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| Clare Balding and BBC win awards for Olympics coverage | Clare Balding and BBC win awards for Olympics coverage |
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| Britain's golden summer of sport helped the BBC run away with the plaudits at this year's Royal Television Society programme awards, including a win in the best presenter category for Clare Balding. | Britain's golden summer of sport helped the BBC run away with the plaudits at this year's Royal Television Society programme awards, including a win in the best presenter category for Clare Balding. |
| The corporation swept the board with 18 of the 28 awards, including best live event for its coverage of the London Olympics, described as the biggest single event in the corporation's 91-year history. | The corporation swept the board with 18 of the 28 awards, including best live event for its coverage of the London Olympics, described as the biggest single event in the corporation's 91-year history. |
| Balding, the face of London 2012, took to the stage to a rare standing ovation from a packed room of TV executives at the Grosvenor hotel in London on Tuesday night. And in a nod to one of the many memorable TV moments of the games, she chanted "Unbelievable! Unbelievable!" in the style of Bert le Clos's emotional on-air reaction to his son's 200m butterfly gold medal. | Balding, the face of London 2012, took to the stage to a rare standing ovation from a packed room of TV executives at the Grosvenor hotel in London on Tuesday night. And in a nod to one of the many memorable TV moments of the games, she chanted "Unbelievable! Unbelievable!" in the style of Bert le Clos's emotional on-air reaction to his son's 200m butterfly gold medal. |
| "I'm particularly proud as a sports presenter to be nominated alongside an artists and an arts broadcaster because I think it's easy to think of sports being just about sweaty jockstraps and balls," she said. | "I'm particularly proud as a sports presenter to be nominated alongside an artists and an arts broadcaster because I think it's easy to think of sports being just about sweaty jockstraps and balls," she said. |
| "Sport is about so much more than that. It is art, it is history, it is science, it is finance, it is news, it is drama and above all it is entertainment. I'm bloody proud to be a sports presenter." | "Sport is about so much more than that. It is art, it is history, it is science, it is finance, it is news, it is drama and above all it is entertainment. I'm bloody proud to be a sports presenter." |
| At the event hosted by comedian and author Jo Brand, the prestigious judges' awards went to Danny Boyle for his fearless Olympic opening ceremony and Channel 4 for its Paralymics coverage, fronted by Balding and the wheelchair basketball star Ade Adepitan. | At the event hosted by comedian and author Jo Brand, the prestigious judges' awards went to Danny Boyle for his fearless Olympic opening ceremony and Channel 4 for its Paralymics coverage, fronted by Balding and the wheelchair basketball star Ade Adepitan. |
| Dave Gordon, the BBC's behind-the-scenes mastermind of London 2012, was given the lifetime achievement award. He bowed out as the BBC's head of major sporting events after 40 years following the Olympics. "To be given this award is just, well, I'll die a happy man," Gordon said as he collected the statuette. | Dave Gordon, the BBC's behind-the-scenes mastermind of London 2012, was given the lifetime achievement award. He bowed out as the BBC's head of major sporting events after 40 years following the Olympics. "To be given this award is just, well, I'll die a happy man," Gordon said as he collected the statuette. |
| Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock took the best drama series prize ahead of competition from rival BBC shows Call the Midwife and Line of Duty. Co-creator Steven Moffat was named top drama writer. Another BBC1 drama, Good Cop, was named best drama serial. | Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock took the best drama series prize ahead of competition from rival BBC shows Call the Midwife and Line of Duty. Co-creator Steven Moffat was named top drama writer. Another BBC1 drama, Good Cop, was named best drama serial. |
