Record number of BBC wins at this year's BAFTAs'

Scripted Comedy/Comedy Performance/Writer - Comedy

Mini-Series/Writer - Drama

Single Documentary

Arts

Single Drama

Formatted Popular Factual

Science & Natural History

Live Event

Documentary Series

Children’s Programme

History

Presenter

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

Daytime Programme

RTS Channel Of The Year

• Read the full list of winners on the Royal Television Society website

It was a night of celebration for the radio and music industry tonight (Tuesday 20 March) as the Radio Theatre played host to the annual BBC Radio & Music Awards.

Now in their fifteenth year, the Awards recognise the people behind the world-class content we produce 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

And these Awards were extra special as they were open to colleagues from BBC Music and independent production companies for the very first time.

It was great to look out from the stage and see familiar faces from both indies and BBC teams seated together. It’s almost a year since we started opening up more of our radio output to competition and tonight showed that a bit of healthy competition is good for all of us – it keeps us on our toes, ensures the audience is always front of mind, and drives us to be the best we can be.

Tonight was as much about celebrating the wonderful community that exists within UK radio as it was about recognising the individuals who, in 2017, went above and beyond to produce ground-breaking programmes, podcasts and productions.

The year in question saw us celebrate a string of anniversaries. It’s fitting that our Gold Award went to broadcasting legend Nicholas Parsons who has hosted Just a Minute for five decades. But 2017 also marked 60 years of the Today programme, 15 years of 1Xtra and 50 years of Radios 1, 2, 3 and 4. The radio revolution that began in 1967 continues today as we reinvent and grow radio for a new generation.

Leading the way is 5 live with chart-topping podcasts, innovative outside broadcasts and candid conversation. They stole the show picking up five awards in total.

In the Outside Broadcast category they shared the honours with One Love Manchester. This poignant BBC Music production was a true collaboration of BBC teams, involving not just Music colleagues but BBC Studios, Radio 1, Radio 2, 5 live, BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio Operations, BBC Radio Outside Broadcast Unit and BBC Music News. It was no surprise then that it also won Best Collaboration as well as Moment of the Year.

The Manchester Arena attack was, sadly, one of several moments that tested us in 2017. Our teams faced every challenge with dignity and professionalism, providing responsible and incisive journalism, and pulling off incredible feats like the One Love Manchester broadcast in just seven days, helping to raise £2m for the victims’ families. Never before have I been prouder or more inspired by the people I work with.

And speaking of inspirational people, I must thank Greg James who hosted the Awards, just a few days after completing his Pedal to the Peaks challenge for Sport Relief, raising over £1 million and encouraging young people to open up about mental health in the process. Like all of our award winners Greg has gone the extra mile, and then some.

Thank you to the judges and congratulations to all the winners, listed below.

Gold Award

Nicholas Parsons

Production Team of the Year

5 live Lates and 5 live Summaries

Non-content making Team of the Year

Central Planning Unit, Radio Factual

Unsung Hero

Emma Newman

Best Technical Production

Welcome To Wherever You Are – BBC Studios

Best Music Production

Exploring Life on Mars – Sue Clark Productions

Best Documentary

The Untold: In the Grip of Anorexia – BBC Radio & Music Documentaries Unit

Best Drama Production

On Kosovo Field – BBC Radio Drama North

Best Comedy Production

Who do I think I Am? – BBC Studios/Mark Steel

Best Podcast

Brexitcast – BBC Radio 5 live

Interview of the Year

Clarke and Carrie Carlisle – BBC Radio 5 live Daily

Best Storytelling

The Untold: Missing – BBC Radio & Music Documentaries Unit

Best Outside Broadcast

One Love Manchester – BBC Music, BBC Studios, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5 live, BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio Operations, BBC Radio Outside Broadcast Unit, BBC Music News

