Maria to battle I’m a Celeb for RTS prize

Published Monday 26 February 2007 at 12:55 by Liz Thomas

BBC1 hit How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? will battle ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! for this year’s Royal Television Society entertainment award.

The musical theatre talent show, which saw Connie Fisher selected from ten hopefuls for the role of Maria in the latest West End version of The Sound of Music, is also up against Channel 4’s Friday Night Project.

Fresh from her Academy Award success Helen Mirren has been nominated for the actress accolade for ITV1’s Prime Suspect, as has Julia Davis for BBC4’s Fear of Fanny and Susan Lynch for BBC2’s Soundproof.

Philip Glenister, whose obnoxious seventies detective in BBC1’s Life on Mars has been hailed by critics, is up against Jim Broadbent, for Channel 4’s Longford, and Michael Sheen for his portrayal of Kenneth Williams in BBC4’s Fantabulosa, in the actor category.

EastEnders has been left out of the running for the soap opera award, which this year will be fought out between Coronation Street, The Bill and Emmerdale. And in another snub Ricky Gervais does not feature in the nominations for comedy performer, while co-writer and partner Stephen Merchant does. He will face Catherine Tate and Kevin Bishop, best known for his work on Channel 4’s Star Stories.

The full list is below

Actor, Female

• Julia Davis - Fear Of Fanny, BBC Drama for BBC Four
• Susan Lynch - Soundproof, BBC Drama in association with Blast! Films for BBC Two
• Helen Mirren - Prime Suspect, ITV Productions for ITV

Actor, Male

• Jim Broadbent - Longford, A Granada Production for Channel 4 in association with HBO Films
• Philip Glenister - Life On Mars, BBC/Kudos Film and Television for BBC One
• Michael Sheen - Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!, BBC Drama for BBC Four

Arts

• 9/11: Out Of The Blue - Silver River Productions for five
• Peter And The Wolf - BreakThru Films for Channel 4
• Simon Schama’s Power Of Art: Bernini - BBC London Arts for BBC Two

Breakthrough Award: Behind the Screen

• Lisa Gilchrist (Producer) - See No Evil: The Moors Murders, ITV Productions for ITV
• Bart Layton (Producer/Director) - Banged Up Abroad, Raw TV for five
• Lee Mack & Andrew Collins (Writers) - Not Going Out, Avalon Television for BBC One

Breakthrough Award, On Screen

• Sacha Dhawan - Bradford Riots, An Oxford Film and Television Production in association with Great Meadow Productions for Channel 4
• Joseph Mawle - Soundproof, BBC Drama in association with Blast! Films for BBC Two
• Russell Brand - Russell Brand’s Got Issues, Vanity Productions for Channel 4

Children’s Drama

• Jackanory: Muddle Earth - CBBC
• That Summer Day - Hat Trick Productions for CBBC
• Young Dracula - CBBC

Children’s Programme

• Charlie and Lola: Welcome To Lolaland - Tiger Aspect Productions for CBeebies
• Evacuation - Twenty Twenty Productions for CBBC
• Newsround: The Wrong Trainers - BBC for BBC One/Interactive

Comedy Performance

• Kevin Bishop - Star Stories, An Objective Production for Channel 4
• Stephen Merchant - Extras, BBC Comedy/HBO for BBC Two
• Catherine Tate - The Catherine Tate Show, Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Two

Daytime Programme

• The New Paul O’Grady Show - An Olga TV Production for Channel 4
• This Morning - ITV Productions for ITV
• Through Hell And High Water - Two Four for BBC One

Digital Channel Programme Award

• Charlie Brooker’s Screen Wipe - Zeppotron for BBC Four
• Death Of A President - Borough Films for More4
• Manchester Passion - BBC Classical Music TV for BBC Three

Documentary Series, General

• Anatomy Of A Crime - BBC for BBC One
• Stephen Fry: The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive - IWC for BBC Two
• The Cult Of The Suicide Bomber - A Many Rivers Production for Channel 4

