Feel Good, Home and Ghosts have all been nominated in the Best Comedy category in the South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2021.
A second season of Feel Good, starring Mae Martin and Charlotte Ritchie, has just dropped on Netflix. Ghosts, with a large cast that also includes Charlotte Ritchie, has been a big hit on the BBC. Home, however, the comedy about an asylum seeker in the UK written by Rufus Jones, who also co-stars, has not been recommissioned by Channel 4 despite two very well-received series.
Rufus Jones tweeted: "One of my 5 year olds kept me up till dawn this morning, so this lovely news has taken on a slightly psychedelic quality. And how nice to be nominated alongside some old friends. Thank you Sky Arts. I shall now fall asleep at this bus stop. #HumbleBragg."
Ghosts' Jim Howick tweeted: "What a wonderful thing. In fierce company with @rufusjones1 and @TheMaeMartin Congrats to you!"
Mae Martin tweeted: "Very chuffed! What dreamy nominees."
The nominees in other categories include: Dua Lipa, J Hus, Maggie O’farrell, Kiln Theatre’s Pass Over, Paul Mendez’s Rainbow Milk, I May Destroy You, Cold War Steve Meets The Outside World.
The South Bank Sky Arts Awards returns on 19 July, marking 25 years as the only Awards ceremony in the world to celebrate every genre of the Arts, including Dance, Theatre, Pop, TV Drama, Film, Classical Music, Literature, Opera, Comedy and Visual Art.
Making a spectacular return for this anniversary year, the Awards will be the first in-person event to take place at The Savoy since government restrictions have eased. The ceremony will take place on 19 July at The Savoy and will air on Thursday 22 July at 9pm on Sky Arts, the UK’s only free-to-air TV channel dedicated to arts, music and culture.
Presenter Melvyn Bragg said: "This is the 25th anniversary of the Awards and, with luck, we are back to a huge gathering of some of the finest artists across the board in the United Kingdom. This is an Awards show which also includes performances of the highest quality – and is altogether a positive and happy statement of the Arts in Britain today."
