As revealed last month, Frank Skinner will be hosting this year's Edinburgh TV Awards and today the festival have announced the nominations.
Now in their 17th year, the Edinburgh TV Awards form one of the highlights of the TV Festival calendar, bringing out the TV industry’s glitterati, as well as showcasing the outstanding talent, and incredible breadth of genres and creativity that broadcasters and production companies produce year after year.
The shortlist was voted for by over 90 industry professionals features nominations in categories including: Channel of the Year and Production Company of the Year, as well as a number of new categories including: Best Specialist Channel, Best UK Drama, Best International Drama, Best Documentary Programme, Best Popular Factual Series, Best Entertainment Series, Best Comedy Series, and Best On-Screen Breakthrough Talent.
The nominations are...
Channel of the Year
BBC One
BBC Two
BBC Three
ITV
Channel 5
ITV2
Specialist Channel of the Year
BBC Four
Sky Arts
CBBC
CNN International
Production Company of the Year
CPL Productions
Studio Lambert
Big Talk Productions
Kudos
World Productions
ITN Productions
Best Breakthrough Talent
Daisy and Charlie Cooper
Jack Rowan
Rodney P
Daniel Lawrence Taylor
Rachel Parris
Letitia Wright
Best Comedy Series
This Country
Derry Girls
Peter Kay’s Car Share
Inside No.9
People Just Do Nothing
GameFace
Best Entertainment Series
Celebs Go Dating
Love Island
The Graham Norton Show
Taskmaster (Series 5)
Gogglebox
Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule
Best Popular Factual Series
Coastal Railway Journey’s with Julie Walters
No More Boys and Girls
Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds
The Real Full Monty: Ladies Night
Cruising with Jane McDonald
Portrait Artist of the Year
Best Documentary Programme
Blue Planet II
Louis Theroux: Dark states, Heroin Town
Raped: My Story
Grenfell Tower: Minute by Minute
Forbidden Games: The Justin Fashanu Story
James Bulger: A Mother’s Story
Best UK Drama
Peaky Blinders
Murdered for Being Different
Three Girls
Save Me
The End of the F***** World
Line of Duty
Best International Drama
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
The Handmaid’s Tale
The Crown
Game of Thrones
Big Little Lies
Tin Star
This year’s TV Moment of the Year category will open in July and remain open until Thursday, 23rd August, the day of the Edinburgh TV Awards ceremony.