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Harry and Paul win at Royal Television Society Awards

Tuesday 17th March 2015, 10:45pm


Royal Television Society

Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse have won two prizes at The Royal Television Society Awards tonight.

The comedy duo's one-off sketch show Harry And Paul's Story Of The 2s picked up the award for Scripted Comedy, with the team behind the programme also taking home the writing prize.

The duo's spoof of 50 years of BBC Two programming has won a significant number of awards since it was broadcast last year, including multiple British Comedy Awards and a Broadcast Award too.

Following its success, Enfield and Whitehouse are now working on another one-off special, this time to celebrate their "meteoric 25 year rise". An Evening With Harry Enfield And Paul Whitehouse will be broadcast later this year.

As reported earlier today, Harry & Paul are also planning a live comedy tour. Whitehouse said: "Before we die, or before another comedian puts a contract out on us we thought we'd do a live show. Hopefully in the autumn. Mainly in Iceland but we thought we'd do a couple of UK dates."

Other winners at this year's RTS Awards, which spanned the 2013 to 2014 broadcast period, include Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, and Graham Norton

The full list of comedy-related RTS Award results are below:

Scripted Comedy

Harry And Paul's Story Of The 2s. Image shows from L to R: Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse. Copyright: Balloon Pictures

Harry And Paul's Story Of The 2s - Winner

Him & Her: The Wedding

Moone Boy

The judging panel described Harry & Paul's special as "A masterpiece... incredibly funny and bold."

Writer - Comedy

Harry And Paul's Story Of The 2s. Image shows from L to R: Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse. Copyright: Balloon Pictures

Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson for Harry And Paul's Story Of The 2s - Winner

Jessica Knappett for Drifters

Sam Leifer and Tom Basden for Plebs

"Funny, clever writing with amazing attention to detail" was the judges view on the work of Enfield, Whitehouse and Higson.

Paul Whitehouse picked up the two awards. Here he is giving a video interview:

Comedy Performance

Inside No. 9. Image shows from L to R: Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith. Copyright: BBC

Harry Enfield for Harry And Paul's Story Of The 2s

Sarah Hadland for The Job Lot

Reece Shearsmith & Steve Pemberton for Inside No. 9 - Winner

The judges noted that Inside No. 9 was "Witty, clever and brilliantly inventive."

Entertainment

The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton. Copyright: So Television

A League Of Their Own

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

The Graham Norton Show - Winner

The jurors described The Graham Norton Show as "Effortlessly slick, brilliantly cast and continually fresh."

Children's Fiction

4 O'Clock Club. Image shows from L to R: Dexter (Jason Callender), Isaac Rodgers (Layton Blake), Nero Johnson (Akai Osei). Copyright: BBC

4 O'Clock Club - Winner

Hank Zipzer

Katie Morag And The Tiresome Ted

The judges said 4 O'Clock Club was "fresh, unpredictable and with a cracking pace."


The winners were announced at a ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. To view the full list of results across all genres visit www.rts.org.uk

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