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ITV scoops three awards for coverage of Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal ITV scoops three awards for coverage of Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal
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ITV has won three prestigious Royal Television Society TV journalism awards for its coverage of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal. ITV has won three prestigious Royal Television Society TV journalism awards for its coverage of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal, as Channel 4 News took home a record six prizes.
Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile, the ITV documentary that lifted the lid on the case, won two awards and a third award went to ITN for ITV News' Savile coverage. Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile, the ITV documentary that lifted the lid on the case, won two awards and a third award went to ITN for ITV News's Savile coverage.
Channel 4 News was named daily news programme of the year. Jon Snow won presenter of the year, while Alex Thomson landed TV journalist of the year for his work on Syria, Afghanistan and Glasgow and reporter Ciaran Jenkins was named young journalist of the year. The show also won the innovative news award for No Go Britain. It also won the independent award for Horror of Homs about the Syrian war.
Richard Tait, professor of journalism at Cardiff University, and
former editor of ITN, Newsnight and Channel 4 News won the lifetime
achievement award.
The judges' award went to Susie Schofield for her work with the John Schofield Trust, which was set up by the friends and family of the journalist who was killed when working in Croatia on the BBC's World Tonight.
The BBC's Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen, was named specialist
journalist of the year.
CNN was named news channel of the year, while BBC News won the news coverage (international) award of the year for its coverage of Syria.
ITV's investigation into allegations that the late Jim'll Fix It host had sexually abused vulnerable teenage girls was broadcast last October and led to a major criminal inquiry. The Metropolitan police later declared that the BBC presenter was the worst paedophile in British criminal history.ITV's investigation into allegations that the late Jim'll Fix It host had sexually abused vulnerable teenage girls was broadcast last October and led to a major criminal inquiry. The Metropolitan police later declared that the BBC presenter was the worst paedophile in British criminal history.
Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile won scoop of the year, beating a BBC Panorama investigation into people with severe brain injuries and their ability to communicate and an Al Jazeera documentary, What Killed Arafat, which led to the disinterring of the Palestinian leader's body after it revealed he may have been poisoned. Exposure won scoop of the year, beating a BBC Panorama investigation into people with severe brain injuries and their ability to communicate and an Al Jazeera documentary, What Killed Arafat, which led to the disinterring of the Palestinian leader's body after it revealed he may have been poisoned.
The Savile documentary was also named as the best home current affairs programme, beating the BBC Panorama brain injury investigation and an ITV documentary on honour killings. The Savile documentary was also named as the best home current affairs programme, beating the BBC Panorama brain injury investigation and an ITV documentary on honour killings.
These RTS awards are likely to be the first of several the programme garners during this year's TV industry awards season and is a significant feather in the cap for ITV, which has been criticised in the past for squandering a proud legacy in investigative current affairs journalism bequeathed by now defunct programmes such as World in Action and This Week.These RTS awards are likely to be the first of several the programme garners during this year's TV industry awards season and is a significant feather in the cap for ITV, which has been criticised in the past for squandering a proud legacy in investigative current affairs journalism bequeathed by now defunct programmes such as World in Action and This Week.
Broadcast last October, the ITV documentary also resulted in a crisis at the BBC over its decision ten months before to shelve a report on the same allegations. That catastrophic decision, followed by a second scandal in November 2012 over false allegations by Newsnight linking former Conservative party chairman Lord McAlpine to a paedophile ring plunged the corporation into one of the worst crises in its history and ultimately cost the director general, George Entwistle, his job after just 54 days.Broadcast last October, the ITV documentary also resulted in a crisis at the BBC over its decision ten months before to shelve a report on the same allegations. That catastrophic decision, followed by a second scandal in November 2012 over false allegations by Newsnight linking former Conservative party chairman Lord McAlpine to a paedophile ring plunged the corporation into one of the worst crises in its history and ultimately cost the director general, George Entwistle, his job after just 54 days.
The RTS awards are also a filip for Mark Williams-Thomas, the former police detective specialising in child protection and major crime who took a year to put the documentary together.The RTS awards are also a filip for Mark Williams-Thomas, the former police detective specialising in child protection and major crime who took a year to put the documentary together.
Williams Thomas tweeted: "Very humbled 2 accept RTS award ... This
award is dedicated 2 every victim of Savile."
Since it has been aired, police have uncovered an unprecedented scale of abuse against victims over five decades both at the BBC and hospitals including Stoke Mandeville and Leeds General Infirmary where the now disgraced presenter worked.Since it has been aired, police have uncovered an unprecedented scale of abuse against victims over five decades both at the BBC and hospitals including Stoke Mandeville and Leeds General Infirmary where the now disgraced presenter worked.
In January, a joint report by Scotland Yard and the NSPCC said they had recorded 214 offences across 28 police forces, including 34 rapes, on victims as young as eight.In January, a joint report by Scotland Yard and the NSPCC said they had recorded 214 offences across 28 police forces, including 34 rapes, on victims as young as eight.
A 30 page report by the Metropolitan police and the children's charity published in January said Savile had abused children at 14 hospitals including Great Ormand Street and a kids' hospice.A 30 page report by the Metropolitan police and the children's charity published in January said Savile had abused children at 14 hospitals including Great Ormand Street and a kids' hospice.
The report detailed how the celebrity abused up to 500 children and young people, and may have raped more than 30 between 1955 and 2009. Most of his victims were children – 73% – and he committed most of the offences when he was between 40 and 50 years old.The report detailed how the celebrity abused up to 500 children and young people, and may have raped more than 30 between 1955 and 2009. Most of his victims were children – 73% – and he committed most of the offences when he was between 40 and 50 years old.
On Friday the BBC will publish the transcripts of its controversial internal inquiry into the corporation's handling of the Newsnight investigation shelved in late 2011 and the aftermath in the autumn of 2012.On Friday the BBC will publish the transcripts of its controversial internal inquiry into the corporation's handling of the Newsnight investigation shelved in late 2011 and the aftermath in the autumn of 2012.
The Pollard report was published last year and criticised senior BBC executives for their role in the matter, including the former Newsnight editor Peter Rippon and Helen Boaden, the then director of BBC News.The Pollard report was published last year and criticised senior BBC executives for their role in the matter, including the former Newsnight editor Peter Rippon and Helen Boaden, the then director of BBC News.
The BBC's Darren Conway was named camera operator of the year for the fourth year in succession, while the BBC and WGBH won the current affairs (international) award for This World: Inside the Meltdown.
BBC Look East's Stewart White was named regional presenter of the year, while BBC Scotland won the nations and regions current affairs and news event award.