This year's IFTA nominees have been announced and there are a few surprises
The nominations for this year’s Irish Film and Television awards have been announced today, leaving bosses over at RTÉ very happy and others in shock.
Thirty-six of RTÉ’s programmes have made the shortlist although it is TV3’s new crime soap Red Rock that dominates, with an impressive seven nominations.
Whoop!
— Red Rock (@RedRockTV3) October 2, 2015
We're delighted to have been nominated for SEVEN @IFTA awards over six categories #IFTA2015 http://t.co/N2EpqNQ2ks
Fair City has secured four noms while, sadly, TG4’s Ros na Rún didn’t make the cut this year.
We are delighted to see that 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy has been nominated in the