BBC, Netflix lead way at RTS Craft & Design Awards

The BBC won 10 awards on from 29 categories including two of the three director awards: Janet Fraser Crook won Director – Multicamera for her work on Coldplay at Glastonbury 2024, and Paddy Wivell’s Hell Jumper took home the Director – Non-scripted award.

Netflix followed closely with seven awards, including the Sound – Scripted award for its global hit Baby Reindeer. Netflix’s psychological thriller series Eric, produced by Sister and Little Chick, received the highest number of wins (three) for a single programme, including Effects – SFX, Photography – Scripted, and Picture Enhancement.

The newly established Multicamera Work – Sport category went to Sean Randle for Sky Sports’ World Darts Championship Final 2024 broadcast. The jurors said it required a high standard of skill to bring the excitement and atmosphere of the sporting event to life.

The RTS Special Award for 2024 was given to three organisations for helping to alleviate the ongoing challenges that TV freelancers are facing: The TV Collective, The Film and TV Charity and TV Mindset.

The Outstanding Contribution Award was presented to producer, writer and director Peter Kosminsky, who recently directed the second and final series of the BBC’s Wolf Hall adaptation.

The ceremony took place on December 2 at the London Hilton on Park Lane, hosted by Charlotte Hawkins from ITV’s Good Morning Britain and ITV’s Racing.

Emma Gormley, Chair of RTS Craft & Design, said: “The winners we’re highlighting this evening are exemplary leaders in the UK creative industry, and are instrumental in producing - mostly against the odds - the outstanding programming we’ve all enjoyed this year.”

RTS Craft & Design Awards winners 2024

Casting Award

Rosalie Clayton Boarders Studio Lambert for BBC Three

Costume Design - Scripted

Orla Smyth-Mill The Long Shadow New Pictures for ITV1

Design - Programme Content Sequences

Oliver Smyth The Battle to Beat Malaria Wingspan Productions, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios and Arte France for BBC Two

Design - Titles

Intermission Film Boiling Point (Series 1) Ascendant Fox, Matriarch Productions and It’s All Made Up Productions for BBC One

Director - Multicamera

Janet Fraser Crook Coldplay at Glastonbury 2024 BBC Studios Music Production for BBC One

Director - Non-scripted

Paddy Wivell Hell Jumper Expectation TV for BBC Two

Director - Scripted

Molly Manners One Day Drama Republic Production with Universal International Studios and Focus Features for Netflix

Editing - Sport

Nicholas Perry & Mandii Kuller Andy Murray: Will to Win BBC Sport for BBC One

Editing - Entertainment and Comedy

Gareth Heal Peacock (Series 2) Big Talk Studios in association with Bullion for BBC Three

Editing - Non-scripted

Otto Burnham Atomic People Minnow Films for BBC Two

Editing - Scripted

Mark Sanger Masters of the Air Apple Studios with Amblin Television / Playtone for Apple TV+

Effects - SFX

Becky Johnson & Paul Vincett (Stitches & Glue) Eric SISTER / Little Chick for Netflix

Effects - VFX

Alan Church, Simon Giles, David Schneider & James Hattsmith The Tattooist of Auschwitz Synchronicity Films in association with Sky Studios and All3Media International for Sky

Lighting for Multicamera

Nigel Catmur, Joe Phillips, Oliver Lifely & Martin Higgins Gladiators Hungry Bear Media and MGM Alternative UK for BBC One

Make Up Design - Non-scripted

Suzi Battersby & Megan Thomas Secrets of the Neanderthals BBC Studios for Netflix

Make Up Design - Scripted

Sharon Miller, Kym Menzies-Foster & Kelly Taylor Three Little Birds Tiger Aspect Productions / Douglas Road Productions for ITVX / ITV1

Multicamera Work

Camera Team Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins (Series 5) Minnow Films for Channel 4

Multicamera Work - Sport

Sean Randle World Darts Championship Final 2024 Sky Sports / EMG for Sky Sports

Music Original Score - Non-scripted

Morgan Kibby Queens Wildstar Films & National Geographic for Disney+

Music Original Score - Scripted

Shez Manzoor, Nida Manzoor, Sanya Manzoor & Benjamin Fregin We Are Lady Parts (Series 2) Working Title Television, which is part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group for Channel 4

Photography - Non-scripted

Photography Team Earthsounds Offspring Films in association with Apple for Apple TV+

Photography - Scripted

Benedict Spence BSC Eric SISTER / Little Chick for Netflix

Picture Enhancement

Toby Tomkins Eric SISTER / Little Chick for Netflix

Production Design - Non-scripted

Natalie O’Connor The Enfield Poltergeist MetFilm / Concordia Studio in association with Apple for Apple TV+

Production Design - Scripted

Phil Sims Doctor Who Bad Wolf a co-production with BBC Studios for BBC One

Production Management Award

The Production Management Team Squid Game: The Challenge Studio Lambert and The Garden for Netflix

Sound - Non-scripted

Nick Ryan, Ben Baird and Sound Team The Enfield Poltergeist MetFilm / Concordia Studio in association with Apple for Apple TV+

Sound - Scripted

James Ridgway, Matt Skelding, Jake Whitelee & Tom Jenkins Baby Reindeer Clerkenwell Films for Netflix

RTS Special Award

The TV Collective, The Film and TV Charity and TV Mindset

Oustanding Contribution Award

Peter Kosminsky