Drama Serial

• Low Winter Sun - A Tiger Aspect Production for Channel 4
• Prime Suspect - ITV Productions for ITV
• Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather - The Mob Film Company for Sky One and RHI

Drama Series

• Doctor Who - BBC Wales for BBC One
• Life On Mars - BBC/Kudos Film and Television for BBC One
• The Street - Granada for BBC One

Entertainment

• Friday Night Project - A Princess Production for Channel 4
• How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? - BBC for BBC One
• I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (Series 6) - ITV Productions for ITV

Entertainment Performance

• Simon Amstell - Never Mind The Buzzcocks, TalkbackTHAMES for BBC Two
• Harry Hill - Harry Hill’s TV Burp (Series 5), Avalon Television Production for ITV
• Justin Lee Collins and Alan Carr - Friday Night Project, A Princess Production for Channel 4

Features and Factual Entertainment

• Dragons’ Den - BBC for BBC Two
• The Apprentice - talkbackTHAMES/Mark Burnett Productions for BBC Two
• The Real Hustle - Objective Productions for BBC Three

History

• Nuremberg: Nazis On Trial - BBC for BBC Two
• The War Of The World - Blakeway Productions for Channel 4
• Who Do You Think You Are? - Wall to Wall for BBC Two

International Award

• Baghdad ER - HBO for More4
• Entourage (Season 2) - Aquamansion HBO for ITV2
• Spiral - Canal Plus and Son et Lumiere for BBC Four

Presenter

• Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond - Top Gear, BBC for BBC Two
• Bruce Parry - Tribe, BBC Wales/Discovery Channel for BBC Two
• Gordon Ramsay - Gordon Ramsay’s F Word, An Optomen Television Production for Channel 4

Nations and Regions Presenter

• Darryl Grimason - Supergoose, Secret Gardens, Earthworks and Waterworld, BBC Northern Ireland and Yamal Productions for BBC One Northern Ireland
• Jim McColl - The Beechgrove Garden Tern Television for BBC One Scotland
• Fearghal McKinney - UTV

Nations and Regions Programme

• Holloway Hairdo - DFG Films for ITV London in association with Film London
• Iceman: Inside Out - BBC Yorkshire
• Life’s Too Short - Tern Television for BBC One Scotland

Science and Natural History

• Horizon: Bye Bye Planet Pluto - BBC for BBC Two
• How William Shatner Changed The World - Mentorn for five
• Planet Earth: From Pole To Pole - BBC, JVP, NHK & BBC Worldwide for BBC One

Single Documentary, General

• The Falling Man - A Darlow Smithson Production for Channel 4
• True Stories: Sisters In Law - A Vixen Film for More4
• Rain In My Heart - BBC Documentaries for BBC Two

Single Drama

• Housewife 49 - ITV Productions for ITV
• Longford - A Granada Production for Channel 4 in association with HBO Films
• Road To Guantanamo - A Revolution Film for Channel 4

Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama

• Green Wing - A talkbackTHAMES Production for Channel 4
• Extras - BBC Comedy/HBO for BBC Two
• The Royle Family: The Queen Of Sheba - Granada for BBC One

Soap

• Coronation Street - ITV Productions for ITV
• Emmerdale - ITV Productions for ITV
• The Bill - talkbackTHAMES for ITV

Writer, Comedy

• Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash and Phil Mealey - The Royle Family: The Queen Of Sheba Granada for BBC One
• Sharon Horgan & Dennis Kelly - Pulling Silver River for BBC Three
• Victoria Pile and team - Green Wing, a talkbackTHAMES Production for Channel 4

Writer, Drama

• Peter Morgan - Longford, A Granada Production for Channel 4 in association with HBO Films
• Simon Donald - Low Winter Sun, A Tiger Aspect Production for Channel 4
• Abi Morgan - Tsunami: the Aftermath, Kudos Films and Television for BBC Two and HBO