BBC1 has been named channel of the year at the Edinburgh TV Awards, with its acclaimed Sarah Lancashire drama Happy Valley a double winner.
Happy Valley, written by Sally Wainwright, was named programme of the year with its maker, Red Production Company, named the production company of the year at the awards presented by Frankie Boyle on Thursday.
BBC1 was rewarded for a line-up of shows that also included The Missing, The Great British Bake Off, Strictly Come Dancing and its football World Cup coverage.
Red also made shows including another BBC1 series written by Wainwright, Last Tango in Halifax, and Channel 4’s Russell T Davies series Cucumber.
The best online innovation award went to Reverse the Odds, a free mobile game that was part of Channel 4’s Stand up to Cancer show.
A second series of Happy Valley was announced on Saturday with some new cast members, including former Coronation Street stars Julie Hesmondhalgh and Katherine Kelly.
