Previous winners include Terry Pratchett, Ian McEwan, Marina Lewycka, Paul Torday, and DBC Pierre.
"It was important that we showed this more realistic, more human side of Lara, " Pratchett said.
Lead writer Rhianna Pratchett said her team wanted to explore Lara Croft's character beyond her physical accomplishments.
Previous Richard Dimbleby lecturers include the Prince of Wales, Bill Clinton, writer Terry Pratchett and Dr Rowan Williams.
Other previous winners include Philip Pullman, Anne Fine, Terry Pratchett and CS Lewis.
It was this hugely popular series that changed Pratchett's life by making him one of the UK's best-selling authors.
Best-selling novelist Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease last December.
"We were taking a little bit of a risk showing her when she wasn't a full-blown tomb raider, " Pratchett said.
Pratchett has written more than 30 novels about the likes of Corporal Carrot, Granny Weatherwax and Gaspode the Wonder Dog.
But Pratchett's novels are not best-sellers in the US and these films could mean a breakthrough into this huge market.
"She knows if she thinks too hard about what she's doing, what she's becoming, then it is going to incapacitate her, " Pratchett said.
Pratchett was born, in Buckinghamshire in 1948 and started writing as a child, getting his first story published when he was just 13-years-old.
Pratchett's books have sold more than 23 million copies worldwide and are outsold in the UK only by JK Rowling's Harry Potter series.
The omnibus is penned by lead game writer, Rhianna Pratchett, and will detail how the crew is brought together and some of their previous adventures.
Pratchett points to the first time Lara has to kill someone.
Other awards saw wins for Gareth Malone who was named best presenter for his role in The Choir: Military Wives and Terry Pratchett: Choosing To Die, which won best single documentary.
"Lara is still a bold and strong female character, and just because you show someone in circumstances where they seem more vulnerable, it doesn't make them less of a strong character, " Pratchett said.
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