This morning brings good tidings for a select few in the Irish TV industry as the shortlisted nominations for the 23 categories in the 2015 IFTA TV nominations were announced.
There'll be celebrations in the Ashmawy household as Baz and his mammy Nancy were nominated for in the Entertainment category for 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy alongside RTÉ’s The Imelda May Show and ShinAwil’s The Voice of Ireland and TV3’s flagship breakfast show Ireland AM.
The newly created Comedy category gives nods to Irish Pictorial Weekly and The Savage Eye alongside sitcoms Mrs Browns Boys and Moone Boy, with Chris O Dowd and Brendan O'Carroll also getting nominated for their work in the Male Performance in a Soap or Comedy category, alongside Enda Oates for his work in Fair City, Andrew Quirke for Damo & Ivor and Sean Mahon for his role as Garda Brian McGonigle in Red Rock.
Speaking of soaps, the new Soap & Continuing Drama Award category which will see Red Rock and Fair City square off for the title. If there isn't a Bad Blood/Channel 5 News Team showdown in the Double Tree Ballroom on Thursday 22nd October 2015 we'll be raging.
Also new is the Female Performance in a Soap or Comedy, which sees Martina Stanley nominated for her performance as Dolores Molloy in Fair City, as is Cathy Belton for TV3’s Red Rock. Sharon Horgan (yay!) also picked up a nomination for the amazing Catastrophe, while Jane McGrath and Deirdre O'Kane both get nods for their work in Moone Boy.
Here are the nominations in full:
COMEDY
Irish Pictorial Weekly (RTÉ)
Mrs Browns Boys (RTÉ/BBC)
Moone Boy (Sky)
The Savage Eye (RTÉ)
ENTERTAINMENT
50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy (Sky)
The Imelda May Show (RTÉ)
Ireland AM (TV3)
The Voice Of Ireland (RTÉ)
MALE PERFORMANCE IN SOAP OR COMEDY
Sean Mahon, Red Rock (TV3)
Brendan O’Carroll Mrs Browns Boys (RTÉ/BBC)
Chris O’Dowd, Moone Boy (Sky)
Enda Oates, Fair City (RTÉ)
Andy Quirke, Damo & Ivor (RTÉ)
FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN SOAP OR COMEDY
Cathy Belton, Red Rock (TV3)
Sharon Horgan, Catastrophe (Channel 4)
Jane McGrath, Red Rock (TV3)
Deirdre O’Kane, Moone Boy (Sky)
Martina Stanley, Fair City (RTÉ)
FACTUAL
Lords and Ladles (RTÉ)
Nationwide: Fr. Browne’s Forgotten War (RTÉ)
Wild Ireland (RTÉ)
The Zoo (RTÉ)
REALITY
A Sporting Chance (RTÉ)
Bressies Teenage Kicks (RTÉ)
Connected (RTÉ)
WWoofáil California (TG4)
DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Bliain in Inish Mór (TG4)
Darndale – The Edge of Town (TV3)
The High Hopes Choir (RTÉ)
The Shelbourne (RTÉ)
DOCUMENTARY SINGLE
Close to Evil (RTÉ)
Dolores Keane – A Storm in the Heart (RTÉ)
It Came From Connemara!! (TG4)
Man on Bridge (RTÉ)
SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA
Fair City (RTÉ)
Red Rock (TV3)
NEWS
BBC Newsline: The Death of Ian Paisley
RTE Six One News: Graham Dwyer
Nuacht TG4
TV3 530 News: The Resignation of Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan
UTV Ireland Live
CURRENT AFFAIRS
A Secret Buried: The Mother and Baby Scandal (TV3)
Above the Law (RTÉ)
Inside Bungalow 3 – RTÉ Investigations Unit (RTÉ)
Panorama: Britain’s Secret Terror Deal (BBCNI)
SPECIALIST FACTUAL
A Parting Gift (RTÉ)
Áille an Uafáis/A Terrible Beauty (TG4)
Brendan Behan - The Roaring Boy (RTÉ)
Cumann na mBan - Mná na Réabhlóide (RTÉ)
The Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne: Stephen Fry (RTÉ)
SPORTS
Arkle – The Legend Lives On (RTÉ)
GAA USA (TG4)
The Notorious (Conor McGregor) (RTÉ)
Second Captains Live (RTÉ)
LIVE EVENT
Fleadh TV (TG4)
Referendum 2015: RTÉ Live Results Coverage (RTÉ)
St Patrick’s Day Concert (BBCNI)
Vincent Browne in the George (TV3)
CHILDRENS/YOUNG PEOPLES – LIVE ACTION
Our Farm (RTÉ)
Shutterbugs (RTÉ)
Saol Faoi Shráid (TG4)
Two Tube (RTÉ)
ANIMATION – CHILDRENS/YOUNG PEOPLES
Bing
Lily’s Driftwood Bay
Nelly and Nora
Puffin Rock
IRISH LANGUAGE
Áille an Uafáis/A Terrible Beauty (TG4)
An Bronntanas (TG4)
Ar Intinn Eile (TG4)
Corp is Anam (TG4)
Katie (TG4)
DIRECTOR SOAP/COMEDY
Gary Agnew, Fair City
Lisa Mulcahy, Red Rock
Damien O’Donnell, The Savage Eye
Chris O’Dowd, Moone Boy
WRITER SOAP / COMEDY
Sharon Horgan, Catastrophe
Peter McKenna, Red Rock
Barry Murphy, Irish Pictorial Weekly
Chris O’Dowd & Nick Vincent Murphy, Moone Boy
DIRECTOR TELEVISION
Maurice Sweeney, Brendan Behan: The Roaring Boy
Liam McGrath, Dolores Keane – A Storm in the Heart
Patrick Simmons Ward, The Notorious
Darragh Byrne, O Sé: A Legacy
SOUND TELEVSION
After Braveheart
Ceolchuairt
Dolphins Ireland’s Ocean
My Father’s War
EDITING TELEVISION
Zaini Darragh, Des Bishop Breaking China
Mick Mahon, After Braveheart
Mick Mahon, Rough Rider
Brenda Morrissey, OCD and Me
CAMERA TELEVISION
Eleanor Bowman, OCD & Me
Colm Whelan, Aille an Ufais/A Terrible Beauty
Michael O’Donovan, The Long Walk
Ciaran Tanham, Red Rock
