Doctor Who showrunner, Russell T Davies, is to be recognised by BAFTA Cymru as he receives the award for Outstanding Contribution to Television.
Davies said it was an “enormous compliment” to be honoured by BAFTA Cymru, the Welsh arm of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and enthused:
“Receiving this Outstanding Contribution Award is an honour. It means people have watched something and remembered something that you’ve done.”
Though most here know Davies for bringing back Doctor Who in 2005, and returning to the show in 2023, as well as creating the spin-offs, Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and The War Between the Land and the Sea, his wider TV work includes It’s a Sin, Cucumber, Years and Years, A Very English Scandal, and Dark Season. His Queer as Folk was a landmark production, setting the stage for an array of dramas about gay lifestyles from the writer, but for me, I think the first show of Russell’s that I remember is the often-forgotten but charming Mine All Mine!
Obviously, it’s far from being the only recognition he’s received for his contributions to TV: in 2018, he was given an OBE for services to drama, and, in 2022, and he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He’s also been given the Siân Phillips Award by BAFTA, presented to a Welsh person who’s made significant contributions to film and TV. This year’s recipient of the latter is journalist and Newyddion co-anchor, Bethan Rhys Roberts.
The BAFTA Cymru Awards take place in Newport on 5th October 2025.
Congratulations, Russell!
