Star of Channel 4 series Educating Yorkshire dedicates prize to education secretary – in an Anglo Saxon way
Channel 4 series Educating Yorkshire landed a top TV award as one of the stars of the show hit out at the education secretary Michael Gove. The programme collected the best documentary series prize at the Royal Television Society awards staged in London.
Michael Steer, a maths teacher who was a regular face on the series set in Dewsbury's Thornhill community academy, offered an unflattering dedication as he picked up the award.
He told guests from the TV industry: "On behalf of teachers I'd like to dedicate this award to Michael Gove and I mean dedicate in the Anglo Saxon sense, which means insert roughly into the anus of."
Other winners included Stephen Fry who was named best presenter for his series Stephen Fry: Out There, in which he travelled to a number of countries to examine how they treated their gay communities. The broadcaster famously made an attempt to take his own life as he made the series as it left him at such a low ebb. He paraphrased Winston Churchill to tell guests: "I think you can judge a civilisation by the way it treats its minorities."
Idris Elba took the best actor prize for his performance in the BBC1 detective series Luther.
Olivia Colman won the best actress prize for the second year running for her role in Broadchurch with judges calling her "an actor at the top of her game".
Taking to the stage without her shoes, she said: "I kicked them off under the table and forgot to put them back on."
*The winners*
*Actor – female*
Olivia Colman – Broadchurch/Run - ITV/Channel 4
"The judges found this a typically believable, warm and utterly empathic performance from an actress at the very top of her game."
*Actor – male*
Idris Elba - Luther - BBC1
"An extraordinary screen presence; charismatic and powerful. A complete joy to watch."
*Arts*
Imagine ... Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures? BBC1
"A wonderfully crafted film that told a difficult and little known story to great effect."
*Children's fiction*
Dumping Ground - CBBC
"Its powerful storyline, exceptional writing and stunning ensemble acting from the children made this exceptional."
*Children's programme*
Hard Times - A Newsround Special - CBBC
"Moving and informative for both adults and children, the winning programme did a spectacular job of looking at the bigger picture of the recession and its aftermath."
*Comedy performance*
Brendan O'Carroll – Mrs Brown's Boys - BBC1
"His character, like his show, dresses up a truly original talent in a hugely popular traditional guise."
*Daytime*
Four Rooms – Channel 4
"An original, fascinating twist to the highly populated buying and selling genre, with well-cast experts and compelling individual stories."
*Documentary series*
Educating Yorkshire – Channel 4
"Enormously watchable, with excellent production values and inspiring human stories, this memorable series was revelatory on the subject of education and teaching."
*Drama serial*
Broadchurch – ITV
"A powerful drama with brilliant plotting, standout performances and an extraordinary depth of characterisation, all of which combined to create one of the stand out TV events of the year."
*Drama series*
Peaky Blinders – BBC2
"A bold and ambitious series with outstanding production values, this was a thrilling and atmospheric tale, brilliantly realised."
*Entertainment*
The Last Leg – Channel 4
"This show is confident, clever and witty – and has heart. It has successfully moved beyond its niche into a more mainstream entertainment show, whilst still pushing the boundaries."
*Entertainment performance*
Alan Carr – Channel 4
"Hugely likeable, with a sharp eye for pretensions that need popping, he's fearless in the face of fame."
*History*
Richard III: King In The Car Park - Channel 4
"The winning programme created headlines around the world, and vividly portrayed the application of forensic science to a major historical mystery. It was presented with huge gusto, authority and sense of event."
*International*
Game Of Thrones – HBO "Bravely structured on a shockingly brilliant scale, this was sophisticated, engaging and consistently amazing."
*Live event*
The Ashes – 2013 Sky Sports
"Effortless, confident and fresh, with great use of pundits... the winning programme has moved cricket coverage on."
*Popular factual and* *features*
Gogglebox – Channel 4
"Endlessly watchable, authentic, brilliantly cast, and by turns hilarious and profoundly moving. It tackled difficult subjects in a fresh and illuminating way, placing the viewer at the centre of the action."
*Presenter*
Stephen Fry – Stephen Fry: Out There – BBC Two
"A memorable piece of work – heartfelt, passionate, personal and eloquent."
*Science and natural history*
Africa – BBC One
"The jury said the winning programme was vast, epic and breathtaking, with beautiful storytelling."
*Scripted comedy*
PLEBS Rise Films – ITV2
"Fresh, funny and confident, with fantastic scale, the winning comedy seamlessly melded contemporary attitudes with an ambitious historical setting."
*Single documentary*
The Murder Trial – Channel 4
"From a very strong shortlist, the winner is an exquisitely well-made and gripping real life drama, which brought something genuinely new to the viewer."
*Single* *drama*
The Challenger – BBC Two
"Absorbing, compelling and informative, this was a confident drama which felt like a Hollywood movie."
*Soap and continuing drama*
Coronation Street – ITV
"Beautifully written, blending the funny and the tragic, and with terrific performances. This was drama at its very best."
*Sports presenter, commentator or pundit*
Gary Neville - Sky Sports Sky Sports
"In a short time the winner has mastered his 'new' craft – intelligent views delivered with honesty and integrity."
*Sports programme*
World Athletics – Mo Farah's Double Gold - BBC One
"With brilliant pundits and presenters who always avoided cliché, the winning programme felt modern and creative."
*Writer – comedy*
James Corden and Mathew Baynton, with Tom Basden - The Wrong Mans -r BBC Two
"Original, funny and strong writing with smart, well drawn characters. Ambitious and completely gripping, it drew the two styles of comedy and drama together beautifully with a net effect of laugh out loud comedy."
*Writer – drama*
Marlon Smith and Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan - Run - Channel 4
"Stories from our lives, carefully constructed yet superbly authentic and believable." Reported by guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago.
