RTS Programme Awards

Tuesday 14th March 2006, Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London, W1

Hosted by Phillip Schofield

Winners highlighted in red

Actor - Female
Lesley Sharp - Afterlife Clerkenwell Films for ITV
Anne Marie Duff - Shameless 2 Company Pictures for Channel 4
Julie Walters - Ahead of the Class Artists Rights Group Television/World Productions for ITV

Actor - Male
Charles Dance - Bleak House BBC Drama Serials/Deep Indigo for BBC One
Martin Clunes - Doc Martin II Buffalo Pictures in association with Homerun Productions for ITV1
David Threlfall - Shameless 2 & The Queen's Sister Shameless 2 - Company Pictures for Channel 4/The Queen's Sister - A Touchpaper Film for Channel 4

Arts
Holocaust, a Music Memorial Film From Auschwitz BBC co-production with CBC, ZDF, TVP & in association with Czech TV for BBC Two
A Picture of Britain: The Mystical West BBC Specialist Factual for BBC One
DV8 - The Cost of Living DV8 Films for Channel 4

Breakthrough Award - Behind the Screen
Finn McGough - Country Strife Raw TV for BBC Three
Justin Chadwick - Bleak House BBC Drama Serials/Deep Indigo for BBC One
Jonathan Smith - Make Me Normal Century Films for Channel 4

Breakthrough Award - On Screen
Phil Beadle - The Unteachables talkbackTHAMES Television for Channel 4
Zoe Tapper - Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky BBC Drama Serials for BBC Four
Bruce Parry - Tribe BBC Wales for BBC Two

Children's Drama
My Parents are Aliens Granada Kids for CiTV
Tracy Beaker BBC Children’s for CBBC
Last Rights Touchpaper Television for Channel 4

Children's Programme
Sticks and Stones Maroon Productions for Channel 4
Charlie and Lola "I am not sleepy & I will not go to bed" Tiger Aspect Productions for
BBC Children’s
Serious Arctic BBC Children’s for CBBC 

Comedy Performance
David Walliams & Matt Lucas - Little Britain BBC Comedy for BBC One/BBC Three
Peter Capaldi - The Thick of It BBC Comedy for BBC Four
Catherine Tate - The Catherine Tate Show Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Two

Daytime Programme
Beaten Coastal Productions/BBC Daytime for BBC One
Deal or No Deal Endemol West for Channel 4
Coach Trip 12 Yard Productions for Channel 4

Digital Channel Programme Award
The Match 2 Initial for Sky One
Brainiac 3 Granada for Sky One
The House of Tiny Tearaways BBC Format Entertainment/Outline Productions for BBC Three

Documentary Series - General
Tribe BBC Wales for BBC Two
Cocaine October Films for Channel 4
Jamie's School Dinners A Fresh One Production for Channel 4

Drama Serial
Elizabeth I Company Pictures for Channel 4/HBO
To the Ends of the Earth BBC Drama Serials/Power co-production in association with Tightrope Pictures for BBC Two
Bleak House BBC Drama Serials/Deep Indigo for BBC One

Drama Series
Doctor Who BBC Wales for BBC One
Shameless 2 Company Pictures for Channel 4
Bodies (Series 2) Hat Trick Productions for BBC Three

Entertainment
The Catherine Tate Show Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Two
I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! Factual and Factual Entertainment, ITV Productions London for ITV
The X Factor talkbackTHAMES Television and Syco Productions for ITV
 
Entertainment Performance
Derren Brown - Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind An Objective Production for Channel 4
Ant & Dec - Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Granada Entertainment for ITV1
Paul O'Grady - Paul O'Grady Show Granada Entertainment for ITV1

Features & Factual Entertainment
Dragon's Den BBC & Sony Pictures for BBC Two
Rock School RDF Media for Channel 4
Springwatch with Bill Oddie BBC for BBC Two

History
The Year London Blew Up; 1974 Blast! Films for Channel 4
Trafalgar Battle Surgeon A Justin Hardy Films Production for Channel 4
Israel & The Arabs: Elusive Peace A Brook Lapping Production for BBC Current Affairs for
BBC Two

International Award
Weeds Lionsgate for Sky One
Lost Buena Vista International Television for Channel 4
Desperate Housewives Buena Vista International Television for Channel 4

Nations & Regions Presenter
Carol Malia - BBC Look North BBC Television, Newcastle
Emily Maitlis - BBC London News BBC London for BBC One
Stephen Nolan – Nolan Live BBC for BBC One Northern Ireland

Nations & Regions Programme
New Found Land: IM Heehaw Productions for Scottish TV, Grampian TV & Scottish Screen
New Found Land: Elephant Boy Wish Film Productions for Scottish TV, Grampian TV and Scottish Screen
Belfast to Dachau DoubleBand Films for BBC Northern Ireland

Presenter
Lorraine Kelly - LK Today GMTV
Jeremy Clarkson - Top Gear BBC for BBC Two
Bruce Parry - Tribe BBC Wales for BBC Two 

Science & Natural History
Anatomy for Beginners Firefly for Channel 4
Life Before Birth Pioneer Film and Television Productions for Channel 4
The Boy with the Incredible Brain: Extraordinary People Focus Productions for five

Single Documentary - General
Make Me Normal Century Films for Channel 4
Children of Beslan BBC Current Affairs/HBO for BBC Two
Taxidermy: Stuff the World Century Films for BBC Two

Single Drama
The Government Inspector Mentorn Productions for Channel 4
A Waste of Shame BBC Drama Serials for BBC Four
Ahead of the Class Artists Rights Group Television/World Productions for ITV

Situation Comedy & Comedy Drama
The Thick of It BBC Comedy for BBC Four
Much Ado About Nothing BBC Drama/BBC Northern Ireland for BBC One
Peep Show An Objective Production for Channel 4

Soap
Coronation Street ITV Productions Manchester for ITV
Emmerdale ITV Productions Yorkshire for ITV
EastEnders BBC for BBC One

Writer - Comedy
Brian Dooley - The Smoking Room BBC Comedy for BBC Three
Sam Bain & Jesse Armstrong - Peep Show An Objective Production for Channel 4
The Thick of It Writing Team - The Thick of It BBC Comedy for BBC Four 

Writer - Drama
Paul Abbott - Shameless 2 Company Pictures for Channel 4
Andrew Davies - Bleak House BBC Drama Serials/Deep Indigo for BBC One
Jed Mercurio - Bodies (Series 2) Hat Trick Productions for BBC Three

Judges’ Award
Jon Plowman