Royal Television Society Awards 2014 shortlist
The shortlists for the 2014 Royal Television Society Awards have been announced, with comedians and comedy shows appearing in a number of the categories.
ITV2 sitcom Plebs (pictured) leads the way in the comedy-related nominations, with three mentions. The youthful Ancient Rome-set sitcom has previously won prizes including Best New Comedy Programme at the British Comedy Awards. A second series is due to be shown later this year.
Here are the comedy-related nominations in full:
Comedy Performance
Rebecca Front (for Psychobitches)
Brendan O'Carroll (for Mrs Brown's Boys)
Ryan Sampson (for Plebs)
Entertainment
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV)
The Last Leg (Channel 4)
Entertainment Performance
Alan Carr (for Alan Carr: Chatty Man)
Ant & Dec (for their ITV shows)
Leigh Francis (for Celebrity Juice / Through The Keyhole)
Scripted Comedy
A Touch Of Cloth II: Undercover Cloth (Sky1)
Toast Of London (Channel 4)
Comedy Writing
James Corden and Mathew Baynton for The Wrong Mans
Sam Leifer and Tom Basden for Plebs
The Psychobitches writing team
Additionally, E4 comedy drama My Mad Fat Diary is nominated in the Drama Series category alongside Peaky Blinders and Utopia, with the show's lead actress Sharon Rooney nominated against Olivia Colman and Jodie Whittaker in the acting category.
The Royal Television Society describe The RTS Awards as recognising "the gold standard of achievement in the television community". To see the full list of categories spanning all genres visit rts.org.uk
The results of the awards will be announced on the 18th March at a ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in central London, with Tim Vine acting as the host.