Yorkshire favourite, Barry Cryer brought warmth and humour to last night’s Royal Television Society Yorkshire Centre annual awards, held at the Queens, Leeds. Among the repeated winners were those associated with the hit television drama, Unforgiven as well as Leeds-based True North Productions. Recognising his long career as crime reporter, the BBC’s John Cunday was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award. His reporting spans 35 years, covering news stories such as the Yorkshire Ripper, Hillsborough and the Shannon Matthews story.
Unforgiven won in the Best Drama Series category and Sally Wainwright took away the Writer of the Year award for the same programme.
But it was True North Productions that dominated the evening’s awards. The company’s winners included Nick Thorpe who won Picture Editor of the Year, Mark Stokes for Camerawork of the Year, and the company’s programme, Shannon – The Mother of all Lies winning Factual Programme of the Year (Terrestrial Network). True North also won Independent Production Company of the Year.
BBC Yorkshire & Lincolnshire were also big winners with reporter Jamie Coulson winning Television Journalist of the Year, Martin Armstrong winning Unsung Hero of the Year, and Inside Out’s Story of Michael Barnett winning Factual/Feature Programme of the Year (Regional).
Leeds Post won the Craft Team Award for Wire in the Blood for Coastal Productions, Andrew Dobson of Goodwood Productions for Sport England won Sport Coverage of the Year, and The British Transport Films for BBC English Regions for BBC Four won Factual Programme of the Year (Digital Channel).
WINNERS
Unsung Hero of the Year
MARTIN ARMSTRONG – BBC Look North, BBC Yorkshire
Nominees
ANDREW DOBSON – Goodwood Productions
LEEDS POST DUBBING DEPARTMENT – ITV Yorkshire
Best Music or Use of Music - Sponsored by DED GOOD MUSIC
UNFORGIVEN – Malcolm Lindsay for Red Production Company for ITV1
Nominees
O2 BLUEBOOK Advertisement- Organiq Music –Terrestrial Channels//Cinema/Internet
Writer of the Year - Sponsored by ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND, Yorkshire
SALLY WAINWRIGHT-Unforgiven. Red Production Company for ITV 1
Nominees
GUY ANDREWS – Lost in Austen.Mammoth Screen (Austen) Ltd for ITV1
LISA HOLDSWORTH-Waterloo Road. Shed Productions for BBC One
Craft Team Award
LEEDS POST for Wire in the Blood, for Coastal Productions, ITV1
Nominees
LEEDS POST for Kudos Films, for BBC Three
UNFORGIVEN TEAM, Red Production Company for ITV1
Picture Editor of the Year
NICK THORP – True North Productions
Nominees
ANDI OLSSEN – Classlane Media
MARK ELLIOTT – Unforgiven, Red Production Company
Camerawork of the Year
MARK STOKES – True North Productions
Nominees
MILES MASSEY – Massey Productions for BBC Inside Out & Brassneck TV for Channel 4
SEAN BOBBITT –Unforgiven, Red Production Company for ITV1
Independent Production Company of the Year - Sponsored by SCREEN YORKSHIRE
TRUE NORTH PRODUCTIONS
Television Journalist of the Year - Sponsored by YORKSHIRE FORWARD
JAMIE COULSON – BBC Inside Out, BBC Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
Nominees
PHILLIP NORTO-BBC Look North, BBC Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
ANNE-MARIE TASKER-Calendar News, ITV Yorkshire
Sport Coverage of the Year
ANDREW DOBSON – Goodwood Productions for Sport England
Nominees
BBC LOOK NORTH-BBC Yorkshire
BBC LOOK NORTH-BBC Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
Factual/Feature Programme of the Year (Regional)
INSIDE OUT- STORY OF MICHAEL BARNETT – BBC Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
Nominees
THE POLITICS SHOW-BBC Yorkshire & BBC Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
YORKSHIRE’S PERFECT PINT-Cheeky Monkey Films for ITV Yorkshire
Factual Programme of the Year (Digital Channel)
THE BRITISH TRANSPORT FILMS – BBC English Regions for BBC Four
Nominees
ABSOLUTELY CHUFFED – BBC Yorkshire for BBC Four & BBC Two
KILLER COUPLES-THE RAILWAY KILLERS – True North Productions for Crime & Investigation Network
Factual Programme of the Year (Terrestrial Network)
SHANNON - THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES – True North Productions for BBC One
Nominees
ABSOLUTELY CHUFFED – BBC Yorkshire for BBC Four & BBC Two
ONE MAN AND HIS CANOE:THE JOHN DARWIN STORY – TRUE NORTH PRODUCTIONS for ITV1
Best Drama Series or Serial
UNFORGIVEN - Red Production Company For ITV1
Nominees
LOST IN AUSTEN - Mammoth Screen(Austen)Ltd for ITV1
HEARTBEAT - ITV Yorkshire For ITV1
Lifetime Achievement Award - Sponsored by YORKSHIRE SOCIETY
JOHN CUNDY
