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Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ruth Jones and James Corden win RTS judges' award for Gavin & Stacey
Gavin & Stacey stars and creators Ruth Jones and James Corden collected the judges' award at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Programme Awards on Tuesday. Jones and Corden picked up the award after the final episode of Gavin & Stacey aired on Christmas Day after a gap of five years, while The Traitors and Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkelman was presented with the outstanding achievement award. RTS gave a special award for television journalism to journalists in Gaza for 'their courage and commitment as they face extraordinary danger'. The BBC sitcom Alma's Not Normal also picked up three awards during the ceremony at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. Creator Sophie Willan won both the female comedy performance and comedy writer awards, while Alma's Not Normal also collected the comedy drama prize. Musical drama This Town won the newly combined limited series and single drama award, one of 16 wins for the BBC which included coverage of the 80th anniversary of D Day in the live event category. The leading actor awards went to Lennie James for his role in the BBC's Mr Loverman and Anna Maxwell Martin for ITV's true crime drama Until I Kill You. So delighted to have won this award with Rose. Thank you RTS and to @channel4 for having faith in us. — Clare Balding 💙 (@clarebalding) March 25, 2025 Danny Dyer was named best male supporting actor for his role in the Disney+ series Rivals, which also collected the best drama writer award for Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Laura Wade, with Jessica Gunning winning best female supporting actor for Netflix's Baby Reindeer. Channel 4's coverage of the 2024 Paralympics won both sports categories – best programme and presenter, commentator or pundit for Rose Ayling-Ellis and Clare Balding. Loose Women won the daytime programme category while The Traitors was named best entertainment programme and Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly took home the entertainment performance for Saturday Night Takeaway. Freddie Flintoff's Field Of Dreams On Tour won the formatted popular factual prize while Casualty beat EastEnders and Hollyoaks to be named best soap and continuing drama.
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
U.K.'s Royal Television Society U-Turns, Will Now Give Award Recognizing Journalists in Gaza After Industry Backlash
Journalists covering the war in Gaza — including the 170 who have been killed — will now be recognized by the U.K.'s Royal Television Society (RTS) in a reversal of a decision that sparked two weeks of controversy, anger and debate from across the industry. 'The RTS will be making the Special Award for Journalists in Gaza at the Society's Programme Awards on March 25,' a spokesperson for the organization said on Tuesday. More from Variety 'Kaos,' 'Baby Reindeer' Among Shows Nominated for Royal Television Society Craft and Design Awards 2024 David Beckham Says Netflix Documentary Made Him and Victoria 'Nervous': 'I Hated Almost Every Moment of Making It' Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Among RTS London Convention Speakers - Global Bulletin The special award was due to be presented at the RTS Journalism Awards held earlier this month, but was rescinded at the last minute. At the time, the organization said it didn't want to 'add fuel to the fire' surrounding the BBC's 'Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone' documentary, which was pulled after it was revealed that the child narrator was the son of a minister in the Hamas government (a move that also generated weeks of heated discussion on either side). 'A decision was taken not to present the Special Award at the Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards at the ceremony on March 5,' the RTS spokesperson said in the latest update. 'At that time, it was felt strongly that there was potential at the ceremony on the night for the recent controversy around some Gaza coverage to overshadow the Award.' The move was immediately condemned by British journalists, including several well-known figures. A letter signed by nearly 400 people requested a meeting with RTS patron King Charles over the matter, and 'demanded transparency' about the RTS's decision-making processes. Renowned current affairs host Jonathan Dimbleby called the RTS 'cowards.' 'We welcome the Royal Television Society's U-turn in reinstating the Special Award for the courageous Palestinian journalists of Gaza,' said the Artists for Palestine UK group on the RTS reversal. 'However, the charity's statement does little to address or allay our concerns.' The RTS announcement came on a day of intense bloodshed in Gaza, where more than 400 Palestinians are reported to have been killed in overnight strikes by Israel, breaking the ceasefire that came into effect in January. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Oscars 2026: First Blind Predictions Including Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone, 'Wicked: For Good' and More What's Coming to Disney+ in March 2025
