Gavin and Stacey, Rivals and Alma’s Not Normal were among the big winners at the 2025 Royal Television Society Awards on Tuesday night.
Stars including Danny Dyer, Anna Maxwell Martin and Claudia Winkleman were among those honoured at the glitzy ceremony in London’s JW Marriott Grosvenor House H๏τel, which was hosted by comedian Tom Allen.
Across the 29 categories, the BBC led with 16 wins, and three of these wins went to Sophie Willan’s sitcom Alma’s Not Normal, which ended the night with the most awards for a single programme.
Anna Maxwell Martin was one of the big winners as she accepted the Leading Actress award for Until I Kill You, and immediately confessed that she was already ‘hammered’ after making the most of the free bar at the event.
She said: ‘I’m p****d, I’ve had so many drinks, so this is going to be hard!’ later adding: ‘I’m hammered, these things go on for a long time!’
While paying tribute to both the cast and crew on Until I Kill You, Anna shared that she was dedicating her award to her ‘former mentor and sometime husband Roger Mitchell,’ who died in 2021, a year after their separation.
Anna Maxwell Martin (left) and Danny Dyer (right) were among the big winners at the 2025 Royal Television Society Awards on Tuesday night
And while Gavin and Stacey missed out on the Scripted Comedy Award to Things You Should Have Done, creators James Corden and Ruth Jones were honoured with the presitigious Judges Award
Meanwhile Danny Dyer was awarded the Supporting Actor prize for his role in the raunchy Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Rivals.
Taking to the stage, he quipped: ‘What a result, I’ve got to thank Disney, I’m a Disney star now! Such a brilliant show I think I’ve had a result here because there’s so many brilliant performances.’
He went onto pay tribute to his co-star Katherine Parkinson, with the pair both nominated for their starring roles in the series, which saw Dyer’s moustachioed businessman Freddie Jones embark on an affair with Lizzie Vereker, played by Parkinson.
Danny then went onto add: ‘Shout-out to the working class actors, remember where you come from!’
And while Gavin and Stacey missed out on the Scripted Comedy Award to Things You Should Have Done, creators James Corden and Ruth Jones were honoured with the prestigious Judges Award, which was presented by Richard Curtis.
‘What a wonderful thing you have made, so many funny lines all the way thought, so many extraordinary comedy set pieces, always funny always true, this was the best cast show ever in comedy. This Christmas you completed their wonderful story curve – even Chinese Alan!
‘It also includes two very brilliant performances by you two! I think you love each other and make each other laugh and what has happened on screen has been a perfect combination of these two people.
‘Gavin and Stacey is the greatest British romantic comedy of all time. It’s an education in acceptance, kindness, loyalty, and the importance of keeping your order in takeaways.’
Anna Maxwell Martin was one of the big winners as she accepted the Leading Actress award for Until I Kill You, and immediately confessed that she was already ‘hammered’ after making the most of the free bar at the event
As the creator of Alma’s Not Normal, Sophie Willan won Scripted Comedy, Comedy Performance and Writer – Comedy for her work on the show
Adding to her vast collection of awards, Jessica Gunning accepted the Supporting Actress prize for her performance in the Netflix hit Baby Reindeer
For 2025, the Outstanding Achievement Award was presented to Claudia Winkleman, honouring her illustrious career in entertainment broadcasting and presenting
Josh Tedeku, star of Supacell and Boarders, received the Breakthrough Award
Liz Carr was awarded the Presenter prize for her work on the show Better Off ᴅᴇᴀᴅ?
Ruth then opened their joint speech with a Nessa impression, delighting the crowd as she said ‘my husband and I are very touched.’
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Alma’s Not Normal proved to be one of the big winners of the night ,as it scooped Comedy Drama, as well as Comedy Performance – Female and Writer – Comedy for star Sophie Willan.
The BBC’s musical drama This Town, from acclaimed screenwriter Steven Knight, won the newly combined award for Limited Series and Single Drama.
Channel 4 landed five wins, with their coverage of the 2024 Paralympics being recognised across both Sports categories: Sports Programme and Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit for presenting duo Rose Ayling-Ellis and Clare Balding.
Other multi-award winners include Rivals, including both Danny’s win, and a Writer – Drama award for Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Laura Wade.
