RTS North West Announces Shortlist For 2010 Awards

The Royal Television Society has announced the shortlist for its 2010 awards in the North West - one of the UK's most respected and celebrated awards outside of London.
The November 20 event, held at Manchester's Hilton Hotel, will be hosted by comedian Justin Moorhouse with special guests and surprises on the night.
It showcases the stars, programmes and skills in the region achieving national and international success - from entertainment, drama and documentary to writing, post-production and multiplatform.
The shortlist highlights the range of TV made in the North West - from Coronation Street, Shameless, Waterloo Road and Hollyoaks to A Question of Sport, Dragon's Den, John Bishop's Britain, the Jeremy Kyle Show, Roary the Racing Car and documentaries from The Future of Food with George Alagiah to the BBC's A History of Christianity.
Alex Connock, Chairman of the RTS North West Centre, said: "These awards showcase the depth and range of North West broadcast talent. This year we look back at 50 years of Coronation Street, one of the world's most successful TV series and look to the future as the BBC trebles its production here - with the move into MediaCityUK in Salford Quays."

Shortlisted Categories

Best Children's Programme
The Well by Melvin Burgess - Conker Media
Roary the Racing Car - Chapman Entertainment
Ingenious - Lime Pictures
Beat the Boss - BBC Children's

Best Current Affairs Programme
Women on the Frontline: Tonight - ITV Studios
Future of Food - Blakeway North
Harold Shipman - When Doctors Kill: Inside Out - BBC Hitting Home - Dressing it Up - The University of Salford

Best Post Production (Craft)
I'm in a Rock and Roll Band - SumCreative
Shameless - Series 7 - Company Productions North
Children in Need - Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band - Hullabaloo Studios
The Day Jesus Died - BBC Religion and Ethics

Best Production (Craft)
Worried About The Boy - Red Production Company
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band - Chapman Entertainment
A History of Christianity - BBC Religion and Ethics
Shameless - Company Productions North

Award for Innovation in Multiplatform
The Well by Melvin Burgess - Conker Media
Dragons' Den - BBC Multiplatform
Chelsea Flower Show - BBC Multiplatform
Granada News - ITV Granada

Best Regional Onscreen Talent
Ranvir Singh - BBC North West Tonight
Rob Smith - ITV Granada
Mike Hall - ITV Granada
Lucy Meacock - ITV Granada

Best Regional News Programme
Granada Reports - Blackpool: A Premier League Resort - ITV Granada
Granada Reports - Gillian Duffy - ITV Granada
North West Tonight - Sahil Kidnapping - BBC
North West Tonight - Children's Hospital - BBC

Best Regional Story
Hitting Home - The Candidate - The University of Salford
A History of the World - A Tale of Two Rival Cities - Nine Lives for BBC North West Production
Granada Reports: Our Troops in Afghanistan - ITV Granada
Searching for Nadia: Inside Out - BBC

Best Sports Programme
Burnley are Back: Inside Out - BBC
Late Kick Off - BBC
Question of Sport - BBC Entertainment Production North
When the Floodlights Fade - MUTV

Best Low Budget Programme
Britain's Biggest Heists Millennium Dome Diamond Heist - Title Role Productions
Nightmare in Suburbia The Internet Stalker - Nine Lives Media
A History of the World A Tale of Two Rival Cities - Nine Lives Media for BBC North West Production
The Jeremy Kyle Show Kyle Confronts Binge Drinking - ITV Studios

Best Script Writer
Ann McManus - Waterloo Road - Shed Productions
Tony Basgallop - Worried About the Boy - Red Production Company
Tom Higgins - Shameless - Company Productions North
David Issacs - Lunch Monkeys - Channel K

Best Performance in a Comedy
David Threlfall - Shameless - Company Productions North
Steve Edge - Scallywagga - BBC Comedy North
Ross Adams - Gemma Factor - Freeform Productions
Chris Hannon - Lunch Monkeys - Channel K

Best Performance in a Continuing Drama
Helen Worth - Coronation Street - ITV Studios
Jorgie Porter - Hollyoaks - Lime Pictures
Glen Wallace - Hollyoaks - Lime Pictures
Ciaran Griffiths - Shameless - Company Productions North

Best Single Documentary
Small Teen: Big World - Nine Live Media
Rich Hall's The Dirty South - Open Mike Manchester
The Orphans who Survived the Concentration Camps - BBC Religion and Ethics
Dennis Wilson: The Real Beach Boy - Lime Pictures/Dusty Slider

Best Performance in a Single Drama or Drama Series
Douglas Booth - Worried About the Boy - Red Production Company
Denise Welch - Waterloo Road - Shed Productions
Eva Pope - Waterlook Road - Shed Productions
Una Stubbs - Ingenious - Lime Pictures

Best Factual Series
Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Platform Productions
How to Live a Simple Life - BBC Religion and Ethics
Future of Food - Blakeway North
A History of Christianity - BBC Religion and Ethics

Best Factual Entertainment Programme
Dragons' Den - Series 8 - BBC Entertainment Production North
World's Toughest Driving Test - BBC Entertainment Production North
Jeremy Kyle Show - 1,000th show special - ITV Studios A Band for Britain - Shine North

Best Entertainment Programme
You've Been Framed - ITV Granada
Celebrity Mastermind - BBC Entertainment Production North
A Question of Sport - BBC Entertainment Production North
The Season - Lime Pictures

Best Comedy Programme
Shameless - Company Productions North
You've Been Framed - ITV Granada
John Bishop's Britain - Objective Productions North

Best Single Drama or Drama Series
Ingenious - Lime Pictures
Shameless - Series 7 - Company Productions North
Waterloo Road - Series 5 - Shed Productions
Worried About The Boy - Red Production Company

Best Continuing Drama
Coronation Street - ITV Studios
Hollyoaks - Lime Pictures
Shameless - Company Productions North
(KMcA)