AND

5 live at Stanbrook Abbey – 5 live Daily

Best Sports Production

Skating to Gold – USP Content

Best Initiative for Reaching New Audiences

BBC Radio 5 live's #mumtakeover – BBC Radio 5 live News Digital Pilots

Best Collaboration

One Love Manchester – BBC Music, BBC Studios, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5 live, BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio Operations, BBC Radio Outside Broadcast Unit, BBC Music News

Best Digital Innovation

CBeebies Radio iSpy Sound Detective – CBeebies Radio and BBC Research & Development

Moment of the year voted for by staff from BBC Radio & Music and independent production companies

One Love Manchester – BBC Music, BBC Studios, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5 live, BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio Operations, BBC Radio Outside Broadcast Unit, BBC Music News

All entries were judged blind, without details of producers or production companies.

Bob Shennan is Director of BBC Radio & Music.

Today (Friday 16 March 2018) the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2018 were announced at a ceremony at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London. BBC programmes and people took home prizes in 10 categories.

BBC One's Three Girls was named Best Single Drama, with the network's Line of Duty taking home Best Drama Series and creator Jed Mercurio awarded Best Writer. 

BBC Radio programmes also fared well: Radio Broadcaster of the Year went to BBC Radio 5 Live's Emma Barnett, with Radio Programme of the Year going to BBC Radio 4's Reith Lectures 2017: Hilary Mantel.

Meanwhile BBC factual programmes that took home awards were Chris Packham: Asperger’s and Me on BBC Two which was Best Single Documentary, while BBC One's Blue Planet II was Best Documentary Series. 

The Harvey Lee Award was awarded to children’s television producers, Biddy Baxter and Edward Barnes in special recognition of their work on the long-running BBC children's programme Blue Peter.

A list of BBC wins appears below: 

Best Single Drama/Mini-series
Three Girls 
A BBC Studios in association with Studio Lambert production for BBC One

Best Drama Series
Line of Duty
Produced by World Productions for BBC One   

Best Single Documentary
Chris Packham: Asperger’s and Me 
A Raw TV production for BBC Two

Best Documentary Series
Blue Planet II
A co-production of BBC Worldwide, WDR, BBC America, Tencent, The Open University, France Televisions & CCTV9 made by BBC Studios, Natural History Unit for BBC One

Best Comedy
Detectorists
A Channel X North, Treasure Trove Productions & Lola Entertainment production for BBC Four

Radio Broadcaster of the Year
Emma Barnett
The Emma Barnett Show, BBC Radio 5 Live, and Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4

Radio Programme of the Year
BBC Reith Lectures 2017: Hilary Mantel  
A BBC Radio Current Affairs production for BBC Radio 4

Best Actor
Mark Bonnar for Eric, Ernie and Me (BBC Four), Apple Tree Yard (BBC One), Catastrophe (Channel 4), Unforgotten (ITV)

Best Writer 
Jed Mercurio for Line of Duty (BBC One)

Harvey Lee Award
Biddy Baxter & Edward Barnes, children’s television producers, in special recognition of Blue Peter.

Congratulations to all the winners, a full list is available at the Broadcasting Press Guild website. 

Last night, Wednesday 28 February 2018, The Royal Television Society (RTS) Television Journalism Awards were held at a ceremony in London.

The news and current affairs awards: “seek to recognise creative and excellent journalism by organisations whose broadcasts are transmitted on a UK-based platform, or who create online video content from a UK production base”.

BBC news programmes and journalists took home 11 awards in total, with Victoria Derbyshire named Network Presenter of the Year award; Orla Guerin awarded Television Journalist of the Year and Nawal Al-Maghafi (BBC News for BBC One) took the Young Talent of the Year award.

In addition, Daily News Programme of the Year went to BBC News at Ten (BBC News for BBC One), and both News Coverage awards went to BBC programmes - the Home award for The Grenfell Tower Fire (Newsnight, BBC Two) and the International award for Yemen (BBC News for BBC One).

