Royal Television Society Award Winners 2014
The results of the 2014 Royal Television Society Awards are now known.
The winners were announced at the Grosvenor House Hotel in central London tonight (Tuesday 18th March) during a ceremony hosted by Tim Vine.
The winners in the comedy-related categories were Alan Carr; Mrs Brown's Boys star Brendan O'Carroll; Channel 4's hit comedy show The Last Leg, which stars Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker (pictured); ITV2 sitcom Plebs; and the writing team of The Wrong Mans - James Corden, Mathew Baynton and Tom Basden.
This is the third major award for Plebs. The sitcom, which is written by Sam Leifer and Tom Basden, has previously won at both the Broadcast Awards and British Comedy Awards 2013. Meanwhile, this is the first major award for The Last Leg, which is currently broadcasting its fourth series on Friday nights.
Here are the comedy-related nominations in full, with the winners marked:
Comedy Performance
Rebecca Front (for Psychobitches)
Brendan O'Carroll (for Mrs Brown's Boys) - Winner
Ryan Sampson (for Plebs)
Entertainment
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)
The Last Leg (Channel 4) - Winner
Entertainment Performance
Alan Carr (for Alan Carr: Chatty Man) - Winner
Ant & Dec (for their ITV shows)
Leigh Francis (for Celebrity Juice / Through The Keyhole)
Scripted Comedy
A Touch Of Cloth II: Undercover Cloth (Sky1)
Toast Of London (Channel 4)
Comedy Writing
James Corden, Mathew Baynton and Tom Basden for The Wrong Mans - Winner
Sam Leifer and Tom Basden for Plebs
The Psychobitches writing team
Other winners include Stephen Fry as best presenter for a documentary on gay rights; and Olivia Colman, who rose to fame in Peep Show, as best female actor for roles including in crime drama Broadchurch.
The Royal Television Society describe their awards as recognising "the gold standard of achievement in the television community". To find out more and see the winners across all genres visit rts.org.uk