RTS Awards: Russell T Davies ‘It’s A Sin’ Continues Domination With Six Nods
03.03.2022 - 14:35
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Russell T Davies Channel 4/HBO AIDS drama It’s a Sin has continued its awards season domination by picking up six nominations at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Awards.
The show from Red Production Company also has six Broadcasting Press Guild nods and has been recognized by the RTS for Writer (Davies), Actor (Female – Keeley Hawes), Actor (Male – Olly Alexander & Callum Scott Howells), Breakthrough and the coveted Limited Series.
Host broadcaster Channel 4 picked up 28 nominations, with the BBC edging it out with 30, Sky with 10 and ITV with eight.
BBC One, ITV and Sky Arts will compete for the prestigious RTS Channel of the Year award at the March ceremony in London.
Other high-profile nominees include The Serpent’s Tahir Rahim against the two It’s a Sin actors, Stephen’s Sharlene Whyte and In My Skin’s Gabrielle Creevey against Hawes, and Jack Thorne for Help against The Serpent’s Richard Warlow and Davies for Writer – Drama.
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Actor (Female)
Actor (Male)
Arts
Breakthrough Award
Children’s Programme
Comedy Entertainment
Comedy Performance (Female)
Comedy Performance (Male)
Daytime Programme
Documentary Series
Drama Series
Entertainment
Entertainment Performance
Formatted Popular Factual
History
Live Event
Limited-Series
Presenter
RTS Channel of the Year
Science & Natural History
Scripted Comedy
Single Documentary
Single Drama
Soap and Continuing Drama
Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit
Sports Programme
Writer – Comedy
Writer – Drama
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