The BBC and Netflix led the way at this year’s Royal Television Society (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

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