[Shaun]

Comedian Harry Hill has scooped the top prize at the Royal Television Society Awards for his TV Burp show on ITV1.

He won best entertainment performance at the TV industry ceremony, beating Michael McIntyre and Ant and Dec.

BBC Two political satire The Thick Of It was named best scripted comedy, beating The Inbetweeners and Miranda.

Simon Cowell's two ITV1 shows Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor lost out to BBC Four's news review show Newswipe in the best entertainment show section.

The ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London was hosted by Gavin and Stacey star Rob Brydon.

Elsewhere, Louis Theroux clinched the best presenter category for his BBC documentary A Place For Paedophiles, featuring interviews with convicted sex offenders in America.

He beat Britain's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan, who was up for ITV1 chat series Life Stories, and James May, nominated for BBC Two series Toy Stories.

Chef Heston Blumenthal triumphed in the features and lifestyle series category for his Channel 4 show Heston's Feasts.

The programme, which flamboyantly recreated Victorian recipes, saw off BBC3 series Don't Tell The Bride and Channel 4's The Sex Education Show vs Pornography.

Best drama series went to BBC One's The Street, created by Bafta-winning writer Jimmy McGovern.

The show, which featured an ensemble cast including Stephen Graham and Anna Friel, was taken off air last year after its third series.

The best actress gong went to Naomie Harris for her role in BBC One's Small island.

She beat Julie Walters, who was nominated for BBC One drama A Short Stay in Switzerland, and Suranne Jones, who starred in Unforgiven.

Thanking her mother at the ceremony, she said: "My mum was my accent coach. Without her I don't think Hortense would have been half as good as she was."

In a double win for the adaptation of Andrea Levy's book Small Island, David Oyelowo was also named best actor.

The awards came thick and fast in several other categories.

BBC One favourite EastEnders beat The Bill and Casualty in the soap and continuing drama category.

American advertising drama Mad Men triumphed in the international section, while Big And Small - Blame It On The Drain won best children's programme.

Iain Morris and Damon Beesley won the award for comedy writing for E4's The Inbetweeners.

And actress Miranda Hart, who also starred in Smack the Pony, Lead Balloon and Not Going Out, won best comedy performance for her title role in BBC Two's Miranda.

The actress, who plays a social misfit who lives above a joke shop, said: "I haven't won a prize since junior high jump in the 80s so I'm thrilled."

Finally, Coronation Street creator Tony Warren was presented with the lifetime achievement award for his work on the ITV soap.

It celebrates its 50th anniversary this December, while EastEnders is marking its 25th this year.

i've bolded the winners.

ACTRESS
Naomie Harris - Small Island (BBC One)
Suranne Jones - Unforgiven (ITV1)
Julie Walters - A Short Stay in Switzerland (BBC One)

ACTOR
David Oyelowo - Small Island (BBC One)
Stephen Graham - The Street (BBC One)
Tom Hardy - The Take (Sky One)

ARTS
Baroque (BBC Four)
The First Movie (More4)
What is Beauty? (BBC Two)

CHILDREN'S DRAMA
Roy (CBBC)
MI High (CBBC)
The Sarah Jane Adventures (CBBC and BBC One)

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMME
Big and Small - Blame it on the Drain (CBeebies)
Bookaboo (CITV)
Horrible Histories (CBBC)

COMEDY PERFORMANCE
Miranda Hart - Miranda (BBC Two)
Peter Capaldi - The Thick of It (BBC Two)
Ruth Jones - Gavin and Stacey (BBC One)

CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL SERIES
Famous, Rich and Homeless (BBC One)
The World's Strictest Parents (BBC Three)
Victorian Farm (BBC Two)

DAYTIME AND EARLY PEAK PROGRAMME
Come Dine With Me (Channel 4)
Coach Trip (Channel 4)
The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Great Britain (BBC Two)

DOCUMENTARY
Wounded (BBC One)
The Force (Channel 4)
True Stories - Afghan Star (More4)

DRAMA SERIAL
Unforgiven (ITV1)
Occupation (BBC One)
Red Riding (Channel 4)

