Guilt leads winners at Scottish television awards
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In Guilt, Max (Mark Bonnar) and his brother Jake (Jamie Sives) accidentally run down a pensioner called Walter
BBC comedy crime drama Guilt led the winners at last night's Royal Television Society (RTS) Scotland Awards.
The Edinburgh-based production, starring Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives, was named best drama during the online awards ceremony.
It was one of 18 awards picked up by the BBC in Scotland.
The ceremony was hosted by actor Karen Dunbar, with the awards recognising creativity, innovation and excellence.
BBC Scotland Disclosure documentary Who Killed Emma? took the current affairs prize for the investigative programme into the death of Glasgow woman Emma Caldwell.
It was the third major award for the programme, following a BAFTA and a UK-wide RTS Journalism award.
Disclosure: Who killed Emma? took the current affairs award
BBC Scotland also received two special awards.
The inaugural RTS Judges award was presented to the BBC Scotland channel in recognition of its achievements during its first year.
The RTS Scotland Award (for outstanding contribution to television in Scotland) went to Donalda MacKinnon, director of BBC Scotland, for her outstanding contribution to Scotland's television industry.
Ms MacKinnon announced in February that she would be standing down but has agreed to stay at the helm until the end of the year to help address Covid-19 challenges.
The award ceremony took place online for the first time.
Donalda MacKinnon won a special recognition award
April Chamberlain, RTS Scotland chairwoman, said: "Many congratulations to all of our nominees and winners.
"Though we're not able to get together to celebrate in our usual style this year, the quality, calibre and number of entries reflects the continued growth and outstanding achievement of television production in Scotland today."
Some of the other winners were:
News - STV News at Six (North)
Sports Programme - The Fort - IMG Productions Scotland, BBC Scotland
Sports Live Event - Celtic v Kilmarnock - Billy McNeill Remembered - Sky Sports
Comedy - Burnistoun Tunes In - The Comedy Unit, BBC Scotland
Short Form - The New Scots - Ewan Fletcher, Grace Kirkwood, Gavin Hopkins, BBC Scotland
Children's - Swashbuckle - BBC Children's In-House Productions, CBeebies
Daytime - Kirstie's Handmade Christmas - Raise the Roof Productions, Channel 4
Documentary and Specialist Factual - Murder Case - Firecrest Films, BBC Scotland
Student Award - Flit - Jack Allen, Elias Nader, Ina Morken, University of Edinburgh
BBC Scotland channel's Rogue to Wrestler
Factual Entertainment and Features - Rogue to Wrestler - Firecracker Films Scotland, BBC Scotland
Young Journalist - Connor Gillies - BBC Scotland
On Screen Personality - Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer
Director - Matt Pinder, Murder Case - Firecrest Films, BBC Scotland
- Published16 November 2019