BBC wins at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2018

Today (Friday 16 March 2018) the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2018 were announced at a ceremony at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London. BBC programmes and people took home prizes in 10 categories.

BBC One's Three Girls was named Best Single Drama, with the network's Line of Duty taking home Best Drama Series and creator Jed Mercurio awarded Best Writer. 

BBC Radio programmes also fared well: Radio Broadcaster of the Year went to BBC Radio 5 Live's Emma Barnett, with Radio Programme of the Year going to BBC Radio 4's Reith Lectures 2017: Hilary Mantel.

Meanwhile BBC factual programmes that took home awards were Chris Packham: Asperger’s and Me on BBC Two which was Best Single Documentary, while BBC One's Blue Planet II was Best Documentary Series. 

The Harvey Lee Award was awarded to children’s television producers, Biddy Baxter and Edward Barnes in special recognition of their work on the long-running BBC children's programme Blue Peter.

A list of BBC wins appears below: 

Best Single Drama/Mini-series

Three Girls

A BBC Studios in association with Studio Lambert production for BBC One

Best Drama Series

Line of Duty

Produced by World Productions for BBC One

Best Single Documentary

Chris Packham: Asperger’s and Me 

A Raw TV production for BBC Two

Best Documentary Series

Blue Planet II

A co-production of BBC Worldwide, WDR, BBC America, Tencent, The Open University, France Televisions & CCTV9 made by BBC Studios, Natural History Unit for BBC One

Best Comedy

Detectorists

A Channel X North, Treasure Trove Productions & Lola Entertainment production for BBC Four

Radio Broadcaster of the Year

Emma Barnett

The Emma Barnett Show, BBC Radio 5 Live, and Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4

Radio Programme of the Year

BBC Reith Lectures 2017: Hilary Mantel

A BBC Radio Current Affairs production for BBC Radio 4

Best Actor

Mark Bonnar for Eric, Ernie and Me (BBC Four), Apple Tree Yard (BBC One), Catastrophe (Channel 4), Unforgotten (ITV)

Best Writer

Jed Mercurio for Line of Duty (BBC One)

Harvey Lee Award

Biddy Baxter & Edward Barnes, children’s television producers, in special recognition of Blue Peter.

Congratulations to all the winners, a full list is available at the Broadcasting Press Guild website.