DRAMA SERIES
The Street (BBC One)
Cast Offs (Channel 4)
Misfits (E4)

ENTERTAINMENT
Newswipe with Charlie Brooker (BBC Four)
Britain's Got Talent (ITV1)
The X Factor (ITV1)

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
Harry Hill - Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV1)
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly - I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!/Britain's Got Talent (ITV1)
Michael McIntyre - Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, Open Mike Manchester (BBC One)

FEATURES AND LIFESTYLE SERIES
Heston's Feasts - Heston's Victorian Feast (Channel 4)
Don't Tell the Bride (BBC Three)
The Sex Education Show vs Pornography (Channel 4)

HISTORY
Garrow's Law (BBC One)
1066 - The Battle for Middle Earth (Channel 4)
Iran and the West (BBC Two)

INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Mad Men (BBC Four)
Damages (BBC One)
Generation Kill (FX)

MULTI-CHANNEL PROGRAMME AWARD
Dating in the Dark (Living)
Micro Men (BBC Four)
True Stories - Here's Johnny (More4)

NATIONS AND REGIONS PROGRAMMES
A History of Scotland (BBC One Scotland)
Deep Wreck Mysteries - Death of a Battleship (UTV)
Shameless (Channel 4)

PRESENTER
Louis Theroux - A Place for Paedophiles (BBC Two)
James May - James May's Toy Stories (BBC Two)
Piers Morgan - Piers Morgan's Life Stories (ITV1)

SCIENCE AND NATURAL HISTORY
Inside Nature's Giants (Channel 4)
The Great Sperm Race (Channel 4)
Yellowstone: Winter (BBC Two)

SCRIPTED COMEDY
The Thick of It (BBC Two)
Miranda (BBC Two)
The Inbetweeners (E4)

SINGLE DRAMA
Five Minutes of Heaven (BBC Two)
A Short Stay in Switzerland (BBC One)
Endgame (Channel 4)

SOAP AND CONTINUING DRAMA
EastEnders (BBC One)
Casualty (BBC One)
The Bill (ITV1)

WRITER - COMEDY
Iain Morris and Damon Beesley - The Inbetweeners (E4)
Jo Brand, Joanna Scalan and Vicki Pepperdine - Getting On (BBC Four)
Miranda Hart with James Cary and Richard Hurst - Miranda (BBC Two)

WRITER - DRAMA
Peter Bowker - Occupation (BBC One)
Guy Hibbert - Five Minutes of Heaven (BBC Two)
Howard Overman - Misfits (E4)

[Shaun]

DELIGHTED Newswipe won over those two piles of ****, and that The Thick Of It beat Miranda & Inbetweeners.

Pissed off Miranda Hart won performance though...she really is a sack of crap.

[MrGaryy]

wtf at Charlie Brooker being in the same category as BGT and XF

[Shaun]

Tonnes more entertaining than that shiit.

[Tom]

RTS Awards are for middle class snobs anyway, hence Loose Women didn't win best daytime, Ant & Dec didn't win best presenter etc

[Shaun]

Ant and Dec win ****ing everything, it's nice for them to lose something for a change (primarily because I hate the ****ing sight of them)

[\PJ/]

Getting sick of these shows now,it's nice we have had some variety,and tom loosewomen did not deserve there NTA let alone a nomination for it the show is desprate nowadays,a man under the age of 25 walks on and they think they stand a chance and shows like BGT and XF need to die NOW.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by .PJ.

Getting sick of these shows now,it's nice we have had some variety,and tom loosewomen did not deserve there NTA let alone a nomination for it the show is desprate nowadays,a man under the age of 25 walks on and they think they stand a chance and shows like BGT and XF need to die NOW.

Loose Women deserve awards but definitely not best factual ... but then it comes down to who the awards are aimed at. The RTS awards are aimed at a completely different audience to the NTAs, as the NTAs have mass appeal but RTS aimed towards those who are fairly well off and quite snobby about what other people watch. Hence the winners are nothing like what would come out of an 'ordinary' awards show.

[Ruth*Star]

Nice, Eastenders Won Well Deserved