Fran Unsworth, Director BBC News and Current Affairs said: “This is a great set of results and I’m thrilled that teams across BBC News have been recognised for their work. I’m particularly proud that the RTS recognised the full range of our television output – home and foreign, programmes and newsgathering, innovation and experience, network and regional. This is a tribute to everyone in BBC News and Current Affairs and I’d like to add my thanks to the wider teams behind this outstanding work.”

BBC winners are listed below:

• Current Affairs – Home: Undercover: Britain's Immigration Secrets - Panorama BBC Panorama for BBC One
  
  
• Current Affairs – International:  The Rohingya Crisis: The Tula Toli Massacre - Newsnight BBC Two
  
  
• Daily News Programme of the Year: BBC News at Ten BBC News for BBC One
  
  
• Interview of the Year: Victoria Derbyshire Programme - Football Abuse Revelations BBC Two
  
  
• Nations and Regions Current Affairs: Inside Out - An Inside Out Special: Operation Sanctuary BBC News English Regions for BBC One NE & Cumbria
  
  
• Network Presenter of the Year: Victoria Derbyshire - Victoria Derbyshire Programme BBC Two
  
  
• News Coverage – Home: The Grenfell Tower Fire - Newsnight BBC Two
  
  
• News Coverage – International: Yemen - BBC News for BBC One
  
  
• News Technology - NHS Tracker BBC News for BBC
  
  
• Television Journalist of the Year: Orla Guerin - BBC News for BBC One
  
  
• Young Talent of the Year: Nawal Al-Maghafi BBC News for BBC One

For a full list of winners and nominees visit the RTS website. 

Congratulations to all the winners - a full list will be available on the Broadcast Awards website. 

Best Radio Entertainment Show

Best Radio Panel Show

Best TV Panel Show

Best Radio Sketch Show

Best TV Sketch Show

Best Radio Sitcom

Talent Show:

Impact Award:

Comedy:

Newcomer:

• See the full list of winners on the National Television Awards website
• Watch Sir David Attenborough's acceptance speech in the Express article 'NTAs 2018: Viewers reduced to tears by Sir David Attenborough 'My heart could burst''

Best Long Running TV Series: Holby City, Series 19, Episode 2 “Rocket Man” by Peter Mattessi

Best Long Form TV Drama: Taboo by Chips Hardy, Steven Knight, Ben Hervey, Emily Ballou

Best Radio Comedy: Sarah Kendall: Australian Trilogy “A Day In October” by Sarah Kendall

Best Radio Drama: The Things We Never Said by Ming Ho

Best TV Situation Comedy: Inside No. 9 “The Bill” by Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton

Best Short Form TV Drama: The Witness for the Prosecution by Sarah Phelps

Congratulations to all the winners, a full list can be found on the Writers' Guild website. 

Last night (Thursday 19 October 2017) the Audio and Radio Industry Awards 2017 (ARIAS) were held at a ceremony in Leeds. BBC Radio stations, programmes and personalities took home a number of awards.

Notably, BBC Radio 1Xtra was named National Station of the Year - a brilliant achievement as the station celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Best new presenter award went to Radio 5 live's Andrew Flintoff and BBC Radio 1's Annie Mac was named the Best Music Presenter (non-breakfast).

In a message thanking BBC Radio staff for their "dedication and hard work" BBC Director Radio and Music Bob Shennan said: "Out of 41 nominations across 22 awards, I’m delighted to say that we scooped 13 Gold and several Silver and Bronze Awards... Whether or not you struck gold last night, it is clear that we have tremendous strength in depth and breadth across our speech and music radio programming."

In addition to the national wins, the Local Station of the Year prize went to BBC Radio London, bringing the total BBC gold tally to 14.

