BBC wins 11 awards at UK journalism awards

The UK Royal Television Society recognised BBC News for editorial excellence, investigative grit and creative innovation.

Of the BBC’s 11 wins, eight were for BBC News:

BBC News Arabic won the Current Affairs – International award for the excellent Under Poisoned Skies, described by judges as “An enterprising and original piece of journalism”.

BBC News at Ten, praised by judges for its “consistently high standard of reporting from an outstanding team of correspondents, on location and in its new studio” was crowned as Network Daily News Programme of the Year.

The Undercover Voters initiative, developed by BBC News Podcasts during last year’s US midterms for Americast and Newsnight, was successful in the Innovation category with judges saying that it “tackled a really important issue in an interesting and original way”.

Steve Rosenberg’s exclusive interview with President Lukashenko of Belarus, that discussed the Belarus migrant crisis won the category of Network Interview of the Year with the judges praising the interview for being a “brave, exemplary, an electric piece of television, and a masterclass in interviewing a megalomaniac tyrant”

Network Presenter of the Year was given to Clive Myrie for his “ability to bring empathy as well as authority to his distinctive broadcasting” while “radiating dignity and calm under the most intense pressure”.

Our outstanding coverage of War in Ukraine was rightly successful in the News Coverage – International category. Judges described it as “vivid and brave frontline reporting with insightful coverage of the refugee problem and the politics driving the Ukraine conflict”.

Described by judges as “a journalist who has devoted several years to pursuing and exposing appalling failures which wrecked many lives” & “never loses his focus and clarity” – Michael Buchanan wins Specialist Journalist of the Year award for his Maternity Scandals: Fighting for the Truth programme.

We were also recognised, alongside our colleagues at ITN, PA and Sky News, with the RTS Special Award: which was awarded to the Cameras in Court campaign, which this year finally secured access to the Crown Courts.

BBC Nations and Regions were winners in three categories:

The iPlayer Shorts documentary Should I Tell You I’m Trans?, produced by BBC Scotland won the category for On-Demand Journalism.

The Nations and Regions Factual category was won by The Great Ferries Scandal, also by BBC Scotland.

And Colin Campbell from BBC South East Today was crowned as Nations and Regions Reporter of the Year.