Royal Television Society, UK: 2002

RTS Television Award

Date:	19 March (programme)
Host:	Graham Norton
Location:	Grosvenor House Hotel, London, England, UK

Best Actor - Female


Winner:
	"Babyfather" (2001) - Diane Parish
Other Nominees:
	"Bob & Rose" (2001) - Lesley Sharp "The Way We Live Now" (2001) - Shirley Henderson (I)

Best Actor - Male


Winner:
	"The Way We Live Now" (2001) - David Suchet
Other Nominees:
	"The Office" (2001) - Ricky Gervais "The Vice" (1999) - Ken Stott

Network Newcomer - On Screen


Winner:
	"Happiness" (2001) - Johnny Vegas (I)
Other Nominees:
	"Bloody Foreigners" (1998) - Omid Djalili When I Was 12 (2001) (TV) - Holly Scourfield

Best Science & Natural History


Winner:
	Congo (2001) (TV) - Scorer Associates
Other Nominees:
	"Horizon" (1964) - BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) [gb] (BBC 2) - For episode "What Sank the Kursk?" "The Blue Planet" (2001) - BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) [gb] (BBC Natural History Unit)

Best Writer


Winner:
	Perfect Strangers (2001) (TV) - Stephen Poliakoff
Other Nominees:
	"At Home with the Braithwaites" (2000) - Sally Wainwright "The Way We Live Now" (2001) - Andrew Davies (I)

Best Regional Programme


Winner:
	Cry for Bobo (2001) - Forged Films; Scottish Screen
Other Nominees:
	"The Bench" (2001) - BBC Wales

Best Daytime Programme


Winner:
	"The Wright Stuff" (2000) - Granada Television [gb]
Other Nominees:
	"A Place in the Sun" (2000) - Freeform Production "The Weakest Link" (2000) - Granada Television [gb]

Best Children's Fiction


Winner:
	"My Parents Are Aliens" (1999) - Granada Kids
Other Nominees:
	"Out of the Ashes" (2001) - Pagoda Family; CBBC Eddy & The Bear - Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment

Best Features - Primetime


Winner:
	"Faking It" (2001) - RDF Media [gb]
Other Nominees:
	"Would Like to Meet" (2001) - TalkBack Productions [gb] Grand Designs: Huddersfield (2001) (TV) - TalkBack Productions [gb] - For episode "Huddersfield".

Team Award


Winner:
	Kumbh Mela (2001) (TV) - Rex Mundi Production
Other Nominees:
	"My Family" (2000) - DTL Entertainment UK [gb]; Rude Boy Productions Last Night of the Proms (2001) (TV) - BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) [gb] (BBC Classical Music Television)

Best Children's Factual


Winner:
	"Nick News" (????) - Nickelodeon
Other Nominees:
	"Finger Tips" (2002) - Foundation TV "Newsround" (1972) - For the extra "Sierra Leone - The Battle For Childhood"

Best Arts


Winner:
	"Arena" (1975) - BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) [gb] (BBC 2) - For episode "James Ellroy's Feast of Death".
Other Nominees:
	"Omnibus" (1967) {The 'Billy Elliot' Boy} - Tiger Aspect Productions [gb] - An "Omnibus" (1967) special. "The South Bank Show" (1978) - London Weekend Television (LWT) [gb] - For episode "Joanna MacGregor".

Best Situation Comedy or Comedy Drama


Winner:
	"The Office" (2001) - BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) [gb] (BBC 2)
Other Nominees:
	"Brass Eye" (1997) - TalkBack Productions [gb] - For the special. "Phoenix Nights" (2001) - Ovation Entertainment Limited [gb]

Best Serials & Single Drama


Winner:
	Perfect Strangers (2001) (TV) - TalkBack Productions [gb]
Other Nominees:
	"Bob & Rose" (2001) - Red Production Company [gb] The Navigators (2001) - Parallax Picture

Best Entertainment Programme


Winner:
	"Banzai" (2001) - Radar; RDF Media [gb]
Other Nominees:
	"The Kumars at No. 42" (2001) - Hat Trick Productions [gb] Comic Relief (2001) (TV) - BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) [gb] (BBC 1)

Best Entertainment Performance


Winner:
	"Big Impression" (1999) - Alistair McGowan
Other Nominees:
	"So Graham Norton" (1998) - Graham Norton "They Think It's All Over" (1995) - Jonathan Ross (I)

Best History


Winner:
	"Fire, Plague, War and Treason" (2001) - Juniper

Network Newcomer - Behind The Screen


Winner:
	Lift, The (2001) (TV) - Marc Isaacs (II) (director)
Other Nominees:
	"Clocking Off" (2000) - Daniel Brockelhurst (writer) - Also for "Linda Green" (2001).

Best Presenter


Winner:
	"SM:TV Live" (1998) - Declan Donnelly; Ant McPartlin
Other Nominees:
	"Rolf on Art" (2001) - Rolf Harris Louis Theroux - For the When Louis Met... series.

Best Soap


Winner:
	"EastEnders" (1985) - BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) [gb] (BBC 1)
Other Nominees:
	"Doctors" (2000) - BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) [gb] (BBC 1) "Hollyoaks" (1995) - Mersey TV

Best Drama Series


Winner:
	"Clocking Off" (2000) - Red Production Company [gb]
Other Nominees:
	"At Home with the Braithwaites" (2000) - Yorkshire Television (YTV) PLC [gb] "Teachers" (2001) - Tiger Aspect Productions [gb]