2015

Lenny Henry wins The Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting at the 41st BPG Awards 2015 sponsored by Discovery Channel Held at Theatre Royal, London – 13.03.15 © Discovery Communications

Forty years after his TV debut in New Faces, Lenny Henry receives the BPG’s highest honour, the Harvey Lee Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting. It recognises his contribution to Comic Relief, which began 30 years ago, and also his campaign for greater diversity in broadcasting, which is finally starting to change policies at the UK’s major broadcasters. Click Here to view our 2015 Awards Gallery.

The 41st Broadcasting Press Guild Television and Radio Awards

Best Factual Entertainment
Gogglebox
(Studio Lambert for Channel 4)

Best Single Drama
Marvellous
(Fifty Fathoms/Tiger Aspect for BBC Two)

Best Drama Series
The Honourable Woman
(Drama Republic and Eight Rooks for BBC Two)

Best Single Documentary
Baby P: The Untold Story
(Sandpaper Films for BBC One)

Best Documentary Series
Benefits Street
(Love Productions for Channel 4)

Best Multichannel Programme
Crackanory
(Tiger Aspect for UKTV Dave)

Radio Programme of the Year
Germany: Memories of A Nation
(BBC Radio Production in partnership with the British Museum for BBC Radio 4)

Radio Broadcaster of the Year
Jane Garvey – Woman’s Hour
(BBC Radio & Music Production for BBC Radio 4)

Best Entertainment/Comedy
W1A
(BBC Two)

Writer’s Award
Sally Wainwright
(Last Tango In Halifax and Happy Valley for BBC One)

Best Actress
Sheridan Smith
(Cilla Black in Cilla & Claire Webster in The Widower)

Best Actor
Toby Jones
(Neil Baldwin in Marvellous & Lance in Detectorists)

Breakthrough Award
Harry and Jack Williams, writers of The Missing
(New Pictures, Company Pictures and Two Brothers Pictures for BBC One)

Innovation in Broadcasting Award
Vice News for The Islamic State and other original commissions

Harvey Lee Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting
Lenny Henry