Fleabag, Chernobyl and Derry Girls lead nominations for RTS Awards

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has received writing and performance nods for the second season of Fleabag
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George Fenwick3 March 2020

Fleabag is among the leading nominees at this year's Royal Television Society (RTS) awards, receiving three nods for the critically acclaimed second season.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge is nominated for both Comedy Performance (Female) and Writer (Comedy), while the show is competing for Scripted Comedy.

Chernobyl, Derry Girls and Sex Education are among other popular shows recognised in the nominations.

Jared Harris is nominated for Best Actor (Male) alongside Top Boy's Michael Ward and The Virtues' Stephen Graham, while Derry Girls' Saoirse-Monica Jackson joins Waller-Bridge in the Comedy Performance (Female) category.

Derry Girls has received a handful of nominations
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Motherland's Diane Morgan, Gentleman Jack’s Suranne Jones and Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa have also been nominated in acting categories.

BBC Three, Channel 5 and Sky Atlantic are in the running for the channel of the year gong.

Historical drama Chernobyl is up for a mini-series award, while Fleabag and Derry Girls will also compete in the scripted comedy and female comedy performance categories.

Television shows in 2020

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Nominated for the presenter award are Fred Brathwaite of A Fresh Guide To Florence With Fab 5 Freddy, Hometown: A Killing’s Mobeen Azhar and Vicky McClure, who starred in Our Dementia Choir With Vicky McClure.

In the breakthrough award category, Aisling Bea, Tanya Moodie and Tim Renkow are nominated for This Way Up, Motherland and Jerk respectively.

Casualty, Coronation Street and EastEnders will go head to head for the soap and continuing drama award.

The nominees were announced in central London by BBC broadcaster Samira Ahmed.

The RTS awards ceremony will take place on March 17 in central London.

With additional reporting by Press Association.

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