Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2019 Winners
The full list of BPG TV and Radio Awards winners is:
Best Single Drama/Mini-series
A Very English Scandal
A Blueprint Pictures production for the BBC and Amazon Studios
Best Drama Series
Killing Eve
A Sid Gentle Films Ltd production for BBC America, internationally distributed by Endeavor Content
Best Single Documentary
Grenfell
A Minnow Films production for BBC One
Best Documentary Series
Stephen: The Murder that Changed a Nation
An On the Corner production, in association with Rogan Productions, for BBC One
Best Entertainment
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
An Owl Power TV production for BBC Two
Best Online First/ Streaming
Killing Eve
A Sid Gentle Films Ltd production for BBC America, internationally distributed by Endeavor Content and first streamed in UK on BBC Three as a box set on BBC iPlayer
Best Comedy
Derry Girls
A Hat Trick Productions production for Channel 4
Best of Multichannel
Patrick Melrose
A Two Cities production in association with Sunnymarch and Little Island for Sky Atlantic and Showtime
Radio Broadcaster of the Year
Lauren Laverne
BBC Radio 6 Music, Late Night Woman’s Hour and Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4
Radio Programme of the Year
Tara and George
A Falling Tree Productions production for BBC Radio 4
Podcast of the Year
Hip Hop Saved My Life – Romesh Ranganathan
Ranga Bee Productions
Best Actor
Hugh Grant for A Very English Scandal (BBC One)
Best Actress
Jodie Comer for Killing Eve (BBC America)
Best Writer
Russell T Davies for A Very English Scandal (BBC One)
Innovation Award
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, for a ground-breaking form of storytelling.
A House of Tomorrow production for Netflix
Breakthrough Award
Alex Scott
Sports broadcaster for BBC and Sky
BPG Chairman’s Prize
Big Brother
EndemolShine Group for Channel 4 and Channel 5
Harvey Lee Award
Nicholas Parsons CBE
Actor, presenter & game show host, in particular, recognition of more than 50 years of presenting Radio 4’s Just A Minute.
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What’s On Stage Awards 2019 Winners
Hamilton was the biggest winner at the What’s On Stage Awards, taking home five prizes on Sunday night. This included best actor in a musical for its star Jamael Westman and best supporting actor in a musical for Jason Pennycooke. Little Shop of Horrors and Heathers the Musical also took home several awards each at the London ceremony.
Sophie Okonedo and Aidan Turner won best actress and best actor in a play – Okonedo for Antony and Cleopatra at the National Theatre and Turner for Michael Grandage’s production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore.
Best actor in a play – Aidan Turner, The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Best actress in a play – Sophie Okonedo, Antony and Cleopatra
Best actor in a musical – Jamael Westman, Hamilton
Best actress in a musical – Carrie Hope Fletcher, Heathers the Musical
Best supporting actor in a play – Adrian Scarborough, The Madness of George III
Best supporting actress in a play – Vanessa Redgrave, The Inheritance
Best supporting actor in a musical – Jason Pennycooke, Hamilton
Best supporting actress in a musical – Patti LuPone, Company
Best new play – The Inheritance
Best new musical – Heathers the Musical
Best play revival – The Madness of George III
Best musical revival – Little Shop of Horrors
Best direction – Marianne Elliott, Company
Best choreography – Andy Blankenbuehler, Hamilton
Best costume design – Paul Tazewell, Hamilton
Best set design – Tom Scutt, Little Shop of Horrors
Best lighting design – Howell Binkley, Hamilton
Best video design – Terry Scruby, Chess
Best off-West End production – Six the Musical
Best regional production – Spring Awakening
Best original cast recording – Everybody’s Talking about Jamie
Best show poster – Little Shop of Horrors
Best West End show – Les Miserables