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Emmerdale scoops top soap award

Emmerdale star Patsy Kensit arrives
Emmerdale star Patsy Kensit arrives
THE cast and producers of Emmerdale were celebrating today after the show was named best soap opera in the Royal Television Society awards.

Comic Catherine Tate - catchphrase 'Am I Bothered?' - also scooped an award.

Her BBC2 hit The Catherine Tate Show beat talent contest The X-Factor and reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here to the win the coveted best entertainment show title.

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David Threlfall, who plays scrounger Frank Gallagher in Channel 4's Shameless, won the best actor award.

Drama

Legendary screenwriter Andrew Davies was named best drama writer for BBC1's widely acclaimed soap-style adaptation of Charles Dickens's Bleak House.

Best sitcom prize went to BBC4's The Thick of It, which stars Chris Langham.

And best single drama was Channel 4's The Government Inspector, about events leading up to the death of Iraq weapons expert Dr David Kelly.

The awards ceremony at London's Grosvenor House Hotel attracted a star-studded audience.

The winners in full:

Situation Comedy & Comedy Drama
The Thick of It, BBC4
Entertainment
The Catherine Tate Show, BBC2
Children’s Drama
My Parents are Aliens, CITV
Children’s Programme
Serious Arctic, CBBC
Breakthrough Award - Behind the Screen
Jonathan Smith - Make Me Normal, Channel 4
Breakthrough Award - On Screen
Phil Beadle - The Unteachables, Channel 4
Arts
Holocaust, a Music Memorial Film From Auschwitz, BBC2.
History
Trafalgar Battle Surgeon Hardy & Sons, Channel 4
Documentary Series - General
Jamie’s School Dinners, Channel 4
Single Documentary - General
Children of Beslan, BBC2
Science & Natural History
Anatomy for Beginners, Channel 4
Features & Factual Entertainment
Springwatch with Bill Oddie, BBC2
Soap
Emmerdale, ITV
Nations & Regions Programme
From Belfast to Dachau, BBC Northern Ireland
Nations & Regions Presenter
Stephen Nolan - Nolan Live, BBC One Northern Ireland
Presenter
Lorraine Kelly GMTV, ITV
Digital Channel Programme Award
Brainiac 3, Sky One
Daytime Programme
Deal or No Deal, Channel 4
International Award
Weeds, Sky One
Drama Serial
Bleak House, BBC1
Single Drama
The Government Inspector, Channel 4
Drama Series
Bodies (Series 2), BBC3
Writer - Drama
Andrew Davies - Bleak House, BBC1
Actor - Female
Lesley Sharp - Afterlife, ITV
Actor - Male
David Threlfall - Shameless 2 and The Queen’s Sister, Channel 4
Writer - Comedy
Sam Bain & Jesse Armstrong - Peep Show, Channel 4
Entertainment Performance
Paul O’Grady - Paul O’Grady Show, ITV1
Comedy Performance
Catherine Tate - The Catherine Tate Show, BBC2
Judges’ Award
Jon Plowman, Head of Comedy at the BBC.

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