HIT comedy series Derry Girls is among the nominations for the Royal Television Society, Northern Ireland 2018 Programme Awards.
Also in the running is the film about the Bobby Sands hunger strike, 66 Days.
The awards aim to showcase some of the best talent in the creative industries in Northern Ireland.
Also among the nominations was the documentary No Stone Unturned about the Loughinisland Massacre which resulted in the high-profile arrests of two of the journalists behind the project and the BBC’s investigation into so-called paedophile hunters.
That saw BBC journalist Kevin Magee confronted by a number of individuals in a Belfast street.
The awards take place in The Mac, Belfast on Thursday, November 15 2018.
Jannine Waddell, chair, RTS NI Awards committee said: “The RTS NI programme Awards are an important showcase of the extraordinary talent evident across Northern Ireland’s creative industries.
“We seek to recognise programmes and people who have made a positive contribution to the sector in terms of originality and quality.
“The standard gets higher each year and in this our fourth year.
Jannine Waddell, MBE, Chair of RTS NI Awards Committee is pictured with Richard Williams, Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Screen to announce this year’s RTS NI Awards finalists.
“We look forward to celebrating the very best creative talent in our screen industry at the Awards next month.”
The RTS NI Programme Awards 2018 finalists are:
Children’s and / or Animation – sponsored by Millar McCall Wylie
Zodiak Kids Studios: Joe All Alone – Home Alone
Sixteen South: ‘Claude’ – Shiny Shoes
Paper Owl Films: Pablo
Entertainment – sponsored by NEP Ireland
Stellify Media: Don’t Say It Bring It
Nice One Productions & Hindsight Productions: What Makes You Tic?
Stellify Media: Beauty Queen and Single
Interactive – sponsored by Flint Studios
360 Productions, Big Motive: Contagion – The BBC Four Pandemic (App)
BBC NI: 1943 Berlin Blitz
Features and / or Factual Entertainment – sponsored by Mac-Sys
Big Mountain Productions: Rachel Allen: A Cook’s Adventure
Waddell Media Ltd: World’s Most Expensive Cars
Alleycats TV: Keepin ‘Er Country: Festival of Love
Drama – sponsored by Yellowmoon
Afro-Mic Productions: Cry Rosa
Red Production Company Ltd: Come Home
Darlow Smithson Productions: Dave Allen at Peace
Original Music Score – G&H Film and Television Services
Doubleband: Britain’s Ancient Tracks with Tony Robinson
Paper Owl Films: Pablo
Below The Radar: Rocky Ros Muc
Current Affairs – sponsored by Carson McDowell LLP
Fine Point Films: No Stone Unturned
UTV: UTV Up Close – Game Over
UTV: UTV Up Close – Para-Normal
News Coverage – sponsored by Queens University Belfast
UTV: UTV Live – North West Floods
BBC NI: BBC Newsline Paedophile Hunter Investigation
UTV: UTV Live – Stormont Talks Collapse
Specialist Factual – sponsored by Flame Distribution Ltd
Dragonfly Film & Television Productions Ltd: My Dad, The Peace Deal and Me
Erica Starling Productions: Out of the Shadows
Erica Starling Productions & Ronachan Films: Leonora Carrington – The Lost Surrealist
Documentary – sponsored by Performance Film and Media Insurance
Cyprus Avenue Films / Fine Point Films: 66 Days
Erica Starling Productions: Searching for Shergar
Waddell Media Ltd: The Flower Shop
Scripted Comedy – sponsored by City Air Express
The Comedy Unit: Soft Border Patrol
Hat Trick Productions: Derry Girls
Nice One Productions in Partnership with Retort: Fright Shorts: The Visit
The Brian Waddell Award for Outstanding Contribution – sponsored by Ka-Boom
