Last night’s Royal Television Society (RTS) Craft & Design Awards were dominated by the Olympics, with coverage and work promoting the 2012 Games scooping three awards.

Awards were made in a total of 22 categories, from costume design and digital effects to editing and lighting.

The Design & Craft Innovation award went to the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony Production Team, while BBC Sport picked up the Judges’ Award for its London 2012 coverage and The Graphic Design Trails & Packaging award went to Passion Pictures and Red Bee Media for their BBC 2012 creative.

BBC dramas White Heat and The Fades scooped three awards each.

The Winners (in bold):

Effects Digital

Lexhag Visual Effects Team – The Fades, BBC Productions/BBC America for BBC Three

BlueBolt – Great Expectations, BBC Productions/Masterpiece for BBC One

The Mill – Sinbad (Episode 1), Impossible Pictures for Sky 1 HD

Effects Special

Andy Heath & Iestyn Evans of Talk to the Hand– Mongrels (Series 2), BBC Productions for BBC Three

Colin Gorry & Ed Smith – Great Expectations, BBC Productions/Masterpiece for BBC One

Mark Holt & James Davis – Downton Abbey (Series 2), Carnival Film & Television for ITV

Costume Design Entertainment & Non Drama Productions

Ameena Kara Callender & Noel Fielding– Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, Secret Peter for E4

Vicky Gill – Strictly Come Dancing (Series 9), BBC Productions for BBC One

Ros Little & Team – Horrible Histories (Series 4), Lion Television/Citrus Television for CBBC

Costume Design Drama

Annie Symons – Great Expectations, BBC Productions/Masterpiece for BBC One

Amy Roberts – Call The Midwife, Neal Street Productions for BBC One

Charlotte Walter – This Is England ‘88, Warp Films for Channel 4

Photography Documentary/Factual & Non Drama Productions

Camera Team – Earthflight, John Downer Productions for BBC One

Camera Team – After Life: The Strange Science Of Decay, BBC Scotland for BBC Four

The Camera Team – Frozen Planet, A BBC/Discovery Channel/Antena 3 Television S.A./ZDF/Skai/Open University Co-Production in association with Discovery Canada for BBC One

Photography Drama

Christopher Ross – Blackout, Red Production Company for BBC One

Alan Almond – The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, BBC Productions/Masterpiece for BBC Two

Julian Court – Birdsong, A Working Title Television/Masterpiece Co-Production in association with NBC Universal for BBC One

Effects Picture Enhancement

Paul Staples – White Heat, ITV Studios for BBC Two

John Cryer – Horrible Histories (Series 4), Lion TV/Citrus Television/Platform Post Production for CBBC

Jet Omoshebi – Great Expectations, BBC Productions/Masterpiece for BBC One

Multicamera Work

Paul Dugdale, Simon Pizey, Phil Lee & Cordelia Plunket – Adele Live At The Royal Albert Hall, Done And Dusted for BBC One

Richard Valentine – Dancing On Ice (Series 7), ITV Studios for ITV

SIS LIVE & ACEA On-Board Camera Teams – America’s Cup World Series, 2011, Plymouth GBR Regatta, America’s Cup Event Authority – TV Production for Channel 4/Sky Sports (UK)

Lighting for Multicamera

Durham Marenghi, Tim Routledge, Sam Pattinson & Steve Nolan – The Diamond Jubilee Concert, BBC Productions for BBC One

Dave Davey – Dancing On Ice (Series 7), ITV Studios for ITV

Dave Davey – The X Factor, Thames (part of FremantleMedia UK) for ITV1

 

Sound Entertainment & Non Drama Productions

John Rogerson, Johnathan Rush & Alastair Sirkett – David Attenborough’s Bachelor King 3D, Atlantic Productions for Sky 3D

John Rogerson & Alastair Sirkett – Stephen Hawking’s Grand Design; The Meaning Of Life, Darlow Smithson for Discovery UK

Mark Atkinson & Andy Hodges – Gary Barlow: On Her Majesty’s Service, Fulwell 73 for BBC One

 

Sound Drama

David Old, Chris Roberts, Richard Fordham & Martin Trevis – White Heat, ITV Studios for BBC Two

Ben Baird, Jamie McPhee, Adrian Bell & Team – Merlin (Series IV), Shine for BBC One

