FINALISTS REVEALED FOR 2024 RTS NORTHERN IRELAND TELEVISION AWARDS

RTS NI Awards 2024

Awards Ceremony

Thursday, 14 November, 2024
Titanic Belfast
1 Olympic Way
Belfast
BT3 9EP
United Kingdom

The Royal Television Society, Northern Ireland (RTS NI) is delighted to reveal the nominees shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Television Awards, with headline sponsor Ka-Boom. The winners will be announced at the 9th RTS NI Awards ceremony which takes place on Thursday 14 November at the Titanic Belfast.

 

Sarah McCaffrey, Chair of RTS NI said: “We are delighted to announce that we will be presenting 18 prestigious awards this November to celebrate the amazing wealth of home-grown talent working in Northern Ireland. With new awards for writing, acting, post-production and those breaking into the industry, along with a very special Hidden Hero Award this year, all our 64 finalists are great examples of the outstanding content being produced in Northern Ireland which is enjoyed by audiences worldwide. I wish all those shortlisted every success on the night.”

 

Zach Willis, Co-Founder, Ka-Boom, headline sponsor of the RTS NI Awards says: “Once again Ka-Boom is delighted to support the RTS NI Awards. We look forward to recognising the best of the best at the awards ceremony in November.”

 

Georgia Parkinson, Chair of RTS NI Awards said: “As an educational charity, the RTS NI awards are now in their 9th year and the judging panels commented on the particularly high standard across all categories this year.  We look forward to celebrating the achievements of our people and our productions at our glittering awards ceremony which will take place at the wonderful Titanic Belfast on Thursday 14 November, as part of the Belfast Media Festival.”

 

The RTS NI Awards 2024 are partnered by BBC Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Screen and Channel 4 with headline sponsor Ka-Boom

 The Awards Ceremony will be held in Titanic Belfast on Thursday 14 November, 2024.

 The RTS NI Awards 2024 finalists listed below in no particular order are:

 

 

Breakthrough Award (On-screen and Off-screen) sponsored by Shoot Communications

Ella Maisy Purvis

A Kind of Spark
9 Story Media Group for BBC

Sarah Cummings

Quiz Question Researcher
'Mastermind' and 'The Finish Line'
Nice One Productions

Bamber Todd

The Heist Before Christmas
SHUK & Calico Pictures for Sky Max

James Blake

Hunting The Catfish Crime Gang
Strident Media for BBC Three and BBC Northern Ireland

Children’s / Animation – sponsored by Millar McCall Wylie

Silverpoint

Zodiak Kids & Family Productions UK
CBBC & ZDF

Sullivan Sails

Alt Animation & Distillery Films
RTÉ

A Kind of Spark (Season 2)

9 Story Media Group
BBC

Odo

Mum
Sixteen South & Letko
Kika

Current Affairs - sponsored by DWF Law Belfast

Sectarianism Next Door

BBC News
BBC News

Spotlight - I Spy

BBC Northern Ireland
BBC Northern Ireland

Jailed: Inside Maghaberry Prison

Third Street Studios
BBC Northern Ireland

Spotlight - Blood on the Dance Floor

BBC Northern Ireland
BBC

Documentary – Singles sponsored by Queen’s University Belfast

The Secret Army

BBC Northern Ireland
BBC

Taking Back Control

Fine Point Films
RTÉ

Lyra

Erica Starling Productions
Channel 4 / TG4

Murder of A GAA Chairman

Fine Point Films
RTÉ

Documentaries – Series - sponsored by Ulster Screen Academy

The Year that Rocked Irish Dancing

BBC Northern Ireland
BBC

The Crime I Can’t Forget: The Search for a Serial Killer

Rare TV & Green Inc Production
BBC Northern Ireland

Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

Keo Films & Walk on Air Films
BBC

House of Paisley

Walk on Air Films
BBC Northern Ireland

Drama - sponsored by Yellowmoon

The Woman in the Wall

Motive Pictures
BBC, Showtime

Breathtaking

HTM Television
ITV

The Lovers

Drama Republic
Sky Atlantic

Blue Lights

Two Cities TV, Gallagher Films
BBC

Entertainment & Comedy - sponsored by City Air Express

Celebrity Mastermind

Hindsight / Hat Trick Productions
BBC

Gradam Ceoil

Big Mountain Productions
TG4

The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In

Green Inc Film & TV
RTÉ

Darren and Joe's Rugby Bandwagon

Green Inc Film & TV
RTÉ

Factual Entertainment - sponsored by Abbas Law Media

Britain’s Most Expensive Houses

Waddell Media
Channel 4

High Road Low Road (S3)

