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BBC One drama ‘Three Girls’ has received three RTS Programme Award nominations.
The TV drama series – which was penned by Nicole Taylor, and directed by Philippa Lowthorpe – has been nominated for the Breakthrough Award (Molly Windsor), the Writer – Drama category (Nicole) and the Mini-Series gong.
The Breakthrough Award will see Molly compete with Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper for ‘This Country’ and Daniel Lawrence Taylor for ‘Timewasters’ to claim the coveted gong.
Elsewhere, Nicole faces competition from Charlie Covell for ‘The End of the F***ing World’ and Jeff Pope for ‘Little Boy Blue’ for the Writer – Drama prize.
Meanwhile, ‘The State’ and ‘Born To Kill’ are also up for the Mini-Series award.
‘Little Boy Blue’ has also been handed nominations for two of its lead actors, Sinéad Keenan – who is up for the the Actor (Female) gong – and Stephen Graham, who is competing for the Actor (Male) prize.
Other nominees include ‘Ackley Bridge’, ‘The End of the F***ing World’ and ‘The Crown’ for the Drama Series award, while ‘Damilola’, ‘Our Loved Boy’, ‘Murdered for Being Different’ and ‘King Charles III’ in the Single Drama category.
It’s been announced, too, that the Soap and Continuing Drama award will be contested by ‘Coronation Street’, ‘EastEnders’ and ‘Holby City’, while ‘Hospital’, ‘Catching A Killer’ and ‘The Detectives: Murder on the Streets’ are competing for the Documentary Series prize.
The awards ceremony is to be hosted by TV veteran Vernon Kay, and will be staged on March 20 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.

The full list of nominations:

Actor (Female):
Wunmi Mosaku – Damilola, Our Loved Boy
Thandie Newton – Line of Duty
Sinéad Keenan – Little Boy Blue

Actor (Male):
Jack Rowan – Born To Kill
Sean Bean – Broken
Stephen Graham – Little Boy Blue

Arts:
Basquiat – Rage to Riches
Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories
Grayson Perry: Divided Britain

Breakthrough Award:
Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper – This Country
Daniel Lawrence Taylor – Timewasters
Molly Windsor – Three Girls

Children’s Programme:
Jamie Johnson/ End Game
Inside My Head: A Newsround Special
Apple Tree House/ Talking Books

Comedy Performance:
Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper – This Country
Tom Davis – Murder In Successville
Michaela Coel – Chewing Gum

Daytime Programme:
The Question Jury
Moving On – Eighteen
Good Morning Britain

Documentary Series:
The Detectives: Murder on the Streets
Hospital
Catching A Killer

Drama Series:
Ackley Bridge
The End of The F***ing World
The Crown

Entertainment:
Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Murder in Successville
Love Island

Entertainment Performance:
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly – I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!
Claudia Winkleman – Strictly Come Dancing
Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh WIddecombe – The Last Leg

Formatted Popular Factual:
Muslims like Us
Rich House, Poor House
The Big Life Fix with Simon Reeve

History:
My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947
Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents
Black & British A Forgotten History

Live Event:
One Love Manchester
World War One Remembered: Passchendaele – For The Fallen
ITV News Election Night: The Results

Mini-Series:
The State
Born To Kill
Three Girls

Presenter
Anita Rani – My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947
Grayson Perry – Grayson Perry: Divided Britain
Gordon Ramsay – Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine,

RTS Channel Of The Year:
CBBC
BBC One
Channel 5

Science & Natural History:
Planet Earth II
Guy Martin vs The Robot Car
Dogs: An Amazing Animal Family

Scripted Comedy:
People Just Do Nothing
This Country
Chewing Gum

Single Documentary:
Chris Packham: Aspergers and Me
Rio Ferdinand Being Mum and Dad
The Accused

Single Drama:
Damilola, Our Loved Boy
Murdered for Being Different
King Charles III

Soap and Continuing Drama:
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Holby City

Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit:
Michael Johnson
Osi Umenyiora
Kelly Cates

Sports Programme:
2017 FA Cup Final Coverage, BBC Sport for BBC One
UEFA Women’s EURO – England v Netherlands Semi-Final, Whisper Films for Channel 4
Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko, Sky Sports for Sky Sports Box Office

Writer – Comedy:
Steve Stamp and Allan Mustafa
Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper
Michaela Coel

Writer – Drama:
Charlie Covell
Jeff Pope
Nicole Taylor

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