15 November 2012 Last updated at 10:05 GMT
Moffat has already won several awards for both Sherlock and Doctor Who Sherlock creator Steven Moffat has been handed the top prize at this year's Writers' Guild Awards.Moffat, who also oversees Doctor Who, was honoured with the special award for outstanding writing. Accepting the award, he told the London ceremony: "Write what you love. I've never loved anything as much as Doctor Who and Sherlock." However he and Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss lost out to ITV1's Appropriate Adult for best TV short-form drama. Screenwriter Neil McKay's Fred West drama also beat This is England '88 writers Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne to the prize.Starring Dominic West, Appropriate Adult has already been honoured with TV Baftas, RTS and Broadcasting Guild Awards. BBC3's Being Human won the Writers' Guild award for TV drama series, while Hollyoaks writer Nick Leather won best continuing TV drama.BBC4 comedy Holy Flying Circus, written by Tony Roche, won best TV comedy.Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures, written by Phil Ford, took the prize for best children's TV script for its episode The Curse of Clyde Langer. Other winners included Dexter Fletcher's directorial debut Wild Bill, which won best first feature film for him and co-writer Danny King.
Appropriate Adult stars Emily Watson and Dominic West won TV Baftas for their performances We Need to Talk About Kevin won best screenplay for Lynne Ramsay and Rory Stewart Kinnear. The awards were handed out in London on Wednesday night by The Writers' Guild of Great Britain, which supports writers across every media, from books, theatre, TV and radio.Rachel De-lahay won best play for The Westbridge, a Royal Court production that ran at Peckham's Bussey Building, while best play for children and young people went to Brendan Murray for Hare and Tortoise.There were also two awards for radio writing, with Radio 4's Pandemic, by John Dryden, winning the drama category and Matt Berry's I, Regress winning best radio comedy.Best fiction book went to Patrick McGuinness' The Last Hundred Days, and best videogame script was won by Paul Crocker's Batman: Arkham City.
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The Damned were the first British punk rock band to make it into the UK chart ZZ Top, The Damned and Lynyrd Skynyrd were among those honoured at this year's Classic Rock Roll of Honour awards in London.The Damned were rewarded for their outstanding contribution to music, 36 years on from their recording debut.The Living Legend award went to ZZ Top, while the late Deep Purple keyboard player Jon Lord received the Tommy Vance Inspiration award.Ex-Velvet Revolver and Guns N' Roses star Duff McKagan hosted the event.Scott Rowley, editor-in-chief of Classic Rock magazine, said it had been "great year for new rock music".The Damned, who released their debut record New Rose in October 1976, are often celebrated as the first British punk act to release a single.The band - whose chart hits include Smash It Up, Love Song and Eloise - have endured repeated line-up changes and reunions over the last 40 years.
Lynyrd Skynyrd had a big hit with Free Bird in the 1970s In the mid 1980s they adopted a Gothic look to match frontman Dave Vanian's vampire image and had success with songs such as Grimly Fiendish.Vanian and guitarist Captain Sensible - who had his own successful if brief solo career - collected the band's honorary award at the Roundhouse in north London.Other artists recognised at the ceremony included Motley Crue rocker Sixx, who was named Showman of the Year.Canadian rock trio Rush were double winners at the event, taking the band of the year prize and the best album award for Clockwork Angels.Lynyrd Skynyrd, who reformed in 1987 a decade on from the plane crash that killed three band members, collected the Comeback Award, while Pink Floyd won Reissue of the Year for Immersion.The veteran rock outfit also picked up the Film/DVD award for The Story of Wish You Were Here, a documentary about the making of their classic 1975 album.