The Independent
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
RTS to present special honour for journalists in Gaza at its Programme Awards
Journalists covering the Gaza conflict will now be recognised at the Royal Television Society's Programme Awards, following an announcement that the presentation of the honour would be paused. 'The RTS will be making the Special Award for Journalists in Gaza at the Society's Programme Awards on March 25,' a spokesperson said on Tuesday. The award was due to be presented at the Television Journalism Awards on March 5, but 'it was felt strongly that there was potential at the ceremony on the night for the recent controversy around some Gaza coverage to overshadow the award', a spokesperson for the RTS said previously. Last week, current affairs veteran Jonathan Dimbleby, Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Sky News journalist Alex Crawford were among those who signed a letter expressing their 'shock and disgust' at RTS for not recognising the journalists of Gaza. It comes after the BBC apologised for and removed the documentary Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone from iPlayer, saying it had 'identified serious flaws' in the making of the programme. Channel 4 News admitted that the son of a Hamas official, who featured in the BBC Gaza programme, was briefly part of its daily coverage of the Israel-Hamas war. At the weekend, a spokesperson for RTS announced the society had met as part of a review process, following the decision to pause the presentation of the award, and added that the society would 'be making the special award' and 'discussing how this will take place'. The UK Screen Industry, which co-ordinated a letter signed by more than 300 media figures, said it welcomed the 'U-turn', but said the 'charity's statement does little to address or allay our concerns'. The BBC said it is 'seeking additional assurance' from production company Hoyo Films after it admitted 'they paid the boy's (Abdullah) mother, via his sister's bank account, a limited sum of money for the narration'. Other accusations have been made that parts of the documentary were mistranslated and more children who appeared in it were linked to proscribed terrorist organisation Hamas. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has accused the BBC of failing to show enough urgency in its review of the documentary. However, presenters Gary Lineker and Anita Rani, and actors Riz Ahmed and Miriam Margolyes, were among more than 500 media figures who condemned the withdrawal from iPlayer.
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
RTS Will Now Give Prize Recognizing Journalists In Gaza At Next Week's Programme Awards
Journalists covering the Gaza conflict will finally be recognized next week by the Royal Television Society (RTS), following a fortnight-long saga that has seen the RTS attract ire from all corners of the industry. A spokeswoman for the organization said in the past few minutes: 'The RTS will be making the Special Award for Journalists in Gaza at the Society's Programme Awards on March 25.' More from Deadline RTS U-Turns On Special Gaza Award & Is "Discussing How This Will Take Place" 'Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone' Gets Hundreds Of Complaints Amid BBC Investigation Into Hamas Links Leading UK Journalists Request Meeting With King Charles Over Scrapping Of RTS Gaza Award These awards recognize TV shows and will take place in a week's time. The special award was initially meant to be given at the RTS Journalism Awards earlier this month but was scrapped at the last minute, with the RTS saying it did not wish to 'add fuel to the fire' around Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, the BBC documentary that was pulled after it was revealed that the child narrator was the son of a Hamas minister. Hundreds of British media figures have since contacted the RTS via a letter and even requested a meeting with RTS Patron King Charles, with the RTS bowing to pressure last week, saying it would in fact go ahead with the gong. Big beasts like the BBC's Jonathan Dimbleby had branded the RTS 'cowards' for its initial decision to scrap the prize. Upon the U-turn last week, the group of letter signatories calling themselves the UK Screen Industry, which is working with Artists for Palestine UK, welcomed the RTS reversal but said it 'does little to allay our concerns.' The award will be given at a ceremony that traditionally recognizes mainstream TV shows. This year's noms include Ben Whishaw for Black Doves and Ambika Mod for One Day. The news comes on a tragic day for Gaza, with hundreds reported to have been killed overnight by Israeli airstrikes as the fragile ceasefire slips. Best of Deadline Epic Universe: The Latest Images Of The New Universal Orlando Theme Park Which Colleen Hoover Books Are Becoming Movies? 'Verity,' 'Reminders Of Him' & 'Regretting You' Will Join 'It Ends With Us' The 25 Highest-Grossing Animated Films Of All Time At The Box Office
