BBC Leads Nominations for RTS Craft & Design Awards 2023

Across the 28 categories, the BBC has 42 nominations including three for its hit historical drama series SAS Rogue Heroes, and three for its broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, hosted in the UK.

Sky garnered 16 nods, three of which were for British drama series Funny Woman, and Channel 4 received 10 nominations across categories from Editing – Non-scripted to Production Management.

BBC’s The English received the most nominations for one programme overall, earning nods across Costume Design – Scripted, Design – Titles, Music Original Score – Scripted and Production Design - Scripted categories.

Also celebrating multiple nominations are Channel 4’s Somewhere Boy, which received nods across the Casting Award, Director – Scripted and Picture Enhancement categories, and Sky’s I Hate Suzie Too, with nominations in the Director – Scripted, Editing – Scripted and Music Original Score – Scripted categories.

For scripted series, Channel 4’s Somewhere Boy, Sky’s I Hate Suzie Too and BBC’s SAS Rogue Heroes all received multiple nominations in a range of categories.

Chair of the Awards, Ade Rawcliffe, said: “This year’s shortlist of nominees demonstrates the exceptional breadth of talent from across the production cycle, from the most preliminary stages of a series to the final touches in post-production. In a year which has seen UK television placed on a global stage, the RTS Craft & Design Awards spotlights the extraordinary work that has gone into this content from people from a range of backgrounds and skillsets. We’re looking forward to celebrating all of the nominees and crowning our winners next month!”

The awards ceremony will be held on Monday 4^th December at the London Hilton on Park Lane.

2023 RTS Craft & Design Award nominations

Casting Award

• Heather Basten Dreaming Whilst Black Big Deal Films / A24 for BBC
• Catherine Willis Somewhere Boy Clerkenwell Films for Channel 4
• Julie Harkin & Nathan Toth The Sixth Commandment Wild Mercury Productions / True Vision for BBC

Costume Design – Non-scripted

• Shereen Shimmin, Abbie Williams, Jackie Young & Jonathan Skinner Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway Lifted Entertainment (Part of ITV Studios) in co-production with Mitre Studios for ITV1
• Plunge Creations / Bandicoot Scotland The Masked Singer (S4) Bandicoot Scotland for ITV
• Zaldy & Eve Collins RuPaul’s Drag Race UK World of Wonder for BBC

Costume Design - Scripted

• Pam Downe Funny Woman Potboiler Productions and Rebel Park Productions in association with Sky Studios for Sky Max
• Charlotte Morris Silo AMC Studios in association with Apple for Apple TV+
• Phoebe de Gaye The English Drama Republic / Eight Rooks for BBC

Design - Programme Content Sequences

• Made in Colour North Korea: The Insiders BBC News for BBC
• Production Team Princess Anne: The Plot To Kidnap A Royal ClockWork Films / GroupM Motion Entertainment for Channel 4
• Made in Colour Ukraine: The Children’s Story BBC Newsround for BBC

Design – Titles

• Manddy Wyckens & Joe Dennis Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story Studio AKA for Shondaland for Netflix
• Chris Billig, Stephen Fuller, Colin Hess & Danny Kamhaji The English Drama Republic / Eight Rooks for BBC
• Ed Kevill-Davies & Lucas Roche The Gallows Pole Element Pictures in association with Big Arty Productions for BBC in association with A24

Director - Multicamera

• James Morgan & Chris Whiterod Springwatch 2023 BBC Studios / BBC Public Service for BBC
• Simon Staffurth The Coronation of TM King Charles III and Queen Camilla BBC Studios for BBC
• Directing Team The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II BBC Studios for BBC

Director - Non-scripted

• Marcel Mettelsiefen & Jordan Bryon Children of the Taliban Moon Dogs Films for Channel 4
• Benedict Sanderson Dublin Narcos Blast! Films for Sky Documentaries
• Joe Myerscough & Emma Jones Inside Our Autistic Minds BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions / The Open University for BBC

Director - Scripted

• Dawn Shadforth I Hate Suzie Too Bad Wolf for Sky Atlantic
• Junior Okoli Jungle Nothing Lost for Prime Video
• Alex Winckler Somewhere Boy Clerkenwell Films for Channel 4

Editing - Entertainment and Comedy

• Jamie Pearson & Helena Evans Am I Being Unreasonable? Boffola Pictures and Lookout Point for BBC
• Ashley White Dreaming Whilst Black Big Deal Films / A24 for BBC
• Gareth Heal There She Goes: 414 Merman Television for BBC

Editing - Non-scripted

• Bradley Manning & Bruce Law Dublin Narcos Blast! Films for Sky Documentaries
• Paul Holland Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World (Ep 1) BBC Studios for BBC
• Chloe Lambourne LYRA Erica Starling Productions for Channel 4

Editing - Scripted

• Peggy Koretzky Blue Lights Two Cities Television / Gallagher Films for BBC
• David Charap I Am Ruth Me+You Productions in association with Juggle Productions for Channel 4
• Fin Oates, Jo Walker & Joe Randall-Cutler I Hate Suzie Too Bad Wolf for Sky Atlantic

Editing – Sport

• Sam Bergson Hatton Noah Media Group in association with Sky Studios for Sky
• Steve Wakeford The Ashes Sky Sports Cricket for Sky
• Ian Grech Villeneuve Pironi Noah Media Group in association with Sky Studios for Sky

