The Royal Television Academy Craft & Design Awards, often referred to as RTS Craft & Design Awards, are given annually by the Royal Television Society to recognize the "huge variety of skills and processes involved in programme production". The awards were presented for the first time in 1997, with twenty-two categories being awarded.
Unlike the Royal Television Society Programme Awards, which usually take place on March, the craft and design awards are held later in the year in November. The most recent edition of the awards took place on 2 December 2024 at the London Hilton on Park Lane, London, and was hosted by television presenter Charlotte Hawkins.
Categories As of 2023, 28 competitive categories are presented.
Casting Costume Design - Scripted Costume Design - Non-Scripted Design - Programme Content Sequences Design - Titles Director - Scripted Director - Non-Scripted Director - Multicamera Editing - Scripted Editing - Non-Scripted Editing - Entertainment and Comedy Editing - Sport Effects - SFX Effects - VFX Lighting for Multicamera Make Up Design - Scripted Make Up Design - Non-Scripted Multicamera Work Music Original Score - Scripted Music Original Score - Non-Scripted Photography - Scripted Photography - Non-Scripted Picture Enhancement Production Design - Scripted Production Design - Non-Scripted Production Management Award Sound - Scripted Sound - Non-Scripted
Special awards such as the RTS Special Award and the RTS Outstanding Contribution Award have been given.
Winners and nominees The winners are listed first and in bold, followed by the nominees if present.
2024 The RTS Craft & Design Awards 2024 were presented on 2 December 2024 at the London Hilton on Park Lane, London. It was hosted by television presenter Charlotte Hawkins. The nominations were announced on 5 November 2024. Casting Award Production Management Award Boarders – Rosalie Clayton (BBC Three) Lost Boys and Fairies – Lauren Evans (BBC One) Mr Bates vs The Post Office – Jill Trevellick (ITV) Squid Game: The Challenge – Production Management Team (Netflix) Planet Earth III – Production Management Team (BBC One) Race Across the World – Production Management Team (BBC One) |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Costume Design – Scripted !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Design – Titles |- |valign="top" | The Long Shadow – Orla Smyth-Mill (ITV) Eric – Suzanne Cave (Netflix) Lost Boys and Fairies – Andrew Cox (BBC One) |valign="top" | Boiling Point – Oleg Loginov, Jason Bradbury, Niall Webster, Malou van Rooij, Intermission Film & Mr. Webster Film (BBC One) Match of the Day: "UEFA Euro 2024" – BBC Sport, BBC Creative (BBC One) Spent – Andy Johnston (BBC Two) |- ! colspan="2" style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Design – Programme Content Sequences |- | colspan="2" valign="top" | The Battle to Beat Malaria – Oliver Smyth (BBC Two)|- !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Director – Scripted !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Director – Non-Scripted |- |valign="top" | One Day – Molly Manners (Netflix) Juice – Rosco 5 (BBC Three) Mr Bates vs The Post Office – James Strong (ITV) |valign="top" | Hell Jumper – Paddy Wivell (BBC Two) Me and the Voice in My Head – Tom Green & Tommy Forbes (Channel 4) Six Silent Killings: Ireland’s Vanishing Triangle – Colette Camden (Sky Documentaries) |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Director – Multicamera !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Picture Enhancement |- |valign="top" | Coldplay at Glastonbury 2024 – Janet Fraser (BBC One) Match of the Day: "FA Cup Final" – Andrew Swift (BBC One) RAYE at the Royal Albert Hall – Paul Dugdale (BBC One) |valign="top" | Eric – Toby Tomkins (Netflix) Mammals: "Dark" – Picture Finishing Team (BBC One) The Jetty – Duncan Russell (BBC One) |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Editing – Scripted !