We’re delighted to celebrate the incredible talent across United Agents who have been recognised in this year’s RTS Programme Awards 2026. Huge congratulations to all our clients and their collaborators for these outstanding nominations.
Arts
Breakthrough Award
- Maximilian Fairley – Unforgotten
Comedy Drama
- Big Boys – Cast includes Olisa Odele and Will Hislop
- Dreaming Whilst Black – Co-created and performed by Adjani Salmon; co-written by Adjani Salmon and Ali Hughes; directed by Abdou Cisse; cast includes babirye bukilwa and Will Hislop; Costume Designer Jodie Simone Howe; Acting Coach Emma Crompton
- Juice – Composer Tom Foskett-Barnes; Edited by Jo Walker; Additional Material by Amy Gledhill; cast includes Adjani Salmon
Comedy Entertainment
- Last One Laughing – featuring Harriet Kemsley
- Would I Lie to You? – Hosted by Rob Brydon
Comedy Performance – Female
- Katherine Parkinson – Here We Go
- Lucy Punch – Amandaland
Comedy Performance – Male
- Adjani Salmon – Dreaming Whilst Black (Big Deal Films for BBC)
Drama Series
- Blue Lights – Created by Declan Lawn & Adam Patterson (writers, creators & executive producers). Cast includes Brendan Quinn. Casting by Georgia Simpson
- Code of Silence – Diarmuid Goggins, Director (Eps 1–3); Sam Care BSC, Director of Photography (Eps 4–6); Samantha Harley, Production Designer; cast includes Madison Stock
- Slow Horses – Cast includes Nick Mohammed, Samuel West, Zrinka Cvitešić, Gaia Mondadori and Jason Lewis. Danny Cohen, Cinematographer; Choi Ho Man, Production Designer; Lucy Sibbick, Hair & Makeup Designer; Guy Speranza, Costume Designer
- This City Is Ours – Executive Producer Sian McWilliams. Cast includes Laura Aikman. Hair & Make-Up Design by Adele Firth. Editor James Taylor (Eps 4–6)
Entertainment & Reality
- Race Across The World (Studio Lambert for BBC) – featuring Harleymoon Kemp
- The Celebrity Traitors (Studio Lambert for BBC) – featuring Paloma Faith, Kate Garraway, Nick Mohammed and David Olusoga
History
- Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz (Oxford Film for BBC)
Limited Series & Single Drama
- Adolescence – Cast includes Joe Barber; Director of Photography Matt Lewis; Intimacy Coordinator David Thackeray; Acting Coach Zoé Ford Burnett
- Get Millie Black – Production Designer Antonia Lowe; Costume Designer Ruka Johnson; Editor Tania Reddin
- I Fought the Law – Cast includes Kent Riley, Sky Frances and George Potts; Hair & Make-Up Designer Emily Bilverstone
- What It Feels Like for a Girl – Created and written by Paris Lees, based on her acclaimed memoir; cast includes Jake Dunn, Alex Thomas-Smith, Cassie Bradley and Lorn Macdonald. Directors of Photography: Si Bell BSC (Eps 1–4) and Neus Ollé (Eps 7–8). Editors: Dan Robinson, Sam White and Julian Ulrichs
Live Event
- VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember (BBC Studios Events for BBC) – featuring Samantha Barks and Emma Barton
Scripted Comedy
- Here We Go (BBC Studios Comedy for BBC) – Cast includes Katherine Parkinson
- Such Brave Girls (Various Artists Limited for BBC) – Cast includes Abigail Weinstock
Soap & Continuing Drama
- Casualty (BBC Studios for BBC) – Cast includes Rod Hallett, Tommy Jessop and Hannah Traylen; episodes directed by Mingyu Lin and Steve Hughes; episodes written by Toby Walton
- EastEnders (BBC Studios for BBC) – Cast includes Emma Barton, Indeyarna Donaldson-Holness and Sophie Khan Levy; writers include Daran Little, Lauren Klee and Richard Davidson; episodes directed by Thomas Hescott and Toby Frow
- Hollyoaks (Lime Pictures for Channel 4) – Cast includes Brennan Reece; episodes directed by Thomas Hescott
Writer – Comedy
- Adjani Salmon & Ali Hughes – Dreaming Whilst Black (Big Deal Films for BBC)
Writer – Drama
- Adam Patterson & Declan Lawn – Blue Lights (Two Cities Television/Gallagher Films for BBC)
A huge congratulations to all our clients and the creative teams recognised this year.
