The Royal Television Society (RTS) has announced its 2018 programme awards nominations.

BBC One’s Three Girls has received three nominations for Breakthrough Award for leading actor Molly Windsor, Nicole Taylor earned the series a nomination for the Writer - Drama category as well as recognised under the best Mini-Series Award.

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Three Girls: BBC drama

The Drama Series award sees Channel 4’s Ackley Bridge and The End of the F***ing World and Netflix’s The Crown in the running, while BBC One’s Damilola, Our Loved Boy nominated in the Single Drama category along with BBC Three’s Murdered for Being Different and BBC Two’s King Charles III.

The Soap and Continuing Drama award will be contended by ITV’s Coronation Street, BBC One’s EastEnders and BBC One’s Holby City.

Little Boy Blue receives two additional nominations for two of its lead actors – Sinéad Keenan runs for the Best Female Actor award against Wunmi Mosaku for BBC One’s Damilola and Our Loved Boy up against Thandie Newton for BBC One’s Line of Duty. 

Stephen Graham is joined in the Best Male Actor category by Sean Bean for BBC One’s Broken and Jack Rowan who wins the second nomination for Channel 4’s Born To Kill. 

The Documentary Series award nominations go to BBC Two’s Hospital, Channel 4’s Catching A Killer and BBC Two’s The Detectives: Murder on the Streets. 

The Single Documentary award features nominees from BBC Two’s Chris Packham: Aspergers and Me, BBC One’s Rio Ferdinand Being Mum and Dad and Channel 5’s The Accused.

Channel 4’s The Last Leg starring Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdecombe will hope to repeat last year’s triumph in the Entertainment Performance category, where they are joined by Claudia Winkleman for BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing and Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly for ITV’s I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!.

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Ant and Dec for ITV’s I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!

Ant and Dec will have a chance to retain their Entertainment Programme crown for ITV’s Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, in a category that also includes BBC Three’s Murder in Successville and ITV’s Love Island.

The Presenter category features last year’s winner Grayson Perry for Channel 4’s Grayson Perry: Divided Britain, as well as Anita Rani for BBC One’s My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947, and Gordon Ramsay for ITV’s Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine.

Osi Umenyiora for BBC Two’s NFL This Week, The NFL Show will also defend his 2017 title against Michael Johnson for BBC One and BBC Two’s World Athletics Championships and Kelly Cates for Sky Sport’s Friday Night Football for the Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit award.

Launched last year, the RTS Channel of the Year award, will be contested by CBBC, BBC One and Channel 5.

The nominations:

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 Actor (Female)

  • Wunmi Mosaku - Damilola, Our Loved Boy, Minnow Films for BBC One
  • Thandie Newton - Line of Duty, World Productions for BBC One
  • Sinéad Keenan - Little Boy Blue, ITV Studios for ITV

Actor (Male)

  • Jack Rowan - Born To Kill, World Productions for Channel 4
  • Sean Bean - Broken, LA Productions for BBC One
  • Stephen Graham - Little Boy Blue, ITV Studios for ITV

Arts

  • Basquiat - Rage to Riches, A BBC Studios Production for BBC and PBS with THIRTEEN Productions for BBC Two
  • Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories, Kismet Films for BBC Two
  • Grayson Perry: Divided Britain, Swan Films for Channel 4

Breakthrough Award

  • Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper - This Country, BBC Studios Comedy for BBC Three
  • Daniel Lawrence Taylor - Timewasters, Big Talk Productions for ITV2
  • Molly Windsor - Three Girls, BBC Studios in association with Studio Lambert for BBC One

Children’s Programme

  • Jamie Johnson/ End Game, Short Form Film Company for CBBC
  • Inside My Head: A Newsround Special, CBBC Productions for CBBC
  • Apple Tree House/ Talking Books, Five Apples for CBeebies

Comedy Performance

  • Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper – This Country, BBC Studios Comedy for BBC Three
  • Tom Davis – Murder In Successville, Tiger Aspect in association with Shiny Button Productions for BBC Three
  • Michaela Coel – Chewing Gum, Retort for E4

Daytime Programme

  • The Question Jury, Monkey Kingdom for Channel 4
  • Moving On - Eighteen, LA Productions for BBC One
  • Good Morning Britain, ITV Studios for ITV

