Derry Girls and Saoirse-Monica Jackson nominated for Royal Television Society awards

‘Derry Girls’ has been nominated for yet another award, with Saoirse-Monica Jackson, who plays Erin in the show, also given a nod in the Comedy Performance category.
By Laura Glenn
Published 6th Mar 2020, 11:30 BST
The cast of Derry Girls. Pictured: (L-R) Louisa Harland as Orla, Nicola Coughlan as Clare, Saoirse Monica-Jackson as Erin, Dylan Llewellyn as James Maguire, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as Michelle.The cast of Derry Girls. Pictured: (L-R) Louisa Harland as Orla, Nicola Coughlan as Clare, Saoirse Monica-Jackson as Erin, Dylan Llewellyn as James Maguire, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as Michelle.
The cast of Derry Girls. Pictured: (L-R) Louisa Harland as Orla, Nicola Coughlan as Clare, Saoirse Monica-Jackson as Erin, Dylan Llewellyn as James Maguire, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as Michelle.

The Channel 4 show has been nominated in the prestigious Royal Television Society awards and is up for Scripted Comedy, alongside Fleabag and Stath Lets Flats.

Saoirse-Monica Jackson is nominated for Comedy Performance (Female) alongside Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Fleabag and Diane Morgan for Motherland.

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Winners will be announced at the RTS Programme Awards Ceremony, in partnership with Audio Network, hosted by writer and comedian Paul Merton, on Tuesday, March 17 at The Grosvenor Hotel in London.

The list of nominees was announced earlier this week by BBC journalist, writer and broadcaster Samira Ahmed in Covent Garden.

Other nominations include Aisling Bea for Breakthrough, Good Morning Britain for Daytime Programme, Britain’s Got Talent for Entertainment and Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History for BBC NI.

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