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RTS North West 2009 shortlist announced | Print |  Email to a friend
Monday, 28 September 2009
The Royal Television Society North West has released what it describes as a ‘bumper’ shortlist of nominees for its 2009 awards ceremony being held on Saturday 14 November.
The Royal Television Society North West has released what it describes as a ‘bumper’  shortlist of nominees for its 2009 awards ceremony being held on Saturday 14 November.

The dinner at the Hilton Deansgate is being compered by comedian John Bishop.

RTS North West chair, Helen Bullough, said:  “Each year I think the quality and range of entries can’t get any better and each year I’m incredibly proud to be proved wrong.  

“I have no doubt that our 2009 awards will, once again,  make the rest of the UK TV industry sit up and take notice - as our brilliant and diverse productions, producers and on screen talent take a well deserved bow.”

Nominees from the 21 categories on offer include titles such as The Street, Panorama, Cutting Edge, Dragons’ Den, Celebrity Mastermind, Shameless and Unforgiven.

The full shortlist is as follows:
 
    
1.  Best Regional News Programme
 
Granada Reports - Hillsborough/ITV Granada for ITV1
North West Tonight – Rhys Jones/BBC North West for BBC One
 
2.  Best Reporter on a Regional Programme
 
Chris Hall/Granada Reports
Rob Smith/Granada Reports
Caroline Hacking/Granada Reports
Dave Guest/North West Tonight BBC North West for BBC One
 

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3.  Best Presenter on a Regional Programme
 
Andy Crane/Channel M News
Jacey Normand/Inside Out North West
BBC North West for BBC One
Caroline Hacking/Granada Reports
Fred Talbot/Granada Reports

4.  Best Regional Programme
 
Inside Out North West:  Down the Line with Stuart Maconie/Clearcut Communications for BBC One Accrington Stanley…

Exactly!/ITV Granada for ITV1

North West Tonight – La Machine/BBC North West for BBC One

Zeitgeist/University of Salford for Channel M
 
5.  Best Sports Programme
 
A Question of Sport/BBC Entertainment Production North for BBC One

The Treble:  How we Made History/MUTV

Sunday Worship – Terry Christian/MUTV

Accrington Stanley… Exactly!/ITV Granada for ITV1
 
6.  Best Newcomer (off screen)
 
Esther Wilson - Writer/The Street/Granada for BBC One

Amy Welch – Forward Planner/Granada Reports/ITV Granada for ITV1

Rob Cowling – Producer/Director/Around the World in 80 Faiths/BBC Religion & Ethics for BBC Two

Jonny Brady & Dale Sullivan – camera, sound and lighting/Zeitgeist/University of Salford for Channel M
 
7.  Best Low Budget Programme
 
Britain’s Biggest Heists – The Great Train Robbery/Title Role Productions for the Crime and Investigation Network

The Jeremy Kyle Show – In the Heart of the Estate/ITV Productions for ITV1

Zeigeist/University of Salford for Channel M
 
8.  Award for Outstanding Achievement in Craft
 
Hullabaloo Studios Ltd  - Picture Editing:/Roary the Racing Car

Tall Story Roary/Chapman Entertainment for Five and Nick Jr

Stone City North - Production Design/Casualty 1909/Stone City North for BBC One

Sumners - Graphics & Visual Effects/Exodus Earth  

Jimmy McGovern - Writer/The Street/Granada for BBC One
 
9.  Award for Innovation in Multiplatform

J’Aime La Tour/SKV Communications

The Speaker/BBC Manchester Multiplatform Productions for bbc.co.uk

Manchester International Festival Coverage/BBC North West

Dragons’ Den Online/BBC Manchester Multiplatform Productions for bbc.co.uk
 
10.  Best Current Affairs Programme

Panorama – Come Back Coal/BBC North West for BBC One

Catching Britain’s Biggest Thieves/BBC North West for BBC One

Panorama – Life After Woolies/BBC North West for BBC One

Inside Out North West - Dogs for Weapons/BBC North West for BBC One
 
11.  Best Single Documentary
 
Extraordinary People:  The World’s Oldest Conjoined Twins/Nine Lives Media for Five

Extreme Slimmers/Blakeway North for ITV1

Cutting Edge – Missing: Race Against Time/ZKK for Channel 4

The Kindertransport Story/BBC Religion & Ethics for BBC One
 
12.  Best Factual Series
 
 
The Crimes that Shook Britain/Title Role Productions Ltd for the Crime and  Investigation Network

The Department Store/BBC Entertainment Productions North/for BBC Four

Around the World in 80 Faiths/BBC Religion & Ethics for BBC Two
 

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13.  Best Children’s Programme

Fifi and the Flowertots – Dandelions/Chapman Entertainment for Five’s Milkshake
Roary the Racing Car – Hellie’s a Winner/Chapman Entertainment for Five & Nick Jr

Citizenship & Surveillance/Libra Television for BBC Learning Zone
 
14.  Best Factual Entertainment Programme

The Speaker/BBC Entertainment Production North for BBC Two

Zoo Days/Anglia a Division of ITV Studios for Five

The Naked Office/Shine North for Virgin 1

Dragons’ Den/BBC Entertainment Production North/for BBC Two
 
15.  Best Entertainment Programme
 
Celebrity Mastermind/BBC Entertainment Production North for BBC One

Michael MacIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow/Open Mike Productions for BBC One