BBC Gold wins are listed in full below: 

• Best New Presenter: Andrew Flintoff (BBC Radio 5 live)
• Best New Show: Flintoff, Savage & the Ping Pong Guy (BBC Radio 5 live)

• Best News Coverage: London Bridge Attacks – Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio 5 live
• Best Speech Presenter – Breakfast: Nicky Campbell and Rachel Burden (BBC Radio 5 live)
• Sports Show of the Year: Live Sport (BBC Radio 5 live)
• Best Music Presenter – Non Breakfast: Annie Mac (BBC Radio 1)
• Best Specialist Music Show: Benji B (TBI Media/BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra)
• Best Factual Storytelling: The Enemy Within (Falling Tree Productions / BBC Radio 3)
• Best Fictional Storytelling: Life Lines (BBC Radio Drama London)
• Best Podcast: Flintoff, Savage and the Ping Pong Guy (BBC Radio 5 live)
• Best On-Air Promotion: The 6Music Festival in Glasgow (BBC Radio 6Music / BBC Radio Pop Hub Station Sound)
• Best Marketing Campaign: BBC Radio 1Xtra Street Studio (BBC Radio 1Xtra)
• Local Station of the Year: BBC Radio London
• National Station of the Year: BBC Radio 1Xtra

See a full list of categories and winner and more on the awards at the Radio Academy website.

A film poem to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster won three awards: Television Drama, Writer - Owen Sheers (pictured), and Breakthrough Award - Jenna Robbins.

Aberfan: The Fight for Justice

The story of Aberfan's decades-long battle for justice after a coal tip crashed down on a village in south Wales won the awards for Single Documentary, and Presenter - Huw Edwards.

BBC Young Musician 2016 Grand Final

Coverage from the climax to the competition won the Live Broadcast award.

The Greatest Gift

With unprecedented access to the transplant teams at the University Hospital of Wales, the series which followed the incredible journey from one person's death to others receiving their organ donation, won the BAFTA Cymru for Factual Series. Find out more about the series from producer Carrie Smith.

Michael Sheen: The Fight for my Steel Town

The actor returned to Port Talbot to see the impact hundreds of job losses at the steelworks is having on families. The resulting documentary received the BAFTA Cymru for News and Current Affairs.

Sherlock

Will Oswald won the award for Editing The Six Thatchers episode of the detective drama.

Other BBC related successes on the night included BBC Films' The Library Suicides, Director: Fiction - Euros Lyn and The Lighthouse, Special and Visual Effects. There were also awards for Damilola Our Loved Boy, Lady Chatterley's Lover and Kimberly Nixon who received Best Actress for her role as Holly in BBC One drama Ordinary Lies.

Abi Morgan won the Sian Phillips Award, read her blog Writing 'River' for BBC One at the BBC Writersroom website.

• Congratulations to all the winners of the 2017 British Academy Cymru Awards, a full list of winners can be seen on the BAFTA Cymru website.

 The winners of this year’s BBC Radio Awards were revealed on 12 July in the Radio Theatre. Guests included Nicola Roberts of Girls Aloud and Mark King of Level 42 and there were performances from The LaFontaines and the Ten Pieces choir. 

Jo Whiley hosted the event which saw The Archers pick up two awards for their Solidari-tea Campaign: Most Distinctive Moment of the Year and Best Initiative for Reaching New Audiences.

There were also big wins for Radio 1 who picked up four awards in total, including Best Podcast, Best Music Production and Best Comedy Production or Moment.

The full list of winners is below. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.

Best Technical Production
Between the Ears: Between Ballard’s Ears – London Documentaries Unit for Radio 3

Best Music Production
The 1975 Live Lounge Symphony – Radio 1, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Best Podcast
Greg James: That’s What He Said – Radio 1

Best Initiative For Reaching New Audiences
The Archers: Solidari-tea – Radio Drama Birmingham, Hand in Glove and R&M Multiplatform for Radio 4

Best Drama Production or Reading
Life Lines – Radio 4, Radio Drama London

Best Comedy Production or Moment
Playground Insults with Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence – Radio 1, Radio Visualisation