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Editing – Non-Scripted |- |valign="top" | Masters of the Air – Mark Sanger (Apple TV+) Baby Reindeer – Peter Oliver, Mike Holliday & Benjamin Gerstein (Netflix) This Town – Ben Yeates (BBC One) |valign="top" | Atomic People – Otto Burnham (BBC Two) Me and the Voice in My Head – Garry Crystal (Channel 4) The Body Next Door – Hamit Shonpal, Kanwaljeet Thind & Asim Ali (Sky) |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Editing – Entertainment and Comedy !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Editing – Sport |- |valign="top" | Peacock – Gareth Heal (BBC Three) Big Boys – Gareth McEwen (Channel 4) Dodger – Christopher Bird & David Head (CBBC) |valign="top" | Andy Murray: Will to Win – Nicolas Perry & Mandii Kuller (BBC One) Jude Bellingham Feature – Euro 2024 – Harry Cambage & Scott Cassidy (ITV) Cricket – The Late Cut – Steve Wakeford (Sky Sports) |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Effects – SFX !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Effects – VFX |- |valign="top" | Eric – Becky Johnson & Paul Vincett (Stitches & Glue) (Netflix) Doctor Who – Real SFX (BBC One) Masters of the Air – Neil Corbould, Caimin Bourne, Stuart Heath & Glen Winchester (Apple TV+) |valign="top" | The Tattooist of Auschwitz – Alan Church, Simon Giles, David Schneider & James Hattsmith (Sky) Eric – VFX Team (Netflix) The Crown – Ben Turner, Reece Ewing, Framestore & Rumble VFX (Netflix) |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Lighting for Multicamera !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Multicamera Work |- |valign="top" | Gladiators – Nigel Catmur, Joe Phillips, Oliver Lifely & Martin Higgins (BBC One) The Traitors – James Tinsley (BBC One) |valign="top" | Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins – Camera Team (Channel 4) Banged Up – Danny Tate (Channel 4) The Traitors – Camera Team (BBC One) |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Make Up Design – Scripted !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Make Up Design – Non-Scripted |- |valign="top" | Three Little Birds – Sharon Miller, Kym Menzies-Foster & Kelly Taylor (ITV) Lost Boys and Fairies – Emma Cowen (BBC One) The Tattooist of Auschwitz – Frances Hounsom & Vincent Van Dyke (Sky) |valign="top" | Secrets of the Neanderthals – Suzi Battersby & Megan Thomas (Netflix) Gladiators – Jacqui Mallett (BBC One) Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas – Debbie Dannell, Sophie Roberts, Lewis Pallett & Lisa Houghton (Apple TV+) |- ! colspan="2" style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Multicamera Work - Sport |- | colspan="2" valign="top" | World Darts Championship Final 2024 – Sean Randle (Sky Sports) Football – Luton vs Arsenal – Jamie Oakford (Amazon Prime) London Marathon – Matthew Griffiths (BBC One) |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Music Original Score – Scripted !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Music Original Score – Non-Scripted |- |valign="top" | We Are Lady Parts – Shez Manzoor, Nida Manzoor, Sanya Manzoor & Benjamin Fregin (Channel 4) Renegade Nell – Oli Julian & Nick Foster (Disney+) True Detective: Night Country – Vince Pope (Sky Atlantic) |valign="top" | Queens – Morgan Kibby (Disney+) Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story – Ed Harcourt (Sky) Planet Earth III: "Extremes" – Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea, Sara Barone & Russell Emanuel (BBC One) |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Photography – Scripted !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Photography – Non-Scripted |- |valign="top" | Eric – Benedict Spence (Netflix) Baby Reindeer – Krzysztof Trojnar (Netflix) Lost Boys and Fairies – Philipp Haberlandt (BBC One) |valign="top" | Earthsounds – Photography Team (Apple TV+) Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory – Camera Team (Disney+) JFK: The Home Movie That Changed the World – Simon Fanthorpe, Sarah Hunt, Steve Anderson & Nick Tanner (ITV) |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Production Design – Scripted !