Irish actress Ruth Negga has been nominated for Best Actress at the RTS Programme Awards. Negga, whose credits include popular Irish drama ‘Love/Hate’ and Neil Jordan’s ‘Breakfast on Pluto’, is nominated for her performance in the BBC Two drama ‘Shirley’, which also won her an Irish Film & Television Award for Actress Television at the 2012 IFTAs. Ruth faces competition from ‘This is England ‘88’ star Vicky McClure and ‘Appropriate Adult’ actress Emily Watson.
Another Irish nod goes to the BAFTA winning animated series ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ which is co-produced by Irish outfit Boulder Media alongside Dandelion Studios & Studio Soi for the Cartoon Network Europe. ‘Gumball’ is nominated in the Children’s Programme category with CBBC’s ‘Horrible Histories’ and ‘Newsround’.
Elsewhere, Irish director Neasa Hardiman helmed all three series of the BBC ensemble drama 'Tracey Beaker' which recieves a nomination in the Children's Drama category - facing competition from 'Sarah Jane Adventures'; and entertainer Graham Norton’s weekly BBC chatshow ‘The Graham Norton Show’ is nominated for Best Entertainment – up against the ‘Million Pound Drop’ and ‘Derren Brown – The Experiments’.
The RTS Programme Awards honour excellence in key genres of television programming from children's fiction to comedy performance, history to soaps, covering both national and regional output.
Rob Brydon hosts the ceremony which takes place Tuesday 20 March at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.
Nominees in Full:
Actor (Female)
Vicky McClure – This Is England '88– Warp Films for Channel 4
Ruth Negga – Shirley– Prospect Cymru for BBC Two
Emily Watson – Appropriate Adult– ITV Studios for ITV1
Actor (Male)
Daniel Rigby – Eric & Ernie– Blue Door Adventures/BBC Wales for BBC Two
John Simm – Exile – Abbott Vision/Red Production Company for BBC One
Dominic West – Appropriate Adult– ITV Studios for ITV1
Arts
Arena: Produced By George Martin – BBC/Grounded Productions for BBC Two
Graffiti Wars – TwoFour for Channel 4
The Impressionists – ZCZ Films for BBC Two
Children's Drama
Sarah Jane Adventures (Series 5) – BBC Wales for CBBC
Tracy Beaker – BBC Productions for CBBC
Children's Programme
Horrible Histories (Series 3) – Lion Television for CBBC
Newsround – My Autism & Me– BBC Productions for CBBC
The Amazing World Of Gumball – The Quest– Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media
& Studio Soi for Cartoon Network Europe
Comedy Performance
Darren Boyd – Spy– Hat Trick Productions for Sky 1 HD
Tom Hollander – Rev. – Big Talk Productions for BBC Two
Russell Tovey & Sarah Solemani – Him & Her– Big Talk Productions for BBC Three
Daytime Programme
Antiques Road Trip – STV Productions for BBC Two
Deal Or No Deal Live – Endemol Productions for Channel 4
Operation Hospital Food With James Martin – Splash Media for BBC One
Documentary Series
24 Hours In A&E – The Garden Productions for Channel 4
Educating Essex – Twofour for Channel 4
Fighting On The Frontline – Minnow Films for Channel 4
Drama Serial
The Crimson Petal & The White – Origin Pictures/Cité Amérique for BBC Two
The Promise – Daybreak Pictures for Channel 4
Top Boy – A Cowboy Films/Easter Partisan Production for Channel 4
Drama Series
Luther 2 – BBC Productions/BBC America for BBC One
Scott And Bailey – Red Production Company for ITV1
The Fades – BBC Productions/BBC America for BBC Three
Entertainment
Derren Brown – The Experiments– Objective Productions for Channel 4
Million Pound Drop – Endemol Productions for Channel 4
The Graham Norton Show – SO Television for BBC One
Entertainment Performance
James Corden – A League Of Their Own– CPL Productions for Sky 1 HD
Keith Lemon – Celebrity Juice– Talkback for ITV2
Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly – I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here; Red Or Black; Push The Button; Britain’s Got Talent
ITV Studios/Syco TV/Thames/Gallowgate Studios for ITV1
History
The Life Of Muhammad – Crescent Films for BBC Two
If Walls Could Talk – The History Of The Home– Silver River Productions
for BBC Four
Dambusters: Building The Bouncing Bomb – Windfall Films for Channel 4
International Award
Modern Family – Twentieth Century Fox Television/Levitan-Lloyd Productions
acquired by Sky 1 HD
The Killing – Series 1 – DR/ZDF Enterprises for BBC Four
The Slap – Matchbox Pictures for BBC Four
Nations And Regions Programme
Frankenstein’s Wedding…Live in Leeds – BBC Cymru Wales/BBC North
for BBC Three
The Scheme – Friel Kean Films for BBC One
Wil a Cêt – Cwmni Da for S4C
Popular Factual And Features
An Idiot Abroad 2 – Risk Productions for Sky 1 HD
Hugh's Big Fish Fight – Keo Films for Channel 4
The Great British Bake Off – Love Productions for BBC Two
Presenter
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall – Hugh's Big Fish Fight– Keo Films for Channel 4
Gareth Malone – The Choir: Military Wives– Twenty Twenty for BBC Two
Karl Pilkington – An Idiot Abroad 2– Risk Productions for Sky 1 HD
Science & Natural History
Frozen Planet – A BBC/Discovery Channel/Antena 3 Television S.A./ZDF/Skai/
Open University Co-Production in association with Discovery Canada for BBC One
Mummifying Alan: Eygpt's Last Secret – Blink Film & Television for Channel 4
Stargazing Live – BBC Productions for BBC Two
Scripted Comedy
Fresh Meat – Objective Productions/Lime Pictures for Channel 4
Phoneshop – Retort for E4
Rev. – Big Talk Productions for BBC Two
Single Documentary
Terry Pratchett: Choosing To Die – BBC Productions for BBC Two
The Life And Loss Of Karen Woo – Century Films for ITV1
True Stories: Hell And Back Again – Roast Beef Productions for More4
Single Drama
Eric & Ernie – Blue Door Adventures/BBC Wales for BBC Two
Random – Hillbilly Films for Channel 4
United – World Productions for BBC Two
Soap And Continuing Drama
Coronation Street – ITV Studios for ITV1
EastEnders – BBC Productions for BBC One
Emmerdale – ITV Studios for ITV1
Writer - Comedy
Sam Bain & Jesse Armstrong – Fresh Meat– Objective Productions/Lime Pictures
for Channel 4
Robert Popper – Friday Night Dinner– Popper Pictures/Big Talk Productions
for Channel 4
James Wood & Tom Hollander – Rev.– Big Talk Productions for BBC One
Writer - Drama
Peter Bowker – Eric & Ernie– Blue Door Adventures/BBC Wales for BBC Two
Neil McKay – Appropriate Adult– ITV Studios for ITV1
Steven Moffat – Doctor Who (Series 6)– BBC Wales for BBC One
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