The Royal Television Society Scotland has announced the winners of its 2026 Programme Awards, with George Cameron Geddes taking Camera for his lensing of Grow.
Presenters Des Clarke and Shereen Cutkelvin handed out 28 awards to winners at Glasgow’s iconic Old Fruitmarket.
World Productions triumphed with The Bombing of Pan Am 103 leading the charge, securing three coveted awards including Director: Scripted, Sound (Craft) and Original Music Score for legendary Scottish band Mogwai.
Synchronicity Films also enjoyed a double-win night for its poignant project The Tattooist’s Son: Journey to Auschwitz, taking home the top prize for Documentary (Single) alongside multi-RTS award winner Stephen Bennett, who claimed Director: Non-Scripted.
Public interest and news journalism were strongly represented.
BBC Scotland News walked away with the News award for Reporting Scotland, while BBC Scotland’s investigative team won Current Affairs for Disclosure: Care Home Undercover. The Young Journalist accolade was awarded to Gráinne Ní Ghréacháin of STV News North, and Libby Penman was celebrated as the year’s standout On-Screen Personality.
The Documentary (Series) category was awarded to Firecrest Films for their gripping work on The Hunt for Peter Tobin.
In the performance and writing tiers, Ewen Bremner received the Actor – Male award for his unforgettable role in Coldwater, while celebrated screenwriter Neil Forsyth won the Writer award for The Gold.
In the popular genres, BBC Studios Comedy’s beloved Two Doors Down took home the Comedy prize, while BBC Scotland’s Breaking the Year 25 earned the Entertainment title.
In Factual formatting, Dragonfly Film & Television Productions’ Surgeons: At the Edge of Life impressed the jury with a double win spanning Specialist Factual and Post Production: Motion Design & Animation.
IWC Media found success with Scotland’s Home of the Year winning Lifestyle & Features and also took home Post Production: Editing (Craft) for Angela Slaven’s work on Being Stanley Baxter.
The night also paid tribute to one of Scottish broadcasting’s most enduring icons. Broadcast journalist Sally Magnusson, who stepped down from her long-serving role as the flagship presenter of BBC Scotland’s Reporting Scotland in 2025, received the prestigious RTS Scotland Outstanding Achievement Award to a resounding standing ovation from her peers, honouring over three decades of exceptional public service journalism.
The full list of winners is available below.
Actor – Female
Lauren Lyle, Karen Pirie (Series 2) (World Productions for ITV)
Actor – Male
Ewen Bremner, Coldwater (SISTER Pictures for ITV, Paramount+ with Showtime)
Camera (Sponsored by No Drama)
George Cameron Geddes (Grow, Sky Cinema)
Children’s
Billy Bùrach (The 90 for BBC ALBA)
Comedy
Two Doors Down (BBC Studios Comedy for BBC One)
Current Affairs
Disclosure: Care Home Undercover (BBC Scotland for BBC Scotland)
Daytime & Features
Scam Interceptors (BBC Studios for BBC One)
Director: Non-Scripted
Stephen Bennett, The Tattooist’s Son: Journey to Auschwitz (Synchronicity Films for Sky History & Stan)
Director: Scripted (Sponsored by ScreenSkills HETV Fund)
Michael Keillor, The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (World Productions for BBC)
Documentary (Series)
The Hunt for Peter Tobin (Firecrest Films for BBC Scotland)
Documentary (Single)
The Tattooist’s Son: Journey to Auschwitz (Synchronicity Films for Sky & Stan)
Drama (Sponsored by Blazing Griffin)
Karen Pirie (Series 2) (World Productions for ITV)
Entertainment (Sponsored by BBC Studioworks)
Breaking the Year 25 (BBC Scotland for BBC Scotland)
Live Event
Sportscene Scotland v Denmark (BBC Scotland)
News
Reporting Scotland (BBC Scotland News for BBC Scotland)
On-Screen Personality (Sponsored by Screen Scotland)
Libby Penman
Original Music Score (Sponsored by The Nerve)
Mogwai for The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (World Productions for BBC)
Post Production: Editing (Sponsored by Screen Scotland)
Angela Slaven for Being Stanley Baxter (IWC Media for BBC Scotland)
Post Production: Motion Design and Animation
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life (Serious FX for Dragonfly Film & Television for BBC Scotland & BBC Two)
Short Form
On The Twelfth Day of Findom (Goldie Luck Productions for Girls In Film)
Sound
Alastair Mason for The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (Jumbuck for World Productions for BBC)
Specialist Factual
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life (Dragonfly Film and Television Productions for BBC Scotland & BBC Two)
Sport
Make It to Munich (Blackhouse Films for BBC)
Student Award (Sponsored by Channel 4)
Turning The Tide (Ben McQuaid, Nathan McQuaid, Dylan Antscherl & Jack Cunningham from University of Stirling)
Writer (Sponsored by Screen Scotland)
Neil Forsyth, The Gold (S2) (Tannadice Pictures, Part of Objective Media Group for BBC One)
Young Journalist
Gráinne Ní Ghréacháin (STV News North for STV)
RTS Scotland Outstanding Achievement Award
Sally Magnusson
