BBC One wins channel of the year award

BBC One has been named channel of the year at the Edinburgh Television Festival's annual awards.

BBC One's Happy Valley picked up the prize for best new programme, following its Bafta Award victory for best drama series earlier this year.

A second series of the police drama has just started filming in Yorkshire.

Red Production Company, which made Happy Valley as well as BBC One's Last Tango in Halifax and ITV's Prey, was named production company of the year.

Comedian Frankie Boyle hosted the award ceremony in Edinburgh on Thursday.

The award for best online innovation went to Channel 4's Stand Up To Cancer show.

The winner of the prize for TV moment of the year will be decided by a vote on the festival app, and will be announced at the end of the festival on Friday.

The nominees are:

- Great British Bake Off's "bingate"
 

• Channel 4's Jon Snow on drugs
   
• Madonna's fall at the Brit Awards
   
• Perez Hilton's meltdown on Big Brother
   
• Paddy Ashdown threatens to eat his hat after shock election exit poll results
   
• Game of Thrones final moments of season five
   
• Ken Barlow's speech at Deirdre's funeral in Coronation Street
   
• The killer is revealed on EastEnders live week
   
• BBC One took the channel of the year crown from Channel 4, which won last year.