Getting an award is nice, isn’t it? We’ve just given out some of our own in the last few days so imagine it when the Royal Television Society rolls into Manchester to give out some of theirs for programme making in the North West. The list of those nominated this year features some of the biggest names in TV, both Locally & Nationally. The RTS has released the list of Nominees for the 2009 awards which include two categories for Comedy – Best Performance in a Comedy Series and Best Comedy Series. The awards are being presenting by Comedian John Bishop at the annual ceremony being held this Saturday 14th November at the Hilton on Deansgate.
Nominees from the 21 categories include shows like The Street, Cutting Edge, Dragons’ Den, Celebrity Mastermind and Shameless. Our comedy hopefuls are in the following two categories.
Best Performance in a Comedy
Graham Duff for Ideal - BBC Comedy North & Baby Cow Manchester for BBC Three
Lorraine Cheshire for Massive - BBC Comedy North for BBC Three
Beverly Rudd for Massive - BBC Comedy North for BBC Three
Greg Davies for We are Klang - BBC Comedy North for BBC Three
Our Prediction: Massive have two nominees and is up against the might of the Creator of Ideal himself. Our money is on the Deputy Mayor of Klangbury (a.k.a Stalybridge) himself, Greg Davies.
Best Comedy Programme
Slaterwood - Channel K Ltd for Channel 4 Comedy Lab
Ideal - BBC Comedy North & Baby Cow Manchester for BBC Three
Britain’s Got the Pop Factor and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soap Star Superstar Strictly on Ice - Lion Eyes Television for ITV1
Michael MacIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow - Open Mike Productions for BBC One
Our Prediction: There are a lot of Big Guns in this category but we're backing Slaterwood all the way Baby!
All the best to those nominated. We'll report back here Monday with the prestigious winners from the night!
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