RTS Awards: Russell T Davies ‘It’s A Sin’ Continues Domination With Six Nods

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Russell T Davies Channel 4/HBO AIDS drama It’s a Sin has continued its awards season domination by picking up six nominations at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Awards.The show from Red Production Company also has six Broadcasting Press Guild nods and has been recognized by the RTS for Writer (Davies), Actor (Female – Keeley Hawes), Actor (Male – Olly Alexander & Callum Scott Howells), Breakthrough and the coveted Limited Series.Host broadcaster Channel 4 picked up 28 nominations, with the BBC edging it out with 30, Sky with 10 and ITV with eight.BBC One, ITV and Sky Arts will compete for the prestigious RTS Channel of the Year award at the March ceremony in London.Other high-profile nominees include The Serpent’s Tahir Rahim against the two It’s a Sin actors, Stephen’s Sharlene Whyte and In My Skin’s Gabrielle Creevey against Hawes, and Jack Thorne for Help against The Serpent’s Richard Warlow and Davies for Writer – Drama.The full list belowActor (Female)Actor (Male)Arts Breakthrough Award Children’s Programme Comedy Entertainment Comedy Performance (Female)Comedy Performance (Male)Daytime Programme Documentary Series Drama SeriesEntertainment Entertainment PerformanceFormatted Popular Factual HistoryLive Event Limited-SeriesPresenter RTS Channel of the Year Science & Natural HistoryScripted Comedy Single Documentary Single Drama Soap and Continuing Drama Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit Sports Programme Writer – Comedy Writer – Drama New and returning series on broadcast, cable and streamingSeries that made it or didn’t make it in 2020-21Broadcast networks’ fall lineups and schedules