Complex sentence: The winners-who included Alan Howard, Peggy Ashcroft, Penelope Keith and Jonathan Miller-did not receive the iconic bronze statuette; the prize was a specially commissioned blue Wedgwood urn, causing the event to be nicknamed "The Urnies".
Split into simpler sentences: The winners-who included Alan Howard, Peggy Ashcroft, Penelope Keith and Jonathan Miller-did not receive the iconic bronze statuette we know today. Instead the prize was a specially commissioned blue Wedgwood urn, causing the event to be nicknamed "The Urnies".