Channel 4 series Educating Yorkshire landed a top TV award as one of the stars of the show hit out at the education secretary Michael Gove. The programme collected the best documentary series prize at the Royal Television Society awards staged in London.
Michael Steer, a maths teacher who was a regular face on the series set in Dewsbury's Thornhill community academy, offered an unflattering dedication as he picked up the award.
He told guests from the TV industry: "On behalf of teachers I'd like to dedicate this award to Michael Gove and I mean dedicate in the Anglo Saxon sense, which means insert roughly into the anus of."
Other winners included Stephen Fry who was named best presenter for his series Stephen Fry: Out There, in which he travelled to a number of countries to examine how they treated their gay communities. The broadcaster famously made an attempt to take his own life as he made the series as it left him at such a low ebb. He paraphrased Winston Churchill to tell guests: "I think you can judge a civilisation by the way it treats its minorities."
Idris Elba took the best actor prize for his performance in the BBC1 detective series Luther.
Olivia Colman won the best actress prize for the second year running for her role in Broadchurch with judges calling her "an actor at the top of her game".
Taking to the stage without her shoes, she said: "I kicked them off under the table and forgot to put them back on."
*The winners*
*Actor – female*
Olivia Colman – Broadchurch/Run - ITV/Channel 4
"The judges found this a typically believable, warm and utterly empathic performance from an actress at the very top of her game."
*Actor – male*
Idris Elba - Luther - BBC1
"An extraordinary screen presence; charismatic and powerful. A complete joy to watch."
*Arts*
Imagine ... Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures? BBC1
"A wonderfully crafted film that told a difficult and little known story to great effect."
*Children's fiction*
Dumping Ground - CBBC
"Its powerful storyline, exceptional writing and stunning ensemble acting from the children made this exceptional."
*Children's programme*
Hard Times - A Newsround Special - CBBC
"Moving and informative for both adults and children, the winning programme did a spectacular job of looking at the bigger picture of the recession and its aftermath."
*Comedy performance*
Brendan O'Carroll – Mrs Brown's Boys - BBC1
"His character, like his show, dresses up a truly original talent in a hugely popular traditional guise."
*Daytime*
Four Rooms – Channel 4
"An original, fascinating twist to the highly populated buying and selling genre, with well-cast experts and compelling individual stories."
*Documentary series*
Educating Yorkshire – Channel 4
"Enormously watchable, with excellent production values and inspiring human stories, this memorable series was revelatory on the subject of education and teaching."
*Drama serial*
Broadchurch – ITV
"A powerful drama with brilliant plotting, standout performances and an extraordinary depth of characterisation, all of which combined to create one of the stand out TV events of the year."
*Drama series*
Peaky Blinders – BBC2
"A bold and ambitious series with outstanding production values, this was a thrilling and atmospheric tale, brilliantly realised."
*Entertainment*
The Last Leg – Channel 4
"This show is confident, clever and witty – and has heart. It has successfully moved beyond its niche into a more mainstream entertainment show, whilst still pushing the boundaries."
*Entertainment performance*
Alan Carr – Channel 4
"Hugely likeable, with a sharp eye for pretensions that need popping, he's fearless in the face of fame."
*History*
Richard III: King In The Car Park - Channel 4
"The winning programme created headlines around the world, and vividly portrayed the application of forensic science to a major historical mystery. It was presented with huge gusto, authority and sense of event."
*International*
Game Of Thrones – HBO "Bravely structured on a shockingly brilliant scale, this was sophisticated, engaging and consistently amazing."
*Live event*
The Ashes – 2013 Sky Sports
"Effortless, confident and fresh, with great use of pundits... the winning programme has moved cricket coverage on."
*Popular factual and* *features*
Gogglebox – Channel 4
"Endlessly watchable, authentic, brilliantly cast, and by turns hilarious and profoundly moving. It tackled difficult subjects in a fresh and illuminating way, placing the viewer at the centre of the action."
*Presenter*
Stephen Fry – Stephen Fry: Out There – BBC Two
"A memorable piece of work – heartfelt, passionate, personal and eloquent."
*Science and natural history*
Africa – BBC One
"The jury said the winning programme was vast, epic and breathtaking, with beautiful storytelling."
*Scripted comedy*
PLEBS Rise Films – ITV2
"Fresh, funny and confident, with fantastic scale, the winning comedy seamlessly melded contemporary attitudes with an ambitious historical setting."
*Single documentary*
The Murder Trial – Channel 4
"From a very strong shortlist, the winner is an exquisitely well-made and gripping real life drama, which brought something genuinely new to the viewer."
*Single* *drama*
The Challenger – BBC Two
"Absorbing, compelling and informative, this was a confident drama which felt like a Hollywood movie."
*Soap and continuing drama*
Coronation Street – ITV
"Beautifully written, blending the funny and the tragic, and with terrific performances. This was drama at its very best."
*Sports presenter, commentator or pundit*
Gary Neville - Sky Sports Sky Sports
"In a short time the winner has mastered his 'new' craft – intelligent views delivered with honesty and integrity."
*Sports programme*
World Athletics – Mo Farah's Double Gold - BBC One
"With brilliant pundits and presenters who always avoided cliché, the winning programme felt modern and creative."
*Writer – comedy*
James Corden and Mathew Baynton, with Tom Basden - The Wrong Mans -r BBC Two
"Original, funny and strong writing with smart, well drawn characters. Ambitious and completely gripping, it drew the two styles of comedy and drama together beautifully with a net effect of laugh out loud comedy."
*Writer – drama*
Marlon Smith and Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan - Run - Channel 4
"Stories from our lives, carefully constructed yet superbly authentic and believable." Reported by guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago.