Sky Arts Awards

[2] The last South Bank Show Awards ceremony to be broadcast by ITV was in January 2010 and was held at The Dorchester hotel in London.

[11] Past winners of the Outstanding Achievement in the Arts Award include Julie Walters (2013),[12] Michael Frayn (2012),[13] Dame Judi Dench (2011),[14] JK Rowling (2008), and The Who (2007).

Winners included Roy Williams for Fallout (2004),[16] Neil Biswas for Bradford Riots (2007),[17] Daljit Nagra for Look We Have Coming To Dover!

[9] Melvyn Bragg was given a lifetime achievement award in recognition of his sixty years as champion of the arts.

[28] The 25th annual ceremony marked its return as an in-person event after COVID-19 related restrictions of the previous year with shortlisted nominees announced on 7 June 2021.

[31] Two special awards were bestowed this year for innovation in the arts during the pandemic: one for an individual and one for a group / institution.