Green Inc Film & TV
RTÉ

Fast and the Farmerish - Series 2

Alleycats
BBC Three

Coronation Tailors: Fit for a King

Waddell Media
BBC Two

Lifestyle and Features - sponsored by Sunbelt Rentals Film and Television

The Chronicles of Belfast

Waddell Media
BBC

Big Money Munch

Afro-Mic Productions
BET / My5

The Peninsula Nurses

Tyrone Productions
BBC Northern Ireland

Restoration Rescue

Below the Radar
BBC Northern Ireland

News Coverage

BBC Newsline

The Arrest of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson
BBC Northern Ireland
BBC

Lough Neagh Day

BBC Northern Ireland
BBC

UTV Live - Price of Perfection News Special

UTV

UTV Live - John Caldwell Shooting

UTV

Original Music Score - sponsored by The Nerve

David Holmes, Brian Irvine

The Woman in the Wall
Motive Pictures
BBC & Showtime

David Holmes

Lyra
Erica Starling Productions
Channel 4 / TG4

Score Draw Music

Isadora Moon
Kelebek Media
Sky Kids

Hannah Peel

Insomnia
Left Bank Pictures
Paramount Plus

Post-Production - sponsored by ScreenSkills High-end TV Fund

Ukraine Holocaust Ground Zero

Doubleband Films
Channel 4

The Shamrock Tenors - St Patrick’s Night Concert

Walsh Entertainment
BBC Northern Ireland

Pitch Invasion: How the Scottish & Irish Changed Football

Doubleband Films
BBC Northern Ireland & BBC Scotland

Silverpoint Season 2

Enter Yes for Zodiak Kids UK

Specialist Factual

Ukraine: Holocaust Ground Zero

Doubleband Films
Channel 4

My Name is Ottilie

Doubleband Films
BBC Northern Ireland & BBC Four

Rúin na bPortach | Secrets in the Peat

Below the Radar
BBC Northern Ireland

House of Paisley

Walk on Air Films
BBC Northern Ireland

Writer - sponsored by ScreenSkills High-end TV Fund

Christine Murphy

Hope Street Series 2 Ep 7
Long Story TV
BBC & Britbox

David Ireland

The Lovers
Drama Republic
Sky Atlantic

Declan Lawn, Adam Patterson, Brónagh Taggart and Noel McCann

Blue Lights
Two Cities TV & Gallagher Films
BBC

Joe Murtagh

The Woman in the Wall
Motive Pictures
BBC & Showtime

Actor – Female - sponsored by Panavision Belfast

Hannah McClean

Blue Lights
Two Cities TV & Gallagher Films
BBC

Ruth Wilson

The Woman in the Wall
Motive Pictures
BBC & Showtime

Roisin Gallagher

The Lovers
Drama Republic
Sky Atlantic

Thaddea Graham

Wreck
Euston Films & Fremantle Media
BBC Three

Actor – Male

Paddy Jenkins

Blue Lights
Two Cities TV & Gallagher Films
BBC

Daryl McCormack

The Woman in the Wall
Motive Pictures
BBC & Showtime

Simon Delaney

The Woman in the Wall
Motive Pictures
BBC & Showtime

Johnny Flynn

The Lovers
Drama Republic
Sky Atlantic

 

The winners of the Hidden Hero Award, sponsored by ScreenSkills High-end TV Fund and the Brian Waddell Award for Outstanding Contribution to the industry, sponsored by Ka-Boom will be announced on the night. Judging in each category was carried out independently by an experienced panel of judges.

 

 

 

 

   

The RTS NI Awards 2024 are partnered by BBC Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Screen and Channel 4 with headline sponsor Ka-Boom

 

 

The Royal Television Society, Northern Ireland (RTS NI) is delighted to reveal the nominees shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Television Awards, with headline sponsor Ka-Boom. The winners will be announced at the 9th RTS NI Awards ceremony which takes place on Thursday 14 November at the Titanic Belfast.