Russell Jeffery, Tony Gibson, Roger Dobson & Billy Mahoney – Misfits (Series 3), Clerkenwell Films for E4

Music Original Score

John Harle – Lucien Freud – Painted Life, Blakeway Productions for BBC Two

Jack C Arnold – Holy Flying Circus, Hillbilly Television for BBC Four

Mark Russell – The Best Of Men, Whitby Davison Production for BBC Two

 

Music Original Title

Paul Thomson – The Fades, BBC Productions/BBC America for BBC Three

Edmund Butt – Without You, ITV/Sally Head Productions/Tosca/Bucks Music for ITV1

Rob Lane – The Last Weekend, Carnival Film & Television for ITV1

 

Production Design Entertainment & Non Drama Productions

Peter Findley – Turn Back Time: The Family, Wall to Wall Media for BBC One

Mark Fisher – The Diamond Jubilee Concert, BBC Productions for BBC One

Miranda Jones & Team – Horrible Histories (Series 4), Lion Television/Citrus Television for CBBC

Production Design Drama

David Roger – Great Expectations, BBC Productions/Masterpiece for BBC One

Martin Childs – Parade’s End (Episode 1), A Mammoth Screen production for the BBC in association with HBO

Michael Pickwoad – Doctor Who - The Doctor, The Widow & The Wardrobe, BBC Productions for BBC One

 

Make Up Design Drama

Janet Horsfield – Appropriate Adult, ITV Studios for ITV1

Christine Allsopp – The Fades, BBC Productions/BBC America for BBC Three

Catherine Scoble – This Is England ‘88, Warp Films for Channel 4

Make Up Design Entertainment & Non Drama Productions

Christine Cant – Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, Secret Peter for E4

Kristyan Mallett & Sarah Lockwood – Facejacker (Episode 1, Series 2), Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4

Cheryl Mitchell,  Kate Benton & Marie Deehan – Horrible Histories (Series 4), Lion Television/Citrus Television for CBBC

 

Graphic Design Titles

Rupert Ray – Parade’s End (Episode 1), A Mammoth Screen production for the BBC in association with HBO.

Patrick Bedeau & Pierangelo Pirak – People And Power, Al Jazeera Creative Division for Al Jazeera English

Nic Benns, Rodi Kaya, Miki Kato & Tom Bromwich – Great Expectations, BBC Productions/Masterpiece for BBC One

 

Graphic Design Trails & Packaging

Passion Pictures, BBC, RKCR/Y&R, Red Bee Media – BBC 2012 – The Olympics, Passion Pictures/Red Bee Media for BBC

 

Graphic Design Programme Content Sequences

Victoria Bell, Owenna Griffiths, Daniel Clarke and Black North – My Autism and Me – A Newsround Special, CBBC Productions/Black North for CBBC

Creative Nuts – Dirty Great Machines, Princess Productions for Channel 5

Julian Gibbs, Richard Gort & Robin Nurse – London 2012, - The Importance Of Sport Psychology, Intro Partnership for BBC One

Tape & Film Editing Entertainment & Situation Comedy

Mark Lawrence – Mrs Brown’s Boys (Series 2), BBC Scotland/BBC Productions co-production with Bocpix in association with RTE for BBC One

Editing Team – I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, ITV Studios for ITV1

Steve Tempia & Mark Williams – Outnumbered (Episode 6, Series 4), Hat Trick Productions for BBC One

 

Tape & Film Editing Documentary & Factual

Sacha Mirzoeff, Ollie Huddleston, Colette Hodges & Darren Flaxstone – Protecting Our Children, BBC Bristol Factual for BBC Two

Joby Gee Ben Brown, Michael Harrowes & Nick Packer –Educating Essex, Twofour for Channel 4

Peter Hein – Ashley Banjo’s Secret Street Crew “Darts” (Episode 1), Princess Productions for Sky1HD

Tape & Film Editing Drama

Andrew Hulme – Appropriate Adult, ITV Studios for ITV1

Victoria Boydell – Great Expectations, BBC Productions/Masterpiece for BBC One

Jacob Thuesen – Murder, Touchpaper for BBC Two

 Design & Craft Innovation

London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony Production Team

Lifetime Achievement Award

Keir & Louise Lusby A husband and wife team who ran Shepperton-based prop and model-making company Keir Lusby Props from 1970 until 2011.

Judges’ Award

London 2012 Olympic Coverage BBC Sport

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