Phoebe Waller-Bridge scoops two RTS Awards

The second series of Fleabag has just been confirmed

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has scooped two prizes at this year's Royal Television Society (RTS) Awards.

She took the prizes for breakthrough and best comedy writer for her BBC Three series Fleabag.

The show's success at the ceremony comes in the same week it was announced it had been renewed for a second season.

Other winners at Tuesday night's ceremony included Julie Walters, who won the Lifetime Achievement award.

"I simply can't thank all the amazing people I have elbowed out of the way to get where I am," the actress joked as she collected her prize.

Julie Walters took home the lifetime achievement prize

Channel 4 picked up nine awards, including best actor for Robbie Coltrane's performance in National Treasure.

And Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe took home the entertainment performance award for The Last Leg.

Elsewhere, ITV's Emmerdale won best soap while Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway won in the entertainment category.

The pair revealed their dream guest for the show - currently airing its 14th season - would be Adele.

Ant and Dec said Adele would be their dream guest

"We've never quite made it work because of all her tours and albums and stuff, but we could have a lot of fun with her," the duo said.

"If you all put the pressure on from your end and we put the pressure on from our end, maybe we can make it happen."

Fleabag wasn't BBC Three's only success of the night - People Just Do Nothing won best scripted comedy for while best single drama was awarded to Murdered By My Father.

The network, which moved online last year, also took home channel of the year.

Happy Valley picked up the award for best drama series while the show's writer Sally Wainwright collected the best drama writer prize.

Bake off backstage

Channel 4's Bake Off will be fronted by Sandi Toksvig, Noel Fielding, Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood

The Great British Bake Off was the hot topic of conversation backstage at the ceremony, which was held at London's Grosvenor House Hotel.

The new series of the show, being broadcast on Channel 4, will be fronted by Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding, with Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood serving as judges.

Hills, who presents The Last Leg, said: "The thing with TV is that you never know what's going to work."

"You could come up with something that seems logical for Bake Off and then nobody watches it, so you may as well take a punt on people like Noel and Sandi."

Adam Hills presents The Last Leg on Channel 4

Responding to media coverage about Fielding, he added: "I'm surprised that the tabloids are trying to unearth stuff about Noel because he's bonkers - what did they expect his private life (was) going to be?

"He has told me stories that I cannot wait to hit the news, but I will let him share those."

Julie Walters told the Press Association: "I love Bake Off and I am so sad it has gone from the BBC, but I will definitely be watching the next series.

"I love Sandi and it will be very interesting to see how it transfers. It will just be a different experience from Mary Berry and maybe that will be good - who's to say?"

RTS Awards: Full winners list

• Best Female Actor - Sophie Okonedo, Undercover (pictured)

• Best Male Actor - Robbie Coltrane, National Treasure

• Arts - Grayson Perry, All Man

• Breakthrough - Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag

• Children's Programme - CBeebies, A Midsummer Night's Dream

• Comedy Performance - Asim Chaudhry, People Just Do Nothing

• Daytime Programme - Find it, Fix it, Flog it

• Documentary Series - Exodus: Our Journey to Europe

• Drama Series - Happy Valley

• Entertainment - Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

• Entertainment Performance - Adam Hills, Alex Brooker & Josh Widdicombe, The Last Leg

• History - The Aberfan Young Wives' Club

• Live Event - Stand Up to Cancer

• Mini-Series - National Treasure, The Forge

• Presenter - Grayson Perry - Grayson Perry All Man

• Popular Factual and Features - Employable Me

• Channel of the Year - BBC Three

• Science and Natural History - First Contact: Lost Tribe of the Amazon

• Scripted Comedy - People Just Do Nothing

• Single Documentary - The Murder of Sadie Hartley

• Single Drama - Murdered By My Father

• Soap and Continuing Drama - Emmerdale

• Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit - Osi Umenyiora

• Sports Programme - Sunset, Rio Paralympics

• Best Comedy Writer - Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag

• Best Drama Writer - Sally Wainwright, Happy Valley

• Judges' Award - Sally Wainwright

• Lifetime Achievement Award - Julie Walters