Take That Come to Town/ITV Productions for ITV1
 
16.  Best Performance in a Single Drama or Drama Series
 
Sarah Lancashire/All the Small Things/BBC Drama North for BBC One

Sheila Hancock/Moving On – The Rain Has Stopped /LA Productions for BBC One

Anna Friel/The Street /Granada for BBC One
 
17.  Best Performance in a Comedy
 
 
Graham Duff/Ideal/BBC Comedy North/Baby Cow Manchester for BBC Three

Lorraine Cheshire/Massive/BBC Comedy North for BBC Three

Beverly Rudd/Massive/BBC Comedy North for BBC Three

Greg Davies/We are Klang/BBC Comedy North for BBC Three
 
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18.  Best Performance in a Continuing Drama

David Threlfall/Shameless /Company Productions North for Channel 4

Katherine Kelly/Coronation Street/ITV Productions for ITV1

Emma Rigby/Hollyoaks/Lime Pictures for Channel 4
 
19.  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
 
20.  Best Single Drama or Drama Series
 
Unforgiven/Red Production Company for ITV1
Casualty 1909/Stone City North for BBC One

The Street/Granada for BBC One

Boy Meets Girl/ITV Productions for ITV1
 
21.  Best Continuing Drama
 
 
Shameless/Company Productions North for  Channel 4

Waterloo Road/Shed Productions for BBC One

Coronation Street/ITV Productions for ITV1
Hollyoaks/Lime Pictures for Channel 4
 

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 1 By Scoop!, on 28-09-2009 20:39
Let the back-slapping begin!
 2 By MEN cynic, on 29-09-2009 09:02
Morning Scoop - isn't that what awards are about..and in the process celebrating to a degree the level of talent in a sector. And I'd be surprised if anyone outside London in the broadcasting industry didn't cast covetous eyes at the size and activity of the broadcasting sector in the North West.
 3 By Hmmmm, on 29-09-2009 09:21
Interesting regional news shortlist... How has Channel M failed to get a nomination in best regional news programme? And are Granada Reports trying to take over the entire ceremony? 
 
Or is it what I’ve heard that one particular Manchester-based broadcaster didn’t enter anything and the only productions and people (er person) shortlisted have been paid for out of their own pockets? 
 
Also strange that BBC NWT only has one nomination per category? Is there any truth to the rumor that there was a pre-qualifying competition at Oxford Road so that there was no internal competition on the night?
 4 By Hmmm2, on 29-09-2009 10:11
Maybe because it's not the best, perhaps?
 5 By hmmm3, on 29-09-2009 15:14
Granada's last year at the event before ITV ditch their regional news drivel for a more relevant provider, perhaps? 
 
Andy Crane's a freelancer at channel m. 
 
Salford Uni broadcast on channel m and have three nominations.
 6 By hmmm4, on 29-09-2009 15:39
I think the point about Channel M's nominations is that GMG/MEN Media have been quietly trying to edge out Salford University from the whole Channel M enterprise for ages, yet's it's Salford Univ who made the only programmes nominated on the channel. Unless I fell asleep while wading through the seemingly endless list and missed another, that is.
 7 By hmmmm567, on 29-09-2009 17:19
Without Sally Uni, Channel M would be showing the Little Frank testcard for 20 hours a day
 8 By RTS, on 29-09-2009 17:21
err, channel m and salford uni have an excellent working relationship, so well wide of the mark with that comment. 
 
some of the senior producers at channel m spent time with Salford students and tutors hence the significant improvement in programme quality and award-winning onscreen and off-screen talent coming through year on year.
 9 By hmmm5, on 29-09-2009 17:37
''Granada's last year at the event before ITV ditch their regional news drivel for a more relevant provider, perhaps?'' 
 
That doesn't appear to be the view of whoever has decided the nominations.
 10 By RTS1, on 29-09-2009 17:39
''some of the senior producers at channel m spent time with Salford students and tutors hence the significant improvement in programme quality'' 
 
Shame that isn't reflected in what's left of Channel M's own programmes - or is that why they axed them?
 11 By broadcast observer, on 29-09-2009 18:10
Caroline Hacking should be working for the Network, the rest are p!ss poor and have zero chance of a role once the new IFNC takes over next year. 
 
some quality programmes and nominations and quite rightly the North West should be celebrating the best of broadcasting in the region. 
good to see MUTV in there too, but no LFC TV?
 12 By in the know, on 29-09-2009 18:23
"Shame that isn't reflected in what's left of Channel M's own programmes - or is that why they axed them?" 
 
is this present or past tense? tut tut I hope you're not a journo! 
 
I believe channel m / MEN Media have had 12 RTS nomninations and 3 wins in the past 4 years. 
 
Channel m / Salford Uni have had approx 18 nominations and 8 wins over the past ten years, 4 wins in the last four. 
 
 
so what was your point about quality and axing of shows again?
 13 By Hmm2345, on 30-09-2009 09:36
...er...who's "comedian John Bishop"??? Bet I'm not the only one to ask either.
 14 By hmmm4, on 30-09-2009 09:58
John Bishop is one of the country's leading stand-ups, he was nominated for the big gong at the Edinburgh Festival.
 15 By hulabaloo, on 12-10-2009 13:24
If this is the best we can produce out of North West's onscreen talent there is something wrong, I don't agree Caroline Hacking should be on the network, it's just that she is the only entertainment reporter up here, certainly not to be compared to the skills of entertainment presenters on the network. Aren't these awards voted for by the people in the industry? it doesn't reflect the thoughts of viewers, who surely are those that matter. These awards seem all fairly self indulgent and 'politics' led.
 16 By elloll, on 12-11-2009 23:21
I cannot understand why Surranne Jones hasn't got a nom for best performance, hers was the best I've seen in years. Sure she'll get a bafta instead

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