Effects - SFX

• Paul Dimmer Hijack 60Forty Films / Idiotlamp Productions in association with Apple for Apple TV+
• Stefano Corridori SAS Rogue Heroes (S1) Kudos / Nebulastar for BBC
• Frankie Waite / Ignite SFX World on Fire 2 A Mammoth Screen production Co-produced with Masterpiece for BBC

Effects - VFX

• Effects Team His Dark Materials Bad Wolf for BBC
• Elliot Newman, Kirstin Hall, Andy Hargreaves & the MPC Team Prehistoric Planet (S2) BBC Studios in association with Apple for Apple TV+
• Union Team The Power SISTER for Prime Video

Lighting for Multicamera

• Tim Routledge, James Scott & Morgan Evans Eurovision Song Contest 2023 BBC Studios for BBC
• Nigel Catmur The Coronation Concert BBC Studios for BBC
• James Tinsley The Traitors Studio Lambert for BBC

Make Up Design - Non-scripted

• Nicola Coleman Fantasy Football League Avalon Television for Sky Max
• David Petruschin, Julie Cooper & Sam Regan RuPaul’s Drag Race UK World of Wonder for BBC
• Lisa Armstrong & Lisa Davey Strictly Come Dancing (S20) BBC Studios for BBC & BBC iPlayer

Make Up Design - Scripted

• Sue Michael Funny Woman Potboiler Productions and Rebel Park Productions in association with Sky Studios for Sky Max
• Samantha Kininmonth & Suzi Battersby Litvinenko ITV Studios and Tiger Aspect for ITVX
• Nic Collins & Giorgio Galliero Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story Shondaland for Netflix

Multicamera Work

• Camera Team Eurovision Song Contest 2023 BBC Studios for BBC
• Multicamera Team The Coronation of TM King Charles III and Queen Camilla BBC Studios for BBC
• Camera Team The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II BBC Studios for BBC

Music Original Score - Non-scripted

• Simon Russell Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland KEO films and Walk on Air Films for BBC
• Hans Zimmer, Anze Rozman & Kara Talve for Bleeding Fingers Music Prehistoric Planet (S2) BBC Studios in association with Apple for Apple TV+
• David Schweitzer The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy Twofour in association with Apple for Apple TV+

Music Original Score – Scripted

• Tawiah & Lindsay Wright Black Ops BBC Studios for BBC
• Johnny Lloyd I Hate Suzie Too Bad Wolf for Sky Atlantic
• Federico Jusid The English Drama Republic / Eight Rooks for BBC

Photography - Non-scripted

• Marcel Mettelsiefen & Jordan Bryon Children of the Taliban Moon Dogs Films for Channel 4
• Narayan Van Maele, Patrick Smith, Jim Incledon & Benedict Sanderson Dublin Narcos Blast! Films for Sky Documentaries
• Jack Wood Kids Expectation for Channel 4

Photography - Scripted

• Chas Appeti Jungle Nothing Lost for Prime Video
• Stephan Pehrsson BSC SAS Rogue Heroes (S1) Kudos / Nebulastar for BBC
• Annika Summerson Then You Run (S1) Kudos / MadeFor for Sky

Picture Enhancement

• Mark Mulcaster of Sky Post Production Hatton Noah Media Group in association with Sky Studios for Sky
• Thomas Urbye & Grace Weston Somewhere Boy Clerkenwell Films for Channel 4
• Paul Harrison & Owen Hulme The Gallows Pole Element Pictures in association with Big Arty Productions for BBC in association with A24

Production Design - Non-scripted

• Catherine Land & Caroline Berry-Reid Strictly Come Dancing (S20) BBC Studios for BBC & BBC iPlayer
• Stufish The Coronation Concert BBC Studios for BBC
• Mathieu Weekes / Bizibot Productions The Traitors Studio Lambert for BBC

Production Design - Scripted

• Jacqueline Smith Funny Woman Potboiler Productions and Rebel Park Productions in association with Sky Studios for Sky Max
• Richard Bullock SAS Rogue Heroes (S1) Kudos / Nebulastar for BBC
• Chris Roope The English Drama Republic / Eight Rooks for BBC

Production Management

• Georgie Emary-Witts 24 Hours in Police Custody The Garden for Channel 4
• Production Management Team Eurovision Song Contest 2023 BBC Studios for BBC
• Shiva Talwar Inside Our Autistic Minds BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions / The Open University for BBC

Sound - Non-scripted

• Claire Ellis, Will Chapman & Greg Gettens Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake Raw TV for Netflix
• Nas Parkash, Will Chapman, Billy Poole & Andrew Yarme Break Point (S1) Box to Box for Netflix
• Kate Hopkins, Tim Owens & Graham Wild Frozen Planet II A BBC Studios Natural History Unit production for BBC & BBC America co-produced with ZDF and France Television with BBC Open University Partnership for BBC

Sound - Scripted

• Sound Team Gangs of London Pulse Films in association with SISTER for Sky Atlantic
• Sound Team Great Expectations FX Productions / Hardy, Son & Baker / Scott Free Productions for BBC
• Sound Team Slow Horses (S2) See-Saw Films in association with Apple for Apple TV+