Fleabag and Cherynobl lead Royal Television Society Programme Awards nominations

\'Fleabag\' and \'Chernobyl\' lead the Royal Television Society Programme Awards nominations with three apiece.

The BBC comedy and Sky Arts drama have both been given the nod in a hat-trick of categories for the upcoming RTS ceremony, which will be hosted by writer and comedian Paul Merton on March 17th at London\'s Grosvenor Hotel.

\'Fleabag\' creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been nominated for both the Comedy Performance (Female) and Writer (Comedy) prizes, and the show as a whole is in the running for Scripted Comedy.

\'Chernobyl\' lead Jared Harris is on the shortlist in the male Actor category, with writer Craig Mazin up for Drama award, and the programme itself is nominated for best Mini-Series.

For the Comedy Writer prize, Phoebe finds herself competing with Danny Brocklehurst (\'Brassic\') and \'Sex Education\' scribe Laurie Nunn, while the latter show also has a nod in the Comedy Performance (Male) category thanks to Ncuti Gatwa.

\'Derry Girls\' star Saoirse-Monica Jackson is also on the list for female Comedy Performance prize alongside \'Motherland\' actress Diane Morgan, and both shows have further nods respectively in the Comedy and Breakthrough (Tanya Moodie) lists.

Also on two nominations, \'Gentleman Jack\' is listed for best Drama, while leading star Suranne Jones is up for the Actor (Female) prize.

Finally, \'The Virtues\' has two nominations, earning recognition in the acting categories for Niamh Algar and Stephen Graham.

The shortlist was unveiled on Tuesday morning (03.03.20) by BBC journalist, writer and broadcaster Samira Ahmed at h Club in London\'s Covent Garden.

Royal Television Society Programme Awards full nominations:

Actor (Female)

Niamh Algar - The Virtues

Suranne Jones - Gentleman Jack

Tamara Lawrance - The Long Song

Actor (Male)

Jared Harris - Chernobyl

Michael Ward - Top Boy

Stephen Graham - The Virtues

Arts

Bros: After The Screaming Stops

imagine...James Graham: In the Room Where It Happens

Superkids: Breaking Away From Care

Breakthrough Award

Aisling Bea - This Way Up

Tanya Moodie - Motherland

Tim Renkow - Jerk

Children\'s Programme

The Athena

Step Up to the Plate

Zog

Comedy Performance (Female)

Diane Morgan - Motherland

Phoebe Waller-Bridge - Fleabag

Saoirse-Monica Jackson - Derry Girls

Comedy Performance (Male)

Alex Murphy & Chris Walley - The Young Offenders

Ncuti Gatwa - Sex Education

Youssef Kerkour - Home

Daytime Programme

Beat the Chef

Good Morning Britain

The Repair Shop

Documentary Series

The Choir: Our School By The Tower

Crime and Punishment

Hometown: A Killing

Drama Series

Ackley Bridge

The Capture

Gentleman Jack

Entertainment

Britain\'s Got Talent

Love Island

RuPaul\'s Drag Race UK

Entertainment Performance

London Hughes - Don\'t Hate The Playaz

Mo Gilligan - The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan

Stephen Mulhern - In For A Penny

Formatted Popular Factual

The British Tribe Next Door

Celebrity Gogglebox

The Circle

History

Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain

The Last Survivors

Spotlight on The Troubles: A Secret History

Live Event

The BRIT Awards 2019

The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance

Stormzy at Glastonbury 2019

Mini-Series

Chernobyl

The Long Song

Years and Years

Presenter

Fred Brathwaite - A Fresh Guide to Florence with Fab 5 Freddy

Mobeen Azhar - Hometown: A Killing

Vicky McClure - Our Dementia Choir with Vicky McClure

RTS Channel of the Year

BBC Three

Channel 5

Sky Atlantic

Science and Natural History

8 Days: To the Moon and Back

The Parkinson\'s Drug Trial: A Miracle Cure?

The Planets

Scripted Comedy

Derry Girls

Fleabag

Stath Lets Flats

Single Documentary

David Harewood: Psychosis and Me

Undercover: Inside China\'s Digital Gulag

War in the Blood

Single Drama

Brexit: The Uncivil War

Doing Money

The Left Behind

Soap and Continuing Drama

Casualty

Coronation Street

EastEnders

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

Alex Scott - 2019 FIFA Women\'s World Cup

Gareth Thomas - 2019 Rugby World Cup

Nasser Hussain - The Ashes

Sports Programme

2019 Rugby World Cup

ICC Cricket World Cup Final

FIFA Women\'s World Cup 2019 - Semi Final: England v USA

Writer (Comedy)

Danny Brocklehurst - Brassic

Laurie Nunn - Sex Education

Phoebe Waller-Bridge - Fleabag

Writer (Drama)

Craig Mazin - Chernobyl

Neil Forsyth - Guilt

Roy Williams - Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle