RTS Announce Winners Of Scotland Awards

The Royal Television Society (RTS), Britain's leading forum for television and related media, has announced the winners of the first RTS Scotland Awards.

The award for drama was presented to Slate North and BBC Scotland for Field of Blood; Piper Alpha: Fire in the Night from STV Productions and Berriff McGinty Films picked up the award for Factual; and Limmy's Show Christmas Special, produced by The Comedy Unit, won the Comedy award. The News Coverage award went to STV News, while Scoop of the Year went to Mark Daly and Murdoch Rogers at BBC Scotland News and Current Affairs. Mark Daly was also awarded Television Journalist of the Year.
The RTS Scotland Award, which is given at the discretion of the RTS Scotland Awards committee, was presented to Peter Capaldi, acknowledging his outstanding contribution to television.
The RTS Scotland Awards cover all forms of production in Scotland, recognising excellence and innovation across a range of genres and crafts. They are chaired by April Chamberlain. Bobby Hain, STV Director of Channels, is the RTS Scotland Awards committee chair and the committee includes Channel 4's Director of Creative Diversity, Stuart Cosgrove; Donalda McKinnon, Head of Programmes and Services, BBC Scotland; Jane Muirhead, Chair of Pact in Scotland; and James Wilson, RTS Scotland Chair.
The winners were announced at an awards ceremony hosted by Catriona Shearer and Sanjeev Kohli on Wednesday 11 June 2014 at the Oran Mor, Glasgow.
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