The late Paul O'Grady was one of the winners of one of the television industry's biggest prizes this evening. The comedian and TV presenter's show Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs was given the prize for best factual show at The TRIC Awards 2023.
O'Grady's love of dogs was famous across Britain and after his unexpected death in April this year, his fans brought out their four-legged friends in droves to pay their respects at his funeral. His show won out in the factual category, beating The Martin Lewis Money Show, The Repair Shop and The Queen: 70 Glorious Years.
Former politician and Brexiteer Nigel Farage also walked away with a trophy at tonight's awards. He picked up his for best News Presenter.
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But the biggest prizes of the night are the soap awards. Coronation Street missed out in both the Soap of the Year and Best Soap Actor categories. Emmerdale won Soap of the Year, while Danielle Harold won the Soap Actor prize for her portrayal as Lola Pearce-Brown in EastEnders.
Away from the silver screen, ex-footballer Peter Crouch took home the trophy for best podcast for his show That Peter Crouch Podcast. Roman Kemp was named Radio Personality of the Year.
You can take a look at all winners from the Television Radio and Industries Club's awards below.
Who were the winners at The TRIC Awards 2023?
Soap of the Year
- Casualty
- Coronation Street
- EastEnders
- Emmerdale (Winner)
Soap Actor
- Charlotte Jordan (Daisy Midgeley) - Coronation Street
- Danielle Harold (Lola Pearce-Brown) - EastEnders (Winner)
- Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle) - Emmerdale
- Ryan Prescott (Ryan Connor) - Coronation Street
Interview of the Year
- Louis Theroux Interviews… Stormzy
- Michael Palin: Into Iraq
- Piers Morgan Interviews Cristiano Ronaldo (Winner)
- Susanna Reid Interviews Prime Minister Boris Johnson at 10 Downing Street
Entertainment
- Bradley & Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad
- Gogglebox (Winner)
- Have I Got News for You
- I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
- Strictly Come Dancing
Multichannel News Programme
- Channel 4 News
- GB News Breakfast (WInner)
- Good Morning Britain
- ITV Evening News
- Talk TV Breakfast Show
Live Event
- Six Nations Rugby
- The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
- The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II (Winner)
- Wimbledon
Drama
- Call the Midwife
- Death in Paradise
- Doc Martin
- Peaky Blinders (Winner)
Game Show
- Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel
- Pointless
- The 1% Club
- The Chase (Winner)
Food
- James Martin’s Saturday Morning
- MasterChef
- Rick Stein’s Cornwall
- The Great British Bake Off (Winner)
Factual
- Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs (Winner)
- The Martin Lewis Money Show
- The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
- The Repair Shop
Daytime
- A Place in the Sun (Winner)
- Escape to the Country
- Father Brown
- This Morning
Radio Programme
- Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp
- James O’Brien
- Kate Garraway
- The Julia Hartley-Brewer Breakfast Show (Winner)
Streamer
- After Life (Winner)
- Bridgerton
- House of the Dragon
- The Crown
- The White Lotus
Podcast
- Alan Carr’s ‘Life’s a Beach’
- Dan Snow’s History Hit
- That Peter Crouch Podcast (Winner)
- Ukraine War Diaries
Radio Personality
- James Whale
- Kate Garraway
- Roman Kemp (Winner)
- Sara Cox
- Vanessa Feltz
TV Personality
- Ant & Dec
- Bradley Walsh (Winner)
- Lee Mack
- Michael McIntyre
- Stacey Solomon
News Presenter
- Eamonn Holmes
- Nigel Farage (Winner)
- Piers Morgan
- Stephen Dixon
- Susanna Reid
TRIC Special Award
The TRIC Special Award was won by Good Morning Britain.
