Pride of Britain Awards

2016 Winner Professor Stephen Hawking The world’s most influential scientist has changed the way we think about the world around us, despite battling a devastating illness for more than 50 years Professor Hawking has spent his career grappling with the biggest questions facing humanity: Why are we here? How did life begin? Can we travel […]

2016 Winner Rhea Kara The aspiring artist was so moved by the plight of children with an incurable condition that she painted a picture each day for 100 days and sold them, raising thousands for research Until her school chose Reverse Rett as its charity to support in 2014, Rhea had never heard of Rett […]

2016 Winner Tilly Sawford Tilly has defied the odds to survive and inspire others, enduring more than 500 operations after suffering 86% burns when she was a toddler Tilly was given a 5% chance of survival in March 2009 after she fell into a bath of scalding water. She was 15 months old, and playing […]

2016 Winner London’s Air Ambulance London’s Air Ambulance team saved the life of a cyclist moments from death by carrying out a rare and complex heart procedure at the roadside  When Dr Simon Walsh arrived at a horrific road accident, he took one glance at the cyclist and thought: “She’s dying and we need to […]

2016 Winner Simon and Ted McDermott Dementia sufferer and his son have inspired millions around the world with their infectious Carpool Karaoke-style videos, raising more than £130,000 for charity As a club singer in the 1960s and 1970s, Ted McDermott’s word-perfect rendition and instant recall of hundreds of classic tracks earned him the nickname The […]

2016 Winner William Edwards William his own life to save a terrified pensioner trapped in a burning car, suffering serious injuries in the process Trapped in her car with flames licking at the windscreen and smoke pouring through the dashboard, pensioner Anne Wade thought she was about to die. As other cars sped past, she […]