Best Documentary
The Boy Who Gave His Heart Away – Radio 4, TBI Media

Best Factual Production
Hillsborough - The Truth – 5 live

Best Collaboration (joint winners)
1 Million Hours – Radio 1 & 1Xtra
World Cup 66 Live – Radio 2, 5 live, TBI Media, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Red Button, Picture House Entertainment, The Football Association, Wembley Arena and the Bobby Moore Fund

Most Distinctive Moment of the Year
The Archers: Solidari-tea – Radio Drama Birmingham, Hand in Glove and R&M Multiplatform for Radio 4

Team of the Year
Live Music & Events Team

Unsung Hero
Katharine Longworth – Producer, Religion & Ethics

Gold Award
Richard Earle – Engineering Manager, Radio Operations

This article originally appeared in Ariel.

Winners of BBC Radio Drama’s (((soundstart))) 2017 awards were celebrated at a ceremony on Friday 23 June at BBC Broadcasting House in London. (((soundstart))) comprises two important awards: The BBC Norman Beaton Fellowship and BBC Carleton Hobbs Bursary, both events exist to bring new voices into radio drama.

The Carleton Hobbs Bursaries are aimed at students graduating from regular (or post-graduate) courses run by accredited drama schools across the country, : ALRA, Arts Educational Schools, Birmingham School of Acting, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Central School of Speech and Drama, Drama Studio London, Drama Centre, East 15, Guildford School of Acting, Guildhall, Italia Conti Academy, LAMDA, Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA), Manchester School of Theatre, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, The Oxford School of Drama, RADA, Rose Bruford College, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. 

The Norman Beaton Fellowship is for applicants from non-traditional training backgrounds, and run in partnership with a range of theatres across the UK to source the winners. This year's theatres were Birmingham Repertory Theatre (Birmingham), Citizens Theatre (Glasgow), Eclipse Theatre (Sheffield), Kabosh Theatre Company (Belfast), National Youth Theatre (London), Talawa Theatre Company (London), Tamasha Theatre Company (London), Theatre Bristol (Bristol), Theatre Royal Stratford East (London) and The Other Room (Cardiff) .

The winners of both the Bursary and the Fellowship are each given a five-month contract with the Radio Drama Company, beginning on the 22 July 2017.

Actor and radio veteran Stephen Tompkinson (pictured above) announced this year's winners.

Five Carleton Hobbs bursaries have been awarded this year:

• Abbie Andrews  (ALRA)
• Isabella Inchbald (Drama Studio London)
• Adam Fitzgerald (Drama Studio London)
• Gary Duncan (Italia Conti Academy)
• Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong (Rose Bruford College)

The three BBC Norman Beaton Fellowship Winners 2017 are:

• Kath Weare  (The Other Room)
• David Reakes (Theatre Bristol)
• Ellie Darvill (Birmingham Rep)

This year, the judges awarded six runners-up prizes to finalists who will be cast via a freelance engagement in one of Radio Drama's 2017 summer/autumn/winter productions:

• Madeline Hatt (CHBA Runner-up, Guildford School of Acting)
• Lauren Cornelius (CHBA Runner-up, Drama Studio London)
• Ralph Davis (CHBA Runner-up, RADA)
• Patricia Allison (CHBA Runner-up, East15)
• Paul Cunningham (NBF Runner-up Glasgow Citizens Theatre)
• Helen Clapp (NBF Runner-up Theatre Royal Stratford East)

Congratulations to all the winners and runners up. Find out more about BBC Radio Drama (((soundstart))) on the website.

• Read BBC Soundstart 2016 - the Carleton Hobbs Bursary & Norman Beaton Fellowship
•  Adventures with the BBC Radio Drama Company & the BBC Norman Beaton Fellowship
• A day in the life of the Radio Drama Company
• and a selection of Radio Drama blogs on About the BBC
• Follow @BBCRadioDrama on Twitter