The Damned United - also adapted from a novel by Ossett-born author David Peace and co-funded by Screen Yorkshire - was in the running for Best Film alongside An Education, but lost out to Academy award winning writer/director Andrea Arnold for her second film, Fish Tank.

Hugo Heppell, Head of Production at Screen Yorkshire commented: "We are thrilled that the last ever South Bank Show Awards has recognised the outstanding achievement that is Red Riding, and the sustained brilliance to which so many both in front of and behind the camera contributed. We at Screen Yorkshire are immensely proud to have been involved from the beginning in bringing David Peace's extraordinary books to the screen, and congratulate Andrew Eaton, Tony Grisoni and all involved for this much merited award."

Red Riding is currently building a storm of anticipation in the US prior to its theatrical release there on 5th February. Adapted by Toni Grisoni from local author David Peace's cult noir novels, Red Riding (1974, 1980 and 1983) is an ambitious, dark, and thrilling trilogy of interlinking films set in the dark and paranoid world of 1970s and early 80s Yorkshire at the time of the Ripper murders. The Red Riding trilogy was supported by Screen Yorkshire through its Production Fund.

Melvyn Bragg hosted the final South Bank Show Awards, which celebrate the full spectrum of the arts, in front of a star-studded audience at The Dorchester, London yesterday. He took the Outstanding Achievement Award, which was presented by Sir David Attenborough; along with taped testimonials screened to the audience from: HRH Prince Charles the Prince of Wales, Clive James, Beryl Bainbridge, PD James and Victoria Wood.

The Awards will be broadcast on ITV1 on Sunday 31 January 2010 at 10.15pm. For a full list of the winners, go to: http://www.itv.com/presscentre/pressreleases/programmepressreleases/winnersofthefinalsouthbankshowawards/default.html

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