RTS announces shortlist for Programme Awards

The nominees: 

Actor (Female)

• Jodie Comer Killing Eve (Sid Gentle Films for BBC One)
• Sandra Oh Killing Eve (Sid Gentle Films for BBC One)
• Michaela Coel Black Earth Rising (Forgiving Earth for BBC Two)

Actor (Male)

• Ben Whishaw A Very English Scandal (Blueprint Pictures for BBC One)
• Lucian Msamati Kiri (The Forge Entertainment for Channel 4)
• Lennie James Save Me (World Productions for Sky Atlantic)

Arts

• Black Hollywood: “They’ve Gotta Have Us” (AFL Films for BBC Two)
• Germaine Bloody Greer (Big Wheel Film & Television for BBC Two)
• The Art of Drumming (Wall to Wall Media for Sky Arts)

Breakthrough Award

• Nabhaan Rizwan Informer (Neal Street Productions for BBC One)
• Mo Gilligan The Big Narstie Show (Expectation / Dice Productions for Channel 4)
• Alice Feetham Save Me (World Productions for Sky Atlantic)

Children’s Programme

• My Life: Locked in Boy (Sugar Films for CBBC)
• Jacqueline Wilson’s Katy (BBC Children’s In-House Productions for CBBC)
• Prosiect Z (Boom Cymru for S4C)

Comedy Performance (Female)

• Lesley Manville Mum (Big Talk Productions in association with The Money Men for BBC Two)
• Sian Gibson Peter Kay’s Car Share – The Finale (Goodnight Vienna Productions for BBC One)
• Daisy May Cooper This Country (BBC Studios for BBC Three)

Comedy Performance (Male)

• Samson Kayo Famalam (BBC Studios for BBC Three)
• Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith Inside No. 9 (BBC Studios for BBC Two)
• Alex Murphy & Chris Walley The Young Offenders (Vico Films for BBC Three)

Daytime Programme

• Moving On – Invisible (LA Productions for BBC One)
• Murder, Mystery and My Family (Chalkboard TV for BBC One)
• The Repair Shop (Ricochet for BBC Two) 

Documentary Series

• Love and Hate Crime (Top Hat Productions for BBC One)
• Drugsland (BBC Studios – Unscripted Productions and The Open University for BBC Three)
• Prison (Spring Films for Channel 4)

Drama Series

• Killing Eve (Sid Gentle Films for BBC One)
• Peaky Blinders (Caryn Mandabach Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Two)
• Save Me (World Productions for Sky Atlantic) 

Entertainment

• The Last Leg (Open Mike for Channel 4)
• Britain’s Got Talent (Syco / Thames for ITV)
• Don’t Hate The Playaz (Monkey Kingdom for ITV2)

Entertainment Performance

• Michael McIntyre Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (Hungry McBear for BBC One)
• Big Narstie and Mo Gilligan The Big Narstie Show (Exception Entertainment / Dice Productions for Channel 4)
• Jennifer Hudson The Voice UK (ITV Studios and Talpa for ITV)

Formatted Popular Factual

• Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (Owl Power for BBC Two)
• The Real Full Monty: Ladies Night (Spun Gold TV for ITV)
• Gordon, Gino and Fred’s Road Trip: The French Connection (Studio Ramsay for ITV)

History

• The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story (Wall to Wall for BBC Four)
• A Dangerous Dynasty: The House of Assad (72 Films for BBC Two)
• Holocaust: The Revenge Plot (Caravan for Channel 4)

Live Event

• The Royal Wedding: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (BBC Studios for BBC One)
• The Real Full Monty Live (Spun Gold for ITV)
• Glyndebourne Opera Cup (Factory Films for Sky Arts)

Mini-Series

• A Very English Scandal (Blueprint Pictures for BBC One)
• The Cry (Synchronicity Films for BBC One)
• Butterfly (Red Production Company and Aenon for ITV)

 Presenter

• Bobby Friction Pump Up the Bhangra: The Sound of Asian Britain (Pacific Quay Productions, BBC Studios for BBC Four)
• Romesh Ranganathan The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan (Rumpus Media for BBC Two)
• Michael Palin Michael Palin in North Korea (ITN Productions for Channel 5)

RTS Channel of the Year

• BBC One
• CBeebies
• Channel 5

Science and Natural History

• Blue Planet II (BBC Studios – The Natural History Unit for BBC One)
• Drowning in Plastic (Raw TV for BBC One)
• The Secret Life of Landfill: A Rubbish History (Tern Television Productions for BBC Four)

Scripted Comedy

• Famalam (BBC Studios for BBC Three)
• Detectorists (Channel X North, Treasure Trove Productions, and Lola Entertainment for BBC Four)
• Derry Girls (Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4) 

Single Documentary

• Grenfell (Minnow Films for BBC One)
• Married to a Paedophile (Brinkworth Films for Channel 4)
• Raped: My Story (Lambent Productions for Channel 5)

Single Drama

• Killed By My Debt (BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit for BBC Three)
• Mother’s Day (BBC Studios: The Documentary Unit for BBC Two)
• Black Mirror: USS Callister (House of Tomorrow for Netflix)

Soap and Continuing Drama

• Casualty (BBC Studios for BBC One)
• Hollyoaks (Lime Pictures for Channel 4)
• Coronation Street (ITV Studios for ITV)

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

• Gary Lineker MOTD: World Cup 2018 (BBC Sport for BBC One)
• Osi Umenyiora NFL This Week and The NFL Show (Whisper Films for BBC Two)
• Roy Keane 2018 FIFA World Cup (ITV Sport for ITV)

Sports Programme

• MOTD 2018 World Cup: Quarter Final – England v Sweden (BBC Sport for BBC One)
• Winter Paralympic Games (Whisper Films for Channel 4)
• 2018 Ryder Cup (Sky Sports & European Tour Productions for Sky Sports)

 Writer (Comedy)

• Stefan Golaszewski Mum (Big Talk Productions in association with The Money Men for BBC Two)
• Jamie Demetriou and Robert Popper Stath Lets Flats (Roughcut TV for Channel 4)
• Lisa McGee Derry Girls (Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4)

Writer (Drama)

• Russell T. Davies A Very English Scandal (Blueprint Pictures for BBC One)
• Lennie James Save Me (World Productions for Sky Atlantic)
• David Nicholls Patrick Melrose (Little Island Productions, Two Cities Television and Sunny March for Sky Atlantic)