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‘Mum’ and ‘Save Me’ led the winners at the Royal Television Society Programme (RTS) Awards on Tuesday (19.03.19).
The BBC sitcom scooped two accolades at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, with Stefan Golaszewski landing the Writer – Comedy award, and Lesley Manville was awarded the Comedy Performance – Female prize, with the judges saying she had set a "new benchmark for excellence in this genre".
Meanwhile, the Sky Atlantic series took Drama Series and Writer – Drama for Lennie James, who also starred in the programme. Its "captivating performances" and "authenticity as a series" won it praise from the judges.
Meanwhile, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith jointly took home Comedy Performance – Male for their "astonishing and committed" turns in ‘Inside No. 9’, with the judges describing their performance as a "masterclass in comedy".
‘Killing Eve’ star Jodie Comer won Actor (Female) for her "already iconic" performance as assassin Villanelle, and Lucian Msamati’s "harrowing, unsentimental and nuanced" work on ‘Kiri’ saw his "extraordinarily brilliant performance" win Actor (Male).
‘Derry Girls’ took home the award for Scripted Comedy, the "bold and completely brilliant" topical show ‘The Last Leg’ won the Entertainment prize, and Big Narstie and Mo Gilligan scooped the Entertainment Performance award for ‘The Big Narstie Show’.
‘Informer’ Nabhaan Rizwan was described by the judges as an "exciting new talent" who is "clearly destined for an exceptional future".
‘The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganthan’ saw the comic take the Presenter award for bringing "genuine originality to every scene".
The BBC’s coverage of the wedding of Prince Harry to the then-Meghan Markle in May 2018 was recognised in the Live Event category, with the judges describing it as a "very British spectacle captured with great style and flair".
‘Hollyoaks’ beat off competition from ‘Casualty’ and ‘Coronation Street’ to take the prize for Soap and Continuing Drama, and Lorraine Kelly received the Outstanding Contribution to British Television honour.

RTS Awards 2019 list of winners:

Actor (Female)
Jodie Comer – ‘Killing Eve’

Actor (Male):
Lucian Msamati ‘Kiri’

Arts:
‘The Art of Drumming’

Breakthrough Award:
Nabhaan Rizwan – ‘Informer’

Children’s Programme:
‘Prosiect Z’

Comedy Performance (Female):
Lesley Manville – ‘Mum’

Comedy Performance (Male):
Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith ‘Inside No. 9’

Daytime Programme:
‘The Repair Shop’

Documentary Series:
‘Prison’

Drama Series:
‘Save Me’

Entertainment:
‘The Last Leg’

Entertainment Performance:
Big Narstie and Mo Gilligan – ‘The Big Narstie Show’

Formatted Popular Factual:
‘ The Real Full Monty: Ladies Night’

History:
‘A Dangerous Dynasty: The House of Assad’

Live Event:
‘The Royal Wedding: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’

Mini-Series:
‘A Very English Scandal’

Presenter:
Romesh Ranganathan – ‘The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan’

RTS Channel of the Year:
‘Cbeebies’

Science and Natural History:
‘Drowning in Plastic’

Scripted Comedy:
‘Derry Girls’

Single Documentary:
‘Raped: My Story’

Single Drama:
‘Killed By My Debt’

Soap and Continuing Drama:
‘Hollyoaks’

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit:
Osi Umenyiora – ‘NFL This Week’ and ‘The NFL Show’

Sports Programme:
‘MOTD 2018 World Cup: Quarter Final – England v Sweden’

Writer (Comedy):
Stefan Golaszewski – ‘Mum’

Writer (Drama):
Lennie James – ‘Save Me’

Judges’ Award:
Ben Frow (Director of Programmes, Channel 5)

Outstanding Contribution to British Television:
Lorraine Kelly

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