In the Leading Actor categories, Lennie James won for his leading role in the BBC’s moving Bernardine Evaristo adaptation, Mr Loverman, while Baby Reindeer’s Jessica Gunning scooped the prize for Supporting Actress.
Casualty was awarded Soap And Continuing Drama, while Ant and Dec won the Entertainment Performance award, for their work on the final series of Saturday Night Takeaway.
Loose Women also received the coveted Daytime award, particularly due to the show’s domestic violence campaign Facing It Together.
For 2025, the Outstanding Achievement Award was presented to Claudia Winkleman, honouring her illustrious career in entertainment broadcasting and presenting.
Kenton Allen, Chair of the RTS Programme Awards, said: ‘Year after year we are astounded by the level of talent within the UK television industry – across the scripted and unscripted categories, this year’s programming exemplifies the ongoing success of British content in the UK and beyond.
‘As we come together to celebrate the most memorable moments from across the year on-screen, we congratulate all of the nominees and winners for their incredible achievements in creating the fantastic television we’re lucky enough to share in.’
Royal Television Society Awards Winners
Arts
My Sєxual Abuse: The Sitcom (Swan Films for Channel 4) – WINNER
In My Own Words: Alison Lapper (Chalk Productions for BBC)
Camden (Lightbox in ᴀssociation with Day One Pictures and Radical22 Productions for Disney+)
Children’s Programme
Dodo (Wildseed Studios, Toonz, Telegael for Sky Kids)
BMX All Stars (Big Deal Films for BBC)
Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures (Eagle Eye Production for BBC) – WINNER
Comedy Entertainment
Have I Got News For You (Hat Trick Productions for BBC)
Sorry, I Didn’t Know (TriForce Productions for ITV1)
Junior Taskmaster (Avalon UK for Channel 4) – WINNER
Comedy Performance – Male
Jim Howick – Here We Go (BBC Studios Comedy Productions for BBC)
Nabhaan Rizwaan – Kaos (Sister for Netflix)
Oliver Savell – Changing Ends (Baby Cow Productions for ITV1) – WINNER
Documentary Series
To Catch a Copper (Story Films for Channel 4)
The Push: Murder on the Cliff (Candour Productions for Channel 4) – WINNER
On Thin Ice: Putin v Greenpeace (Curve Media Ltd for BBC)
Entertainment
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (Lifted Entertainment (Part of ITV Studios) in co-production with Mitre Studios for ITV1)
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK (World of Wonder for BBC)
The Traitors (Studio Lambert Scotland for BBC) – WINNER
Formatted Popular Factual
The Jury: Murder Trial (ScreenDog Productions for Channel 4)
Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams on Tour (South Shore Productions for BBC) – WINNER
The Martin Lewis Money Show Live – Budget Special (MultiStory for ITV1)
Leading Actor – Female
Anna Maxwell Martin – Until I Kill You (World Productions for ITV1) – WINNER
Ambika Mod – One Day (A Drama Republic Production with Universal International Studios and Focus Features for Netflix)
Monica Dolan – Mr Bates vs The Post Office (ITV Studios and Little Gem for ITV1)
Limited Series and Single Drama
Mr Bates vs The Post Office (ITV Studios and Little Gem for ITV1)
This Town (Kudos, Nebulastar, co-produced with Mercury Studios, in ᴀssociation with Stigma Films for BBC) – WINNER
Breathtaking (HTM Television for ITV1)
Presenter
Liz Carr – Better Off ᴅᴇᴀᴅ? (Burning Bright Productions co-produced with the OU for BBC) – WINNER
Joe Tracini – Me And The Voice In My Head (Hungry Bear Media for Channel 4)
Zuhair Hᴀssan – Big Zuu Goes To Mecca (Acme TV for BBC)
Scripted Comedy
Things You Should Have Done (Roughcut TV for BBC) – WINNER
We Are Lady Parts (Working тιтle Television, which is part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group for Channel 4)
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale (Fulwell 73 Productions, Tidy Productions for BBC)
Soap and Continuing Drama
Casualty (BBC Studios Drama Productions for BBC) – WINNER
EastEnders (BBC Studios Drama Productions for BBC)
Hollyoaks (Lime Pictures for Channel 4)
Sports Programme
