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# Nominations announced for Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2019
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/nominations-announced-for-royal-television-society-programme-awards-2019/
- Published: 2019-03-06T21:06:18.000Z
- Updated: 2019-03-06T21:06:18.000Z
- Description: Nominees for the 2019 Royal Television Society Programme Awards (RTS) announced. The awards seek to recognise programmes that have made a material and positive contribution to their genre.
- Author: Graham Robson

## Nominees for the 2019 Royal Television Society Programme Awards (RTS) announced.

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THE awards seek to recognise programmes that have made a material and positive contribution to their genre.

**SKY thriller** *Save Me* is recognised for Drama Series, also receiving nominations in the categories of Actor (Male) and Writer (Drama), both for **Lennie James**, with **Alice Feetham** in contention for the Breakthrough Award.

*Killing Eve* is also recognised in the Drama Series category alongside its stars **Jodie Comer** and **Sandra Oh**, both nominated in the category of Actor (Female), together with star of *Black Earth Rising*, **Michaela Coel**.

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**Ben Whishaw** is nominated in the category of Actor (Male) for his portrayal of **Norman Scott** in BBC drama *A Very English Scandal*, also nominated in both the Mini-Series category and writer category (**Russell T. Davies**), alongside actors **Lucian Msamati** and **Lennie James**.

**Lesley Manville** is nominated in the Comedy Performance (Female) category for her moving portrayal of Cathy in *Mum*, together with **Sian Gibson** for **Peter Kay’s** *Car Share – The Finale* and **Daisy May Cooper** in *This Country*. *Derry Girls* is also nominated in the categories of Scripted Comedy and Writer (Comedy) for **Lisa McGee**.

*The Last Leg*, *Britain’s Got Talent* and *Don’t Hate The Playaz* are nominated in the Entertainment category with comedian **Michael McIntyre** (*Michael McIntyre’s Big Show*), **Big Narstie** and **Mo Gilligan** (*The Big Narstie Show*) and **Jennifer Hudson** (*The Voice UK*) all nominated in the category of Entertainment Performance.

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A broad range of popular documentaries are nominated, including **David Attenborough’s** pioneering series *Blue Planet II*, a winner in 2018, *Drugsland*, *Prison*, *Grenfell* and *The Secret Life of Landfill: A Rubbish History* all nominated across various categories this year.

BBC One’s *The Royal Wedding: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle* is also nominated in the Live Event category.

Channel 5, BBC One and CBeebies are all in contention for the RTS Channel of the Year award with *Casualty*, *Hollyoaks* and 2018 winner *Coronation Street* nominated in the Soap and Continuing Drama category.

Winners will be announced at a glittering ceremony, hosted by **Shappi Khorsandi**, on Tuesday, March 19 at the Grosvenor Hotel, London.