South Bank Sky Arts Award
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The South Bank Sky Arts Awards (originally The South Bank Show Awards) are an accolade recognising British achievements in the arts. The awards have been given annually since 1997.[1]
South Bank Sky Arts Awards | |
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Awarded for | British achievements in the arts |
Date | 2 July 2023 (2023-07-02) |
Location | Savoy Hotel, London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Hosted by | Melvyn Bragg |
Formerly called | The South Bank Show Awards |
First awarded | 1997; 27 years ago (1997) |
Website | skyarts |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | ITV (1997–2010) Sky Arts (2011–present) |
They originated with the long-running British arts programme The South Bank Show and Melvyn Bragg, who has served as patron, host and master of ceremonies of the awards since their inception. 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.[2] After the network had announced that The South Bank Show would be cancelled at the end of the 2009 season, the awards ceremony continued to be broadcast by Sky Arts and was eventually renamed the South Bank Sky Arts Awards.[3] Sky Arts revived The South Bank Show itself in 2012.[4]