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Dame Helen is small screen queen Dame Helen is small screen queen
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Dame Helen Mirren has been crowned best actress - this time for her work on the small screen. Dame Helen Mirren has won best actress at the Royal Television Society Awards for her role in ITV1's Prime Suspect.
The Oscar-winning performer won the award from the Royal Television Society for her role in ITV1's Prime Suspect. But the final run of the crime drama lost out to Channel 4's Low Winter Sun in the best drama serial category.
Michael Sheen, who co-starred with Dame Helen in the Oscar-winning The Queen, was voted best actor for BBC Four's Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
ITV's Coronation Street won best soap, beating rivals Emmerdale and The Bill. BBC's EastEnders was not nominated.ITV's Coronation Street won best soap, beating rivals Emmerdale and The Bill. BBC's EastEnders was not nominated.
Michael Sheen was voted best actor for BBC4's Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! The BBC won 18 of the 28 awards at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. Opening the awards, host Mark Austin made light of recent problems with TV phone in competitions by joking: "There are 28 awards tonight, it's not too late to vote - premium lines are open. We have decided the winners, obviously, but we're desperately in need of the dosh." RTS AWARD WINNERS Best actress Dame Helen Mirren - Prime SuspectBest actor Michael Sheen - Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! Best drama serial Low Winter SunBest drama series The StreetBest single drama Housewife 49Best soap Coronation Street Best comedy drama The Royle Family: The Queen of ShebaBest entertainment How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?Best children's programme Newsround - The Wrong TrainersBest science and natural history Planet Earth: From Pole to PoleBest comedy performance Stephen Merchant (pictured) - Extras
Prime Suspect lost out to Channel 4's Low Winter Sun in the best drama serial category. Drama serial winner Low Winter Sun told the story of a Scottish detective, played by Mark Strong, who murders a colleague he suspects of killing his girlfriend.
The BBC's haul included best comedy drama for The Royle Family: The Queen of Sheba, while How do you Solve a Problem Like Maria? won the award for best entertainment. Despite not having a nominee for drama serial the BBC had a good evening, winning 18 of the 28 awards at London's Grosvenor House Hotel, with ITV taking home four.
It also won best drama series for BBC1's The Street. Extras star Stephen Merchant won best comedy performance, beating comedienne Catherine Tate, while best comedy went to The Royle Family: The Queen of Sheba.
The popular series Planet Earth: From Pole to Pole was chosen as 'best science and history'. Merchant poked fun at the award itself, saying it was like "something you get for winning at judo in the community centre".
Extras star Stephen Merchant won best comedy performance, beating comedienne Catherine Tate and Kevin Bishop from Channel 4's Star Stories. Sound of Music talent show How do you Solve a Problem Like Maria?, which launched singer Connie Fisher to fame, took the award for best entertainment.
Meanwhile, actor Sacha Dhawan won the 'on screen' breakthrough award for his role in Channel 4's Bradford Riots, beating comedian Russell Brand and Joseph Mawle, from BBC Two's Soundproof. The popular series Planet Earth: From Pole to Pole was chosen in the best science and history category.
The best single documentary category was won by More 4's True Stories: Sisters in Law. Meanwhile, actor Sacha Dhawan won the on-screen breakthrough award for his role in Channel 4's Bradford Riots, beating comedian Russell Brand and Joseph Mawle, from BBC Two's Soundproof.
Newsround won best children's programme for The Wrong Trainers, part of a campaign to highlight child poverty.