It was a great result for SPI members at last night's RTS Ireland awards, a celebration of the best in Irish TV from the past year across Sport, News, Factual, Drama, Children’s and Entertainment programmes. Members of SPI were well-represented across the category nominees, but a special congratulations to the 5 members that took home awards – Macalla Teo, Kite Entertainment, Cardel Entertainment, Red Shoe Productions, and GMarsh TV Productions. We'd also like to congratulate Yazmin Seky, who won 'Best Newcomer' for her brilliant performance in Kin, produced by Metropolitan Films. It was wonderful to see so many of our members represented across the categories, congratulations and comhghairdeas to all the winners.
See full list of categories and winners below.
BEST DRAMA
Dalgliesh - New Pictures Ltd [Channel 5]
Hidden Assets - Saffron Moon [RTÉ]
WINNER Smother - Treasure Entertainment Ltd / BBC Studios [RTÉ]
BEST ENTERTAINMENT
Bowie: Starman with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra [RTÉ]
WINNER Ireland's Fittest Family - Animo TV, Kite Entertainment Ltd [RTÉ]
Last Singer Standing – ShinAwiL [RTÉ]
Special Forces - Ultimate Hell Week - Motive Television [RTÉ]
The Deirdre O’Kane Show - Kite Entertainment Ltd [SKY]
BEST FACTUAL SERIES
Misneach - Midas Productions [TG4]
Murder at the Cottage: The Search for Justice for Sophie - Hell’s Kitchen, Dare Films in association with Sky Studios [SKY]
RTÉ Investigates - Who Am I? The story of Ireland's Illegal Adoptions [RTÉ]
The Case I Can't Forget - Rare Television Ireland Ltd and Green Inc Film and TV Ltd [RTÉ]
WINNER The Killing of Fr. Niall Molloy - Flawless Films [RTÉ]
BEST FACTUAL SINGLE
Keelin Shanley: Faraway, Still Close - Scratch Films Ltd. [RTÉ]
Let the Rest of the World Go By - Angelo Films / Ponder [RTÉ]
Síle Seoige: Deireadh Tochta - Tyrone Productions [TG4]
The Irish Wedding - Atom Films [RTÉ]
WINNER Tomorrow Is Saturday - GMarsh TV Productions [RTÉ]
BEST SPORT
17 Days in The Crucible - Proposition Films [Eir Sport]
Barney Curley: The Man Who Beat The Bookies - True Films [RTÉ, BBC Northern Ireland]
WINNER Finding Jack Charlton - Noah Media Group, Virgin Media, BBC [Virgin Media Television]
Horizon Tokyo - Brick Films [RTÉ]
Rachael Blackmore: A Grand Year - Fifty-Three Six [RTÉ]
BEST NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS
Brexit, the protocol and the fallout 2021 [Sky]
Opening Another Year With COVID [Virgin Media Television]
WINNER RTÉ Investigates - Covid 19 The Third Wave [RTÉ]
BEST ANIMATION
Adam Saves Christmas - Kavaleer Productions [RTÉ]
Bóin agus Beach - Paper Owl Films [RTÉ]
WINNER Dagda's Harp - Cardel Entertainment [RTÉ]
BEST SPECIALIST FACTUAL
An Cuan - Oddboy Media [TG4]
Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland - Averner Films [RTÉ]
My Tribe - Mo Threibh - Mind the Gap Films [RTÉ]
Seán Ó Riada - Mo Sheanathair - Táin Media [TG4]
WINNER Voices of Ireland - Red Shoe [Sky]
BEST CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME
Critters TV - Turnip + Duck [RTÉ]
WINNER Mo Shaol, Do Shaol - Macalla Teo [TG4]
Na Debs - TicToc Drama - Fibin Media [TG4]
Nova Jones - Friends of Nova - JAM Media [BBC]
Royals Next Door - Ink and Light, Pikkukala Oy, Pikkukala ES & Walking the Dog [RTÉ]
BEST FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Eating With The Enemy - Animo TV Productions LTD [Virgin Media Television]
WINNER Gogglebox Ireland - Kite Entertainment Ltd [Virgin Media Television]
Home of The Year – ShinAwiL [RTÉ]
Reeling in the Years 2010-2019 [RTÉ]
The 2 Johnnies Take on - Straywave Media Ltd [RTÉ]
BEST NEWCOMER
Yazmin Seky