Comedy actors and writers up for RTS Awards
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge leads the list of comedy related nominations in the Royal Television Society Awards 2020
- Fleabag, Derry Girls and Stath Lets Flats are up for the Scripted Comedy prize
- Aisling Bea, Tanya Moodie and Tim Renkow are shortlisted in the Breakthrough category
The list of nominees for the 2020 Royal Television Society (RTS) Programme Awards has been announced, with comedy performances and shows represented in a number of the shortlists, including all three spots in the Breakthrough category. Phoebe Waller-Bridge leads the list of comedy-related nominations, appearing in three of the categories.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony hosted by Paul Merton on Tuesday 17th March, at The Grosvenor Hotel in London.
The comedy-related nominations are:
Breakthrough Award
Tim Renkow for Jerk
Comedy Performance (Female)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Fleabag
Saoirse-Monica Jackson for Derry Girls
Comedy Performance (Male)
Alex Murphy & Chris Walley for The Young Offenders
Youssef Kerkour for Home
Entertainment Performance
London Hughes for Don't Hate The Playaz
Mo Gilligan for The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan
Stephen Mulhern for In For A Penny
Scripted Comedy
Writer (Comedy)
Danny Brocklehurst for Brassic
Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Fleabag
For the full list of nominations, which includes Neil Forsyth nominated in the Drama Writer list for his scripts for comedy drama Guilt, visit rts.org.uk