This Country, The Last Leg and Chewing Gum are among the nominees for Royal Television Society awards, announced this morning. The awards ceremony, hosted by Vernon Kay, will take place on Tuesday 20 March 2018 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London.

The RTS Programme Awards honour excellence across all genres of television programming and recognise exceptional actors, presenters, writers and production teams, as well as the programmes themselves. The awards are chaired by Wayne Garvie.

Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper of This Country (BBC Three) are up for Breakthrough Award as is Daniel Lawrence Taylor for Timewasters (ITV2).  They are also nominated in the Comedy Performance category alongside Michaela Coel for Chewing Gum and Tom Davis for Murder In Successville. They are also nominated in the Scripted category and Writer category alongside People Just Do Nothing and Chewing Gum.

Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdecombe (The Last Leg, Channel 4) will hope to repeat last year’s triumph in the Entertainment Performance category, where they are joined by Claudia Winkleman for Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One) and Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly for I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (ITV). Similarly, Ant and Dec will have a chance to retain their Entertainment Programme crown for Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV), in a category that also includes Murder in Successville (BBC Three) and Love Island (ITV). 

The full list of nominations:

Actor (Female)

• Wunmi Mosaku - Damilola, Our Loved Boy, Minnow Films for BBC One
• Thandie Newton - Line of Duty, World Productions for BBC One
• Sinéad Keenan - Little Boy Blue, ITV Studios for ITV

Actor (Male)

• Jack Rowan - Born To Kill, World Productions for Channel 4
• Sean Bean - Broken, LA Productions for BBC One
• Stephen Graham - Little Boy Blue, ITV Studios for ITV

Arts

• Basquiat - Rage to Riches, A BBC Studios Production for BBC and PBS with THIRTEEN Productions for BBC Two
• Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories, Kismet Films for BBC Two
• Grayson Perry: Divided Britain, Swan Films for Channel 4

Breakthrough Award

• Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper - This Country, BBC Studios Comedy for BBC Three
• Daniel Lawrence Taylor - Timewasters, Big Talk Productions for ITV2
• Molly Windsor - Three Girls, BBC Studios in association with Studio Lambert for BBC One

Children’s Programme

• Jamie Johnson/ End Game, Short Form Film Company for CBBC
• Inside My Head: A Newsround Special, CBBC Productions for CBBC
• Apple Tree House/ Talking Books, Five Apples for CBeebies

Comedy Performance

• Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper – This Country, BBC Studios Comedy for BBC Three
• Tom Davis – Murder In Successville, Tiger Aspect in association with Shiny Button Productions for BBC Three
• Michaela Coel – Chewing Gum, Retort for E4

Daytime Programme

• The Question Jury, Monkey Kingdom for Channel 4
• Moving On - Eighteen, LA Productions for BBC One
• Good Morning Britain, ITV Studios for ITV

Documentary Series

• The Detectives: Murder on the Streets, Minnow Films in association with the OU for BBC Two
• Hospital, Label 1 for BBC Two
• Catching A Killer, True Vision for Channel 4

Drama Series

• Ackley Bridge, The Forge for Channel 4
• The End of The F***ing World, Clerkenwell Films for Channel 4
• The Crown, Left Bank Pictures for Netflix

Entertainment

• Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, ITV Studios and Mitre Television for ITV
• Murder in Successville, Tiger Aspect in association with Shiny Button Productions for BBC Three
• Love Island, ITV Studios/Motion Content Group for ITV2

Entertainment Performance

• Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly - I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, ITV Studios for ITV
• Claudia Winkleman - Strictly Come Dancing, BBC Studios for BBC One
• Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh WIddecombe - The Last Leg, Open Mike Productions for Channel 4

Formatted Popular Factual

• Muslims like Us, Love Productions for BBC One
• Rich House, Poor House, Hat Trick Productions for Channel 5
• The Big Life Fix with Simon Reeve, Studio Lambert for BBC Two

History

• My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947, Wall to Wall Media for BBC One
• Elizabeth I's Secret Agents, 72 Films for BBC Two
• Black & British A Forgotten History, BBC Studios for BBC Two

Live Event

• One Love Manchester, BBC Studios/SB Projects for BBC One
• World War One Remembered: Passchendaele – For The Fallen, BBC Studios for BBC Two
• ITV News Election Night: The Results, ITN/ITV News for ITV

Mini-Series

• The State, Archery Pictures and Stonehenge Films for Channel 4
• Born To Kill, World Productions for Channel 4
• Three Girls, BBC Studios in association with Studio Lambert for BBC One

Presenter

• Anita Rani - My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947, Wall to Wall Media for BBC One
• Grayson Perry – Grayson Perry: Divided Britain, Swan Films for Channel 4
• Gordon Ramsay - Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine, Studio Ramsay/Objective Media Group for ITV

RTS Channel Of The Year

• CBBC
• BBC One
• Channel 5

Science & Natural History

• Planet Earth II, BBC Studios The Natural History Unit production with BBC America, ZDF, Tencent and France Television for BBC One
• Guy Martin vs The Robot Car, North One Television for Channel 4
• Dogs: An Amazing Animal Family, Offspring Films for Sky One

Scripted Comedy

• People Just Do Nothing, Roughcut TV for BBC Three
• This Country, BBC Studios Comedy for BBC Three
• Chewing Gum, Retort for E4

Single Documentary

• Chris Packham: Aspergers and Me, Raw for BBC Two
• Rio Ferdinand Being Mum and Dad, Only The Best Productions for BBC One
• The Accused, Brinkworth Films for Channel 5

Single Drama

• Damilola, Our Loved Boy, Minnow Films for BBC One
• Murdered for Being Different, BBC Studios for BBC Three
• King Charles III, Drama Republic for BBC Two

Soap and Continuing Drama

• Coronation Street, ITV Studios for ITV
• EastEnders, BBC Studios for BBC One
• Holby City, BBC Studios for BBC One

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit

• Michael Johnson - World Athletics Championships, BBC Sport for BBC One and BBC Two
• Osi Umenyiora - NFL This Week, The NFL Show, Whisper Films for BBC Two
• Kelly Cates - Friday Night Football, Sky Sports

Sports Programme

• 2017 FA Cup Final Coverage, BBC Sport for BBC One
• UEFA Women's EURO - England v Netherlands Semi-Final, Whisper Films for Channel 4
• Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko, Sky Sports for Sky Sports Box Office

Writer – Comedy

• Steve Stamp and Allan Mustafa - People Just Do Nothing, Roughcut TV for BBC Three
• Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper - This Country, BBC Studios Comedy for BBC Three
• Michaela Coel - Chewing Gum, Retort for E4

Writer - Drama

• Charlie Covell - The End of The F***ing World, Clerkenwell Films for Channel 4
• Jeff Pope - Little Boy Blue, ITV Studios for ITV
• Nicole Taylor - Three Girls, BBC Studios in association with Studio Lambert for BBC One