Paris 2024 Paralympics (Whisper for Channel 4)
Paris 2024 Olympics (BBC Sport for BBC) – WINNER
London Marathon 2024 (BBC Sport for BBC)
Supporting Actor – Male
Danny Dyer – Rivals (Happy Prince, part of ITV Studios for Disney+) – WINNER
McKinley Belcher III – Eric (Sister for Netflix)
Sonny Walker – The Gathering (World Productions for Channel 4)
Writer – Drama
Will Smith – Slow Horses (See-Saw Films in ᴀssociation with Apple for Apple TV+)
Peter Straughan – Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (Playground Entertainment & Company Pictures for BBC and Masterpiece)
Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Laura Wade – Rivals (Happy Prince, part of ITV Studios for Disney+) – WINNER
Breakthrough Award
Josh Tedeku – Boarders (Studio Lambert for BBC) – WINNER
Michelle de Swarte – Spent (Various Artists Limited for BBC)
Bethany Asher – Sherwood (House Productions for BBC)
Comedy Drama
Boarders (Studio Lambert for BBC)
Alma’s Not Normal (Expectation for BBC) – WINNER
Ludwig (Big Talk Studios and That Mitchell & Webb Company for BBC)
Comedy Performance – Female
Aimee Lou Wood – Daddy Issues (Fudge Park Productions for BBC)
Michelle de Swarte – Spent (Various Artists Limited for BBC)
Sophie Willan – Alma’s Not Normal (Expectation for BBC) – WINNER
Daytime Programme
Loose Women (ITV Studios Daytime for ITV1) – WINNER
Clive Myrie’s Caribbean Adventure (Alleycats for BBC)
BBC Breakfast (BBC Breakfast for BBC)
Drama Series
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (Playground Entertainment and Company Pictures for BBC and Masterpiece)
Supacell (Netflix)
Industry (Bad Wolf for BBC in ᴀssociation with HBO) – WINNER
Entertainment Performance
Steven Frayne – Miracles (Expectation & Seventeen 17 for Sky Max)
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly – Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (Lifted Entertainment (Part of ITV Studios) in co-production with Mitre Studios for ITV1) – WINNERS
Claudia Winkleman – The Traitors (Studio Lambert Scotland for BBC)
History
Miners’ Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain (Swan Films for Channel 4)
Atomic People (Minnow Films for BBC) – WINNER
Helmand: Tour of Duty (Pᴀssion Pictures & Kailash Films for BBC)
Leading Actor – Male
Adeel Akhtar – Showtrial (World Productions for BBC)
Lennie James – Mr Loverman (Fable Pictures for BBC) – WINNER
Ben Whishaw – Black Doves (Sister & Noisy Bear for Netflix)
Live Event
Coldplay at Glastonbury 2024 (BBC Studios Music Productions for BBC)
The Martin Lewis Money Show Live – Budget Special (MultiStory for ITV1)
D Day 80: Tribute to the Fallen (BBC Studios Event Productions for BBC) – WINNER
Science & The Natural World
Silverback (Off the Fence & France Télévisions in ᴀssociation with Featuristic Films for BBC)
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (Silverback Films for National Geographic and Disney+) – WINNER
Living With Leopards (A Wild Space Production in ᴀssociation with Natural History Film Unit Botswana and Freeborne Media for Netflix)
Single Documentary
Undercover: Exposing The Far Right (Marking Films Inc and Tigerlily Productions for Channel 4)
Tell Them You Love Me (Mindhouse Productions for Sky Documentaries)
Hell Jumper (Expectation for BBC) – WINNER
Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit
Rose Ayling-Ellis and Clare Balding – Paris 2024 Paralympics (Whisper for Channel 4) – WINNERS
Ian Wright – Euro 2024 (ITV Sport for ITV)
Michael Johnson – Paris 2024 Olympics (BBC Sport for BBC)
Supporting Actor – Female
Monica Dolan – Sherwood (House Productions for BBC)
Katherine Parkinson – Rivals (Happy Prince, part of ITV Studios for Disney+)
Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer (Clerkenwell Films for Netflix) – WINNER
Writer – Comedy
Writing Team – Cunk on Life (Broke and Bones for BBC and Netflix)
Sophie Willan – Alma’s Not Normal (Expectation for BBC) – WINNER
Nida Manzoor – We Are Lady Parts (Working тιтle Television, which is part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group for Channel 4)
Judges Award
Ruth Jones and James Corden for Gavin and Stacey – WINNER
