Peaky Blinders, Line of Duty and Happy Valley nominated for Royal Television Society awards
Bake Off, Fargo and Murdered By My Boyfriend are also contenders, while Claudia Winkleman is in the running for her Strictly Come Dancing debut
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BBC productions Peaky Blinders, Line of Duty and Happy Valley are going head-to-head for best drama series at the annual Royal Television Society awards next month.
In the acting categories, Murdered By My Boyfriend’s Georgina Campbell is up against Happy Valley’s Sarah Lancashire and Sheridan Smith, who’s up for her performance in Cilla. Toby Jones is nominated for Marvellous alongside Tom Hollander and Adeel Akhtar for A Poet in New York and Channel 4’s Utopia respectively.
Sarah Hadland, Harry Enfield, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton are vying for the comedy performance award, while Claudia Winkleman – who took up hosting duties on Strictly Come Dancing last year – is nominated for entertainment performance alongside Graham Norton and Keith Lemon.
See the full list:
Actor – female
Georgina Campbell – Murdered By My Boyfriend, BBC Productions for BBC Three
Sarah Lancashire – Happy Valley, Red Production Company for BBC One
Sheridan Smith – Cilla, ITV Studios/GroupM Entertainment for ITV
Actor – male
Adeel Akhtar – Utopia, Kudos Production for Channel 4
Toby Jones – Marvellous, Fifty Fathoms Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Two
Tom Hollander – A Poet In New York, Modern Television for BBC Cymru Wales & BBC Two
Arts
Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Swan Films for Channel 4
Messiah at the Foundling Hospital Reef Television for BBC Two
Our Gay Wedding: The Musical Wingspan Productions for Channel 4
Children’s Fiction
4 O’Clock Club – Christmas CBBC Productions for CBBC
Hank Zipzer Kindle Entertainment/DHX Media/Walker Productions supported by Screen Yorkshire’s Yorkshire Content Fund for CBBC
Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted Move On Up for CBeebies
Children’s Programme
Marrying Mum and Dad, CBBC Productions for CBBC
Swashbuckle ‘Pirate Pampering’, CBeebies for CBeebies
The Big Performance 3: Finale, Twenty Twenty Productions for CBBC
Comedy Performance
Harry Enfield – Harry and Paul’s Story of the Twos, Balloon Entertainment for BBC Two
Reece Shearsmith & Steve Pemberton – Inside No. 9, BBC Comedy Production London for BBC Two
Sarah Hadland – The Job Lot, Big Talk Productions for ITV2
Daytime Programme
Couples Come Dine With Me, ITV Studios for Channel 4
Superstar Dogs, Tuesday’s Child Television for Channel 4
This Morning, ITV Studios for ITV
Documentary Series
Bedlam, The Garden Productions for Channel 4
Life & Death Row, BBC Documentaries Production for BBC Three
Protecting our Parents, BBC Documentaries Production for BBC Two
Drama Serial
Prey, Red Production Company for ITV
The Driver, Red Production Company/Highfield Pictures for BBC One
The Honourable Woman, Drama Republic and Eight Rooks for BBC Two
Drama Series
Happy Valley, Red Production Company for BBC One
Line of Duty, World Productions for BBC Two
Peaky Blinders, II Caryn Mandabach Productions/Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Two
Entertainment
A League Of Their Own, CPL Productions for Sky 1HD
Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, ITV Studios/Mitre Television for ITV
The Graham Norton Show, So Television for BBC One
Entertainment Performance
Claudia Winkleman – Strictly Come Dancing, BBC Productions for BBC One
Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show, So Television for BBC One
Keith Lemon – Celebrity Juice, Talkback for ITV2
History
Our World War, BBC Documentaries Production for BBC Three
The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain, BBC Arts Production Bristol in partnership with Royal Collection Trust for BBC Four
The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire, BBC History Production for BBC Two
International
Fargo, MGM/FX Productions for Channel 4
The Big Bang Theory, Chuck Lorre Productions Inc., in association with Warner Bros. Television for E4
True Detective, HBO Entertainment in association with Neon Black/Anonymous Content/Parliament of Owls/Passenger acquired by Sky Atlantic
Live Event
D-Day: The Heroes Return, BBC Productions for BBC One
The Grand National, IMG Productions for Channel 4
WW1 Remembered – From The Battlefield & From Westminster Abbey, BBC Productions for BBC Two
Popular, Factual and Features
50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy, Burning Bright Productions/Brown Bread Films for Sky 1HD
Great British Bake Off, Love West for BBC One
The Island With Bear Grylls, Shine TV/Bear Grylls Ventures Co-Production for Channel 4
Presenter
Billy Connolly – Billy Connolly’s Big Send Off, Burning Bright Productions for ITV
Dr Lucy Worsley – The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain, BBC Arts Production Bristol in partnership with Royal Collection Trust for BBC Four
Grayson Perry – Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Swan Films for Channel 4
Science and Natural History
Life Story, BBC Natural History Production/Open University/BBC Worldwide/Discovery/France TV for BBC One
Live From Space: Lap of the Planet, Arrow Media for Channel 4
The Girl Who Talked To Dolphins, BBC Scotland Science Productions for BBC Four
Scripted Comedy
Harry and Paul’s Story of the Twos, Balloon Entertainment for BBC Two
Him and Her: The Wedding, Big Talk Productions for BBC Three
Moone Boy, Baby Cow Productions/Hot Cod Productions/Sprout Pictures/Grand Pictures for Sky 1HD
Single Documentary
Baby P: The Untold Story, Sandpaper Films for BBC One
The Paedophile Hunter, Amos Pictures for Channel 4
This World: Terror at The Mall, Amos Pictures for BBC Two
Single Drama
Common, LA Productions for BBC One
Marvellous, Fifty Fathoms Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Two
Murdered By My Boyfriend, BBC Productions for BBC One
Soap and Continuing Drama
Casualty, BBC Drama Production Wales for BBC One
Coronation Street, ITV Studios for ITV
EastEnders, BBC Drama Production London for BBC One
Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit
Gary Lineker, BBC Sport for BBC One
Gary Neville, Sky Sports
Hazel Irvine, BBC Sports
Sports Programme
British Grand Prix, BBC Sport for BBC Two
The 2014 Ryder Cup, Sky Sports/European Tour Productions for Sky Sports
World Cup: Germany Vs Brazil, BBC Sport for BBC One
Writer – Comedy
Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson – Harry and Paul’s Story of the Twos, Balloon Entertainment for BBC Two
Jessica Knappett – Drifters, Bwark for E4
Sam Leifer, Tom Basden – Plebs, Rise Films for ITV2
Writer – Drama
Jimmy McGovern – Common, LA Productions for BBC One
Peter Bowker – Marvellous, Fifty Fathoms Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Two
Sally Wainwright – Happy Valley, Red Production Company for BBC One
The winners will be announced at a ceremony on Tuesday 17th March at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London