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Production Design – Non-Scripted |- |valign="top" | Doctor Who – Phil Sims (BBC One) The Crown – Martin Childs & Alison Harvey (Netflix) The Tattooist of Auschwitz – Stevie Herbert, Pilar Foy & Phil Noall (Sky) |valign="top" | The Enfield Poltergeist – Natalie O'Connor (Apple TV+) D-Day: The Unheard Tapes – Matthew Button, Daniela Faggio, Peter Arnold, Gavin Morris, Rachel Hubbard & Lennie Beare (BBC Two) Taskmaster – James Dillon (Channel 4) |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Sound – Scripted !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Sound – Non-Scripted |- |valign="top" | Baby Reindeer – James Ridgway, Matt Skelding, Jake Whitelee & Tom Jenkins (Netflix) Kaos – Sound Team (Netflix) The Gentlemen – Sound Team (Netflix) |valign="top" | The Enfield Poltergeist'' – Nick Ryan, Ben Baird and Sound Team (Apple TV+) Robbie Williams – Tristan Powell, Patrick Fripp, Claire Ellis & Greg Gettens (Netflix) World of Sound With David Attenborough'' – Sound Team (Sky) RTS Special Award RTS Outstanding Contribution Award The TV Collective The Film and TV Charity The TV Mindset Peter Kosminsky
2023 The RTS Craft & Design Awards 2023 were presented on 4 December 2023 at the London Hilton on Park Lane, London. It was hosted by television presenter and comedian Eddie Kadi. The nominations were announced on 9 November 2023. Casting Award Production Management Award Somewhere Boy – Catherine Willis (Channel 4) Dreaming Whilst Black – Heather Basten (BBC Three) The Sixth Commandment – Julie Harkin, Nathan Toth (BBC One) |valign="top" | Eurovision Song Contest 2023 – Production Management Team (BBC One) 24 Hours in Police Custody – Georgie Emary-Witts (Channel 4) Inside Our Autistic Minds – Shiva Talwar (BBC) |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Costume Design – Scripted !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Costume Design – Non-Scripted |- |valign="top" | The English – Phoebe de Gaye (BBC Two) Funny Woman – Pam Downe (Sky Max) Silo – Charlotte Morris (Apple TV+) |valign="top" | The Masked Singer – Plunge Creations & Bandicoot Scotland (ITV) Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway – Shereen Shimmin, Abbie Williams, Jackie Young, Jonathan Skinner (ITV) RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs the World – Zaldy, Eve Collins (BBC Three) |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Design – Programme Content Sequences !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Design – Titles |- |valign="top" | Newsround: "Ukraine: The Children's Story" – Made in Colour (BBC Two) North Korea: The Insiders – Made in Colour (BBC News) Princess Anne: The Plot To Kidnap A Royal – Production Team (Channel 4) |valign="top" | The English – Chris Billig, Stephen Fuller, Colin Hess, Danny Kamhaji (BBC Two) Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story – Manddy Wyckens, Joe Dennis (Netflix) The Gallows Pole – Ed Kevill-Davies, Lucas Roche (BBC Two) |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Director – Scripted !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Director – Non-Scripted |- |valign="top" | Jungle – Junior Okoli (Prime Video) I Hate Suzie Too – Dawn Shadforth (Sky Atlantic) Somewhere Boy – Alex Winckler (Channel 4) |valign="top" | Children of the Taliban – Marcel Mettelsiefen, Jordan Bryon (Channel 4) Dublin Narcos – Benedict Sanderson (Sky Documentaries) Inside Our Autistic Minds – Joe Myerscough, Emma Jones (BBC) |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Director – Multicamera !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Picture Enhancement |- |valign="top" | The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II – Directing Team (BBC One) Springwatch2023 – James Morgan, Chris Whiterod (BBC Two) The Coronation of TM King Charles III and Queen Camilla – Simon Staffurth (BBC One) |valign="top" | The Gallows Pole – Paul Harrison, Owen Hulme (BBC Two) Hatton – Mark Mulcaster (Sky Atlantic) Somewhere Boy – Thomas Urbye, Grace Weston (Channel 4) |- !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Editing – Scripted !style="background:#BDB76B;" width:50%" | Editing – Non-Scripted |- |valign="top" | I Am Ruth – David Charap (Channel 4) Blue Lights – Peggy Koretzky (BBC One)