Double win for Russell’s It’s A Sin at awards
TV DRAMAS It’s A Sin and A Very British Scandal have taken top honours at the 2022 Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards.
The awards celebrate outstanding television, streaming and radio programmes and performances that have been commissioned or premiered in the UK.
Channel 4’s It’s A Sin was named best drama series and the show’s creator, Swansea-born Russell T Davies, won the award for best writer.
Davies, 58, first gained recognition as a screenwriter for his 1999 drama Queer As Folk, with It’s A Sin released to critical acclaim in January 2021.
The series, which starred Olly Alexander, follows a group of gay friends living in London as the HIV/ Aids crisis unfolds.
BBC One’s A Very British Scandal also secured two awards, as it was voted best drama miniseries, with its star Claire Foy named best actress.
Foy’s depiction of the Duchess of Argyll triumphed over Olivia Colman in Landscapers, Jodie Comer in Help and Lydia West in It’s A Sin.
The series, also starring Paul Bettany and Julia Davis, charts the events surrounding the notorious divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll during the 1960s.
Chairman of the BPG, Grant Tucker, said: “In their 48th year, the BPG awards remain true to the values on which they were founded – celebrating the best work on TV and radio, voted for by those whose job is to write about broadcasting.
“2021 was a fantastic year for British television.
“The industry bounced back from the worst days of the pandemic with record levels of investment and programming, and our winners announced today are testimony to that creative explosion.
“It is also evident that, despite reports of their death, our public service broadcasters are very much alive and thriving.”