Shameless Leads RTS Nominations
Channel 4's hit comedy drama series Shameless looks set to dominate the Royal Television Society Awards for a second successive year after picking up the most nominations for this year's ceremony. Four nominations came the show's way including for Best Drama and Best Writer for Paul Abbott.
The show's Anne Marie Duff has been nominated in the Best Actress category. David Threlfall is up for Best Actor. Other shows up for gongs include the Channel 4 comedy series Peep Show. Although neither of its two stars – Robert Mitchell and Robert Webb – received individual nominations, the show is in the Best Sitcom and Comedy Drama category. Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong have also received a nomination in the Best Writer category and will go up against Brian Dooley, of The Smoking Room, and the team behind the BBC's The Thick of It.
Full list of 2005 Royal Television Society Awards nominations:
Actor - Female
Lesley Sharp - Afterlife Clerkenwell Films for ITV
Anne Marie Duff - Shameless 2 Company Pictures for Channel 4
Julie Walters - Ahead of the Class Artists Rights Group Television/World Productions for ITV
Actor - Male
Charles Dance - Bleak House BBC Drama Serials/Deep Indigo for BBC One
Martin Clunes - Doc Martin II Buffalo Pictures in association with Homerun Productions for
ITV1
David Threlfall - Shameless 2 & The Queen's Sister Shameless 2 - Company Pictures for Channel 4/The Queen's Sister - A Touchpaper Film for Channel 4
Arts
Holocaust, a Music Memorial Film From Auschwitz BBC co-production with CBC, ZDF, TVP & in association with Czech TV for BBC Two
A Picture of Britain: The Mystical West BBC Specialist Factual for BBC One
DV8 - The Cost of Living DV8 Films for Channel 4
Breakthrough Award - Behind the Screen
Finn McGough - Country Strife Raw TV for BBC Three
Justin Chadwick - Bleak House BBC Drama Serials/Deep Indigo for BBC One
Jonathan Smith - Make Me Normal Century Films for Channel 4
Breakthrough Award - On Screen
Phil Beadle - The Unteachables talkbackTHAMES Television for Channel 4
Zoe Tapper - Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky BBC Drama Serials for BBC Four
Bruce Parry - Tribe BBC Wales for BBC Two
Children's Drama
My Parents are Aliens Granada Kids for CiTV
Tracy Beaker BBC Children’s for CBBC
Last Rights Touchpaper Television for Channel 4
Children's Programme
Sticks and Stones Maroon Productions for Channel 4
Charlie and Lola "I am not sleepy & I will not go to bed" Tiger Aspect Productions for
BBC Children’s
Serious Arctic BBC Children’s for CBBC
Comedy Performance
David Walliams & Matt Lucas - Little Britain BBC Comedy for BBC One/BBC Three
Peter Capaldi - The Thick of It BBC Comedy for BBC Four
Catherine Tate - The Catherine Tate Show Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Two
Daytime Programme
Beaten Coastal Productions/BBC Daytime for BBC One
Deal or No Deal Endemol West for Channel 4
Coach Trip 12 Yard Productions for Channel 4
Digital Channel Programme Award
The Match 2 Initial for Sky One
Brainiac 3 Granada for Sky One
The House of Tiny Tearaways BBC Format Entertainment/Outline Productions for BBC Three
Documentary Series - General
Tribe BBC Wales for BBC Two
Cocaine October Films for Channel 4
Jamie's School Dinners A Fresh One Production for Channel 4
Drama Serial
Elizabeth I Company Pictures for Channel 4/HBO
To the Ends of the Earth BBC Drama Serials/Power co-production in association with Tightrope Pictures for BBC Two
Bleak House BBC Drama Serials/Deep Indigo for BBC One
Drama Series
Doctor Who BBC Wales for BBC One
Shameless 2 Company Pictures for Channel 4
Bodies (Series 2) Hat Trick Productions for BBC Three
Entertainment
The Catherine Tate Show Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Two
I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! Factual and Factual Entertainment, ITV Productions London for ITV
The X Factor talkbackTHAMES Television and Syco Productions for ITV
Entertainment Performance
Derren Brown - Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind An Objective Production for Channel 4
Ant & Dec - Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Granada Entertainment for ITV1
Paul O'Grady - Paul O'Grady Show Granada Entertainment for ITV1
Features & Factual Entertainment
Dragon's Den BBC & Sony Pictures for BBC Two
Rock School RDF Media for Channel 4
Springwatch with Bill Oddie BBC for BBC Two
History
The Year London Blew Up; 1974 Blast! Films for Channel 4
Trafalgar Battle Surgeon A Justin Hardy Films Production for Channel 4
Israel & The Arabs: Elusive Peace A Brook Lapping Production for BBC Current Affairs for
BBC Two
International Award
Weeds Lionsgate for Sky One
Lost Touchstone Television for Channel 4
Desperate Housewives Buena Vista International Television for Channel 4
Nations & Regions Presenter
Carol Malia - BBC Look North BBC Television, Newcastle
Emily Maitlis - BBC London News BBC London for BBC One
Stephen Nolan – Nolan Live BBC for BBC One Northern Ireland
Nations & Regions Programme
New Found Land: IM Heehaw Productions for Scottish TV, Grampian TV & Scottish Screen
New Found Land: Elephant Boy Wish Film Productions for Scottish TV, Grampian TV and Scottish Screen
Belfast to Dachau DoubleBand Films for BBC Northern Ireland
Presenter
Lorraine Kelly - LK Today GMTV
Jeremy Clarkson - Top Gear BBC for BBC Two
Bruce Parry - Tribe BBC Wales for BBC Two
Science & Natural History
Anatomy for Beginners Firefly for Channel 4
Life Before Birth Pioneer Film and Television Productions for Channel 4
The Boy with the Incredible Brain: Extraordinary People Focus Productions for five
Single Documentary - General
Make Me Normal Century Films for Channel 4
Children of Beslan BBC Current Affairs/HBO for BBC Two
Taxidermy: Stuff the World Century Films for BBC Two
Single Drama
The Government Inspector Mentorn Productions for Channel 4
A Waste of Shame BBC Drama Serials for BBC Four
Ahead of the Class Artists Rights Group Television/World Productions for ITV
Situation Comedy & Comedy Drama
The Thick of It BBC Comedy for BBC Four
Much Ado About Nothing BBC Drama/BBC Northern Ireland for BBC One
Peep Show An Objective Production for Channel 4
Soap
Coronation Street ITV Productions Manchester for ITV
Emmerdale ITV Productions Yorkshire for ITV
EastEnders BBC for BBC One
Writer - Comedy
Brian Dooley - The Smoking Room BBC Comedy for BBC Three
Sam Bain & Jesse Armstrong - Peep Show An Objective Production for Channel 4
The Thick of It Writing Team - The Thick of It BBC Comedy for BBC Four
Writer - Drama
Paul Abbott - Shameless 2 Company Pictures for Channel 4
Andrew Davies - Bleak House BBC Drama Serials/Deep Indigo for BBC One
Jed Mercurio - Bodies (Series 2) Hat Trick Productions for BBC Three
Judges’ Award
This Award will be announced on the evening.