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Philippa Dunne and Blue Lights among winners at RTS Awards in London

Philippa Dunne attends the Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2026 at the Grosvenor House Hotel on 24 March, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
Philippa Dunne took the award for Comedy Performance - Female for her role as Anne Flynn in the BBC's Amandaland

Irish star Philippa Dunne (Amandaland) and the Belfast-set police drama Blue Lights were among the winners at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Awards at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on Tuesday night.

Dunne won the award for Comedy Performance - Female for her role as Anne Flynn in the BBC's Amandaland, a spin-off of another award-winning sitcom, Motherland.

(L-R) Samuel Anderson as Mal, Lucy Punch as Amanda, and Philippa Dunne as Anne in Amandaland

Praising Dunne's performance, the RTS judges said: "She makes an immediate impact the moment she arrives on screen."

"The comedic ability she brings to this show is extraordinary," they added.

BBC One's Blue Lights won the Drama Series award.

Praising Blue Lights, the RTS judges said: "A tense, nail-biting watch - a series so beautifully paced and immaculately written."

Blue Lights was described as "beautifully paced and immaculately written"

On Tuesday afternoon, both Dunne and Blue Lights were shortlisted for this year's British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Television Awards, which will take place in London on Sunday, 10 May.

Amandaland and Blue Lights are available to watch on the RTÉ Player.

Adolescence was the big winner at Tuesday's RTS Awards with four honours: Limited Series, Writer - Drama for Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, and Supporting Actor - Male and Breakthrough awards for Graham's young co-star Owen Cooper.

The RTS winners in full:

Arts
The Last Musician of Auschwitz

Breakthrough Award
Owen Cooper - Adolescence

Children's Programme
Crongton

Comedy Drama
Big Boys

Comedy Entertainment
Last One Laughing

Comedy Performance - Female
Philippa Dunne - Amandaland

Comedy Performance - Male
Steve Coogan - How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)

Daytime Programme
BBC Breakfast - Our Girls: The Southport Families

Documentary Series
Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park

Drama Series
Blue Lights

Entertainment & Reality
The Celebrity Traitors

Entertainment Performance
Rob Beckett & Romesh Ranganathan - Rob & Romesh Vs

Formatted Popular Factual
The Assembly

History
Flight 149: Hostage of War

Leading Actor - Female
Narges Rashidi - Prisoner 951

Leading Actor - Male
Bobby Schofield - Unforgivable

Limited Series and Single Drama
Adolescence

Live Event
Holocaust Memorial Day 2025

Presenter
Hamza Yassin - Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles

Science & The Natural World
Underdogs

Scripted Comedy
Things You Should Have Done

Single Documentary
Grenfell: Uncovered

Soap and Continuing Drama
EastEnders

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit
Gabby Logan - Women's Rugby World Cup 2025

Sports Programme
2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Supporting Actor - Female
Anna Friel - Unforgivable

Supporting Actor - Male
Owen Cooper - Adolescence

Writer - Comedy
Kat Sadler - Such Brave Girls

Writer - Drama
Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham - Adolescence

Judges' Award
Stephen Graham, Hannah Walters and Matriarch Productions

Outstanding Achievement Award
Michael Palin

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