BBC1’s Suranne Jones drama Doctor Foster and Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan’s Channel 4 sitcom Catastrophe were among the winners at the South Bank Sky Arts awards awards on Sunday.
Doctor Foster, for which Jones won a Bafta last month, won the TV drama prize while Catastrophe picked up the comedy award at the ceremony at London’s Savoy Hotel.
Doctor Foster, a big ratings hit for BBC1, will return for a second series while Catastrophe will also be back for a new run (its third).
Eddie Izzard was presented with the outstanding achievement award by Lenny Henry, described by presenter Melvyn Bragg as a “marvel … with an unmatchable, often uncatchable style and wit”.
Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years, starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, won the best film award, while the pop award went to Benjamin Clementine’s Mercury prize winner, At Least for Now.
Bragg said as a snapshot of British arts the awards showed it in “very, very good shape. The arts are at the top of their form, London is the cultural centre of the world. If you look around, theatre, film, art, writing, television writing particularly, we’re in good shape.”
South Bank Sky Arts awards - winners in full
Classical music - Mark Simpson, The Immortal
Literature - Sunjeev Sahota, The Year of the Runaways
Theatre - Hangmen, Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre
Pop - Benjamin Clementine, At Least for Now
Comedy - Catastrophe, Channel 4
TV drama - Doctor Foster, BBC1
Opera - The Force of Destiny, English National Opera
Visual art - Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Verses After Dusk
Film - 45 Years
Dance - 1984, Northern Ballet
Breakthrough - Stormzy
Outstanding achievement - Eddie Izzard
