The Royal Television Society has announced the nominations for the RTS Student Television Awards 2026, supported by 4Skills – Channel 4’s nationwide training and development programme.
Hosted this year by TV and radio presenter Remel London, the winners will be unveiled at a ceremony set to take place on Friday 12 June at the IET, Savoy Place.
The 24 categories represent the “exceptional standard of audiovisual work and skills from students across the UK at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels”, the RTS explained, with 23 institutions nominated this year.
Across the Postgraduate categories, the National Film and Television School led the way with eight nominations, receiving two of three nods in the Drama, Entertainment and Comedy Drama, and Factual – Long Form categories.
The University of the West of England also garnered the majority of nominations for the Postgraduate Saving the Planet category, as did City St George’s, University of London for the Postgraduate Journalism category.
The Craft Skills categories for Camerawork, Editing, Production Design, Sound and Writing will be announced during the ceremony.
Simon Bucks, RTS Trustee for Awards, said: “The Student Television Awards are a marvellous showcase for the best work from the new generation of UK producers and teams.
“It’s a great testament to their skills and talent to be found across the whole country. Each year the students’ entries exceed our expectations in quality.
“2026 will – I know – be no different and we look forward to celebrating with all of the nominees and winners at the awards ceremony in June.”
The full list of nominees is available below.
Undergraduate Animation
- Before Lights Out – James Doherty (University for the Creative Arts)
- Meal Deal – Anaïs Kheir, Niamh McArdle & Amy Mulcahy (University of the West of England)
- Pigeons – Zazie Capobianco (Nottingham Trent University)
Undergraduate Drama
- Dogbone – Austen Taylor Pease, Robert Peddie, Theo Hughes, Josie Harris & team (University of Salford)
- Hobnobs – Natalia Czer, Muirinn Ní Chárthaigh, Jarlath McKernan, Calin Dragoi & Victor Carvalho (Institute of Art, Design and Technology)
- Puddle Man – Jacob Joseph Held, India Pluves, Alfie Dickens, Veronica Manuel & team (University of Bristol)
Undergraduate Entertainment and Comedy Drama
- Goblin! – Matthew R. Jones (Nottingham Trent University)
- Of Chavs and Men – Jack Fellows, Ben Cox, Connor Broadley, Markus Nilsson & Ethan Hughes (University of Gloucestershire)
- What Now? – Ben Pywell, Thomas Crawley, Luke Bean, Matthew Rawstron & team (Northumbria University)
Undergraduate Factual – Short Form
- Blackthorn – Wilfy George, Will Fisher, Madeline Walters & Linah Katende (University of the Arts London: London College of Communication)
- Down the Line – James Kersey (University of Salford)
- Fire & Spirits: The Story of the 1875 Dublin Whiskey Fire – Maxim Bunea-Jivanescu, Sean MacNamara, Patrick Devereux & Muhammad Muhammad (Institute of Art, Design and Technology)
Undergraduate Factual – Long Form
- Mute – Sol Lane (University of South Wales)
- Shrinkage – Franchesca Chinhundu, Lottie Sicilia, Giles Cook, Hana Cox & team (BIMM University: MetFilm Brighton)
- The Bird and The Moon – Joe Humphrey, Emmett Laverty, Isaac Richardson, Tanis Burton & team (Sheffield Hallam University)
Undergraduate Journalism
- Beyond the Line: VI Tennis and the Road to the Paralympics – Matisse Chik (University of Leeds)
- Clare’s Law – Phoebe Brooks, Connor Cross, Lauren Howe, Spandan Pokhrel & Jemma McCoubrey (University of Gloucestershire)
- Remembering You – Libby Marchant, Katie Green, Harry Strubel, Jacob Rosenberg, Cody Osei & team (Bournemouth University)
Undergraduate Saving the Planet
- Return of the Reindeer – Thomas McGillivray (University of the West of Scotland)
- Soil Survivors
- – Joe Mugridge, Holly Parfitt, Connor Cousins, Dylan Burgess & team (Bristol Film School Boomsatsuma)
- Water Pollution in Belfast Lough – Kíla Kirby, Jordan Lin & Aaron Gwynne (Queen’s University Belfast)
Postgraduate Animation
- By a Thread – David Kmet (University of the Arts London: London College of Communication)
- Death’s Peak – Willy Fair, Louis Jousselme, Tracey Murray & team (National Film and Television School)
- Wasting – Laura Breslin (Atlantic Technological University)
Postgraduate Drama
- Cuerpos – Reiff Gaskell, Amanda Orzechowska, Maya Gilmore, Ola Mesmer & team (National Film and Television School)
- Green Jumper – Indigo Kamal-Poole, Maisie Edwards, Harvey Anderson & team (MetFilm School Leeds)
- Twenty Twenty – Alex Salam, Saffia Sage, Matt Mead & Jonathan Ley (National Film and Television School)
Postgraduate Entertainment and Comedy Drama
- Behold, This Dreamer Cometh – Jonny Mowat, David McColl, TJ Turner & Ainsley White (University of the West of Scotland)
- Checkout – Mairead Hamilton, Steven Jeram, Simon Williamson & C.J. Lazaretti (National Film and Television School)
- Mating Season – Abhigna Reddy Lankapotu, Thomas Hitchcock-Merritt, Carmen Boettcher & team (National Film and Television School)
Postgraduate Factual – Short Form
- I Called Her Lexi – Logan Kenny, Matthew Wilkie, Syamaprasad CR & Krisztian Sutko (University of the West of Scotland)
- No Kidding – Sarah Ford (University of the West of England)
- Pobre Street – Jessica Li & Yuan Gong (Cardiff University)
Postgraduate Factual – Long Form
- COLOURISE: Exploring the Magical World of Biofluorescence – Naveendran Jayabalan, Soo Kai Liang & David Atthowe (University of the West of England)
- Death Row Dogs – Somerset Phaedrus, Karin Raksanugraha, Blanca Romeo de la Higuera, Sarah-Louise Davila & team (National Film and Television School)
- Welcome Home Freckles – Huiju Park, Benjamin Kodboel, Clare Maleeny & Edoardo Vella (National Film and Television School)
Postgraduate Journalism
- Ghosts in the Machine: The invisible eyes of cybercrime – Rithula Nisha (University of East Anglia)
- Rising Tides: Reform and Refugees – Paul Wilkinson & Fabienne Dias (City St George’s, University of London)
- The Blind Spot: Cataract Surgery and the NHS – James Spry & Giorgio Bounous (City St George’s, University of London)
Postgraduate Saving the Planet
- Chasing Coexistence – Ieuan Rose & Albert Michaud (University of the West of England)
- Escape – Anna Danielle Moore (University of the West of England)
- Roar of the Tiger – Tushar Bhojwani, Suzy Shepherd, Carrie Penn, Anita Xu & team (National Film and Television School)
More information is available on the RTS website.