| The best actor prizes went to two stars of Jimmy McGovern's BBC drama, Accused: Sean Bean for his depiction of a transgender character and Olivia Colman, who played a downtrodden woman on a sink estate. | The best actor prizes went to two stars of Jimmy McGovern's BBC drama, Accused: Sean Bean for his depiction of a transgender character and Olivia Colman, who played a downtrodden woman on a sink estate. |
| Several years after Alan Partridge flounced off the small screen, Steve Coogan's best-loved character was judged the best scripted comedy for the Sky Atlantic special Welcome to the Places of My Life – marking possibly the first time a tour of Norfolk landmarks has met with such comic acclaim. | Several years after Alan Partridge flounced off the small screen, Steve Coogan's best-loved character was judged the best scripted comedy for the Sky Atlantic special Welcome to the Places of My Life – marking possibly the first time a tour of Norfolk landmarks has met with such comic acclaim. |
| Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly retained their crown of top entertainment performance for ITV's I'm a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here. The duo saw off competition from The Voice judge will.i.am and Charlie Brooker on Channel 4's 10 O' Clock Live. | Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly retained their crown of top entertainment performance for ITV's I'm a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here. The duo saw off competition from The Voice judge will.i.am and Charlie Brooker on Channel 4's 10 O' Clock Live. |
| He might dominate the music charts with One Direction and Olly Murs, but Simon Cowell's TV star appears to be burning out: his Britain's Got Talent juggernaut was beaten to the best entertainment crown by Keith Lemon's Celebrity Juice. | He might dominate the music charts with One Direction and Olly Murs, but Simon Cowell's TV star appears to be burning out: his Britain's Got Talent juggernaut was beaten to the best entertainment crown by Keith Lemon's Celebrity Juice. |
| BBC Four's Lucian Freud: Painted Life, a 90-minute biography of the great artist, was named best arts programme, but the channel's popular Danish politicial drama, Borgen, missed out on the international prize, as judges voted for Sky Atlantic's semi-autobiographical hit Girls. BBC2's 7/7: One Day in London won the single documentary category. | BBC Four's Lucian Freud: Painted Life, a 90-minute biography of the great artist, was named best arts programme, but the channel's popular Danish politicial drama, Borgen, missed out on the international prize, as judges voted for Sky Atlantic's semi-autobiographical hit Girls. BBC2's 7/7: One Day in London won the single documentary category. |
| Full list of winners | |
| Actor (female) Olivia Colman – Accused II | |
| Actor (male) Sean Bean – Accused II | |
| Arts Lucian Freud: Painted Life (BBC Two) | |
| Children's drama Wolfblood (CBBC) | |
| Children's programme Room on the Broom (BBC One) | |
| Comedy performance Jessica Hynes – Twenty Twelve (BBC Two) | |
| Daytime programme Remembrance Week (BBC One) | |
| Documentary series Protecting Our Children (BBC Two) | |
| Drama serial Good Cop (BBC One) | |
| Drama series Sherlock (BBC One) | |
| Entertainment Celebrity Juice (ITV2) | |
| Entertainment performance Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly – I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (ITV) | |
| History The Secret History of Our Streets (BBC Two) | |
| International Girls (HBO for Sky Atlantic HD) | |
| Live event The London Olympics 2012 (BBC) | |
| Nations and regions programme The Bank Of Dave (episode 1) (Channel 4) | |
| Popular factual and features Long Lost Family (Series 2) (ITV) | |
| Presenter Clare Balding – The Olympics (BBC) | |
| Science and natural history Operation Iceberg (BBC Two) | |
| Scripted comedy Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of my Life (Sky Atlantic HD) | |
| Single documentary 7/7: One Day in London Minnow (BBC Two) | |
| Single drama The Hollow Crown: Richard II (BBC Two) | |
| Soap and continuing drama Coronation Street (ITV) | |
| Writer – Comedy Writing team – The Thick of It (series 4) (BBC Two) | |
| Writer – Drama Steven Moffat – Sherlock (BBC One) | |
| Judges' award Channel 4's coverage of the London Paralympics 2012 | |
| Judges' award Danny Boyle | |
| Lifetime achievement award Dave Gordon |