15 January 2018 at Royal College of Physicians, London (view the Awards programme)
Best Online Comedy
Marek Larwood, Showreel for One Word or Less Parts
Best Long Running TV Series
Peter Mattessi, Holby City, Series 19, Episode 2 “Rocket Man”
Best Writing in a Video Game
Tameem Antoniades and Elizabeth Ashman-Rowe, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Best Children’s TV Episode
Tim Bain, Counterfeit Cat “Room of Panic”
Best Radio Comedy
Sarah Kendall, Sarah Kendall: Australian Trilogy “A Day In October”
Best Long Form TV Drama
Chips Hardy, Steven Knight, Ben Hervey, Emily Ballou, Taboo
Best First Novel
Sheena Kalayil, The Bureau of Second Chances
Best First Screenplay
Babak Anvari, Under the Shadow
Best Radio Drama
Ming Ho, The Things We Never Said
Best Play for Young Audiences
Sarah McDonald-Hughes, How to Be a Kid
Best Play
Lucy Kirkwood, The Children
Best Screenplay
Jonathan Perera, Miss Sloane
Best TV Situation Comedy
Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton, Inside No. 9 “The Bill”
Best Short Form TV Drama
Sarah Phelps, The Witness for the Prosecution
Outstanding Contribution to Writing
Caryl Churchill