Lenny Henry has been awarded the Harvey Lee Award for Outstanding Contribution To Broadcasting today at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. It was in recognition of his campaign for greater diversity in the industry and for his role in Comic Relief.
Broadcasting satire W1A, starring Hugh Bonneville and Jessica Hynes, won the award for Best Entertainment Comedy. Dave's Crackanory won Best Multichannel Programme.
Sheridan Smith won an for her role as Cilla Black in ITV’s Cilla. Toby Jones, recently seen in Detectorists and Marvellous, won Best Actor. Marvellous, which also won the Best Single Drama prize.
Here is a list of the full winners:
Best Factual Entertainment
Gogglebox (Studio Lambert for Channel 4)
Best Single Drama
Marvellous (Fifty Fathoms/Tiger Aspect for BBC2)
Best Drama Series
The Honourable Woman (Drama Republic and Eight Rooks for BBC2)
Best Single Documentary
Baby P: The Untold Story (Sandpaper Films for BBC1)
Best Documentary Series
Benefits Street (Love Productions for Channel 4)
Best Multichannel Programme
Crackanory (Tiger Aspect for UKTV Dave)
Radio Programme of the Year
Germany: Memories of A Nation (BBC Radio Production in partnership with the British Museum for BBC Radio 4)
Radio Broadcaster of the Year
Jane Garvey - Woman’s Hour (BBC Radio & Music Production for BBC Radio 4)
Best Entertainment/Comedy
W1A (BBC2)
Writer’s Award
Sally Wainwright (Last Tango In Halifax and Happy Valley for BBC1)
Best Actress
Sheridan Smith (Cilla Black in Cilla & Claire Webster in The Widower)
Best Actor
Toby Jones (Neil Baldwin in Marvellous & Lance in Detectorists)
Breakthrough Award
Harry and Jack Williams, writers of The Missing
Innovation in Broadcasting Award
Vice News for The Islamic State and other original commissions
Harvey Lee Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting
Lenny Henry