Broadchurch wins two RTS awards as Olivia Colman scoops Best Actress
Colman beat fellow Broadchurch actress Jodie Whittaker to take award
Broadchurch was the big winner at last night’s Royal Television Society Awards, picking up two prizes for Best Drama Serial and Best Actress.
Olivia Colman won the accolade for Best Actress for her portrayal of DS Ellie Miller in the ITV drama, joint with her performance as council estate mother Carol in Channel 4’s Run.
The actress beat fellow Broadchurch actress Jodie Whittaker and My Mad Fat Diary star Sharon Rooney to take the award.
Broadchurch writer Chris Chibnall missed out to Run screenwriters Marlon Smith and Daniel Fajemisin in the Best Drama Writer category, while BBC Two’s Peaky Blinders won Best Drama Series.
Game of Thrones won Best International Show, but its star Stephen Dillane, who was nominated for his role in The Tunnel, missed out to Idris Elba in the Best Actor category.
Channel 4’s Educating Yorkshire won Best Documentary Series, with the show’s maths teacher Michael Steer taking a swipe at education secretary Michael Gove as he accepted to award.
The Royal Television Society Awards, which took place last night at London’s Grosvenor Hotel, were voted for by a panel of industry experts.
In pictures: The Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2013
Show all 15RTS Awards winners in full
Actress
Olivia Colman - Broadchurch (ITV)/Run (Channel 4)
Actor
Idris Elba - Luther (BBC1)
Arts
Imagine... Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures (BBC1)
Children's Fiction
Dumping Ground (CBBC)
Children's Programme
Hard Times - A Newsround Special (CBBC)
Comedy Performance
Brendan O'Carroll - Mrs Brown's Boys (BBC1)
Daytime
Four Rooms (Channel 4)
Documentary Series
Educating Yorkshire (Channel 4)
Drama Serial
Broadchurch (ITV)
Drama Series
Peaky Blinders (BBC2)
Entertainment
The Last Leg (Channel 4)
Entertainment Performance
Alan Carr - Alan Carr: Chatty Man (Channel 4)
History
Richard III: King In The Car Park (Channel 4)
International
Game Of Thrones (Sky Atlantic)
Live Event
The Ashes - 2013 (Sky Sports)
Popular, Factual and Features
Gogglebox (Channel 4)
Presenter
Stephen Fry - Stephen Fry: Out There (BBC2)
Science and Natural History
Africa (BBC1)
Scripted Comedy
Plebs (ITV2)
Single Documentary
The Murder Trial (Channel 4)
Single Drama
The Challenger (BBC2)
Soap and Continuing Drama
Coronation Street (ITV)
Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit
Gary Neville - Sky Sports (Sky Sports)
Sports Programme
World Athletics - Mo Farah's Double Gold Win (BBC1)
Comedy Writer
James Corden, Mathew Baynton and Tom Basden - The Wrong Mans (BBC2)
Drama Writer
Marlon Smith and Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan - Run (Channel 4)
Judges' Award
Janice Hadlow
Lifetime Achievement
David Suchet
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