Documentary Series

  • The Detectives: Murder on the Streets, Minnow Films in association with the OU for BBC Two
  • Hospital, Label 1 for BBC Two
  • Catching A Killer, True Vision for Channel 4

Drama Series

  • Ackley Bridge, The Forge for Channel 4
  • The End of The F***ing World, Clerkenwell Films for Channel 4
  • The Crown, Left Bank Pictures for Netflix

Entertainment

  • Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, ITV Studios and Mitre Television for ITV
  • Murder in Successville, Tiger Aspect in association with Shiny Button Productions for BBC Three
  • Love Island, ITV Studios/Motion Content Group for ITV2

Entertainment Performance

  • Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly - I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, ITV Studios for ITV
  • Claudia Winkleman - Strictly Come Dancing, BBC Studios for BBC One
  • Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh WIddecombe - The Last Leg, Open Mike Productions for Channel 4

Formatted Popular Factual

  • Muslims like Us, Love Productions for BBC One
  • Rich House, Poor House, Hat Trick Productions for Channel 5
  • The Big Life Fix with Simon Reeve, Studio Lambert for BBC Two

History

  • My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947, Wall to Wall Media for BBC One
  • Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents, 72 Films for BBC Two
  • Black & British A Forgotten History, BBC Studios for BBC Two

Live Event

  • One Love Manchester, BBC Studios/SB Projects for BBC One
  • World War One Remembered: Passchendaele – For The Fallen, BBC Studios for BBC Two
  • ITV News Election Night: The Results, ITN/ITV News for ITV

Mini-Series

  • The State, Archery Pictures and Stonehenge Films for Channel 4
  • Born To Kill, World Productions for Channel 4
  • Three Girls, BBC Studios in association with Studio Lambert for BBC One

Presenter

  • Anita Rani - My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947, Wall to Wall Media for BBC One
  • Grayson Perry – Grayson Perry: Divided Britain, Swan Films for Channel 4
  • Gordon Ramsay - Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine, Studio Ramsay/Objective Media Group for ITV

RTS Channel Of The Year

  • CBBC
  • BBC One
  • Channel 5

Science & Natural History

  • Planet Earth II, BBC Studios The Natural History Unit production with BBC America, ZDF, Tencent and France Television for BBC One
  • Guy Martin vs The Robot Car, North One Television for Channel 4
  • Dogs: An Amazing Animal Family, Offspring Films for Sky One

Scripted Comedy

  • People Just Do Nothing, Roughcut TV for BBC Three
  • This Country, BBC Studios Comedy for BBC Three
  • Chewing Gum, Retort for E4

Single Documentary

  • Chris Packham: Aspergers and Me, Raw for BBC Two
  • Rio Ferdinand Being Mum and Dad, Only The Best Productions for BBC One
  • The Accused, Brinkworth Films for Channel 5

Single Drama

  • Damilola, Our Loved Boy, Minnow Films for BBC One
  • Murdered for Being Different, BBC Studios for BBC Three
  • King Charles III, Drama Republic for BBC Two

Soap and Continuing Drama

  • Coronation Street, ITV Studios for ITV
  • EastEnders, BBC Studios for BBC One
  • Holby City, BBC Studios for BBC One

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

  • Michael Johnson - World Athletics Championships, BBC Sport for BBC One and BBC Two
  • Osi Umenyiora - NFL This Week, The NFL Show, Whisper Films for BBC Two
  • Kelly Cates - Friday Night Football, Sky Sports

Sports Programme

  • 2017 FA Cup Final Coverage, BBC Sport for BBC One
  • UEFA Women’s EURO - England v Netherlands Semi-Final, Whisper Films for Channel 4
  • Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko, Sky Sports for Sky Sports Box Office

Writer – Comedy

  • Steve Stamp and Allan Mustafa - People Just Do Nothing, Roughcut TV for BBC Three
  • Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper - This Country, BBC Studios Comedy for BBC Three
  • Michaela Coel - Chewing Gum, Retort for E4

Writer - Drama

  • Charlie Covell - The End of The F***ing World, Clerkenwell Films for Channel 4
  • Jeff Pope - Little Boy Blue, ITV Studios for ITV
  • Nicole Taylor - Three Girls, BBC Studios in association with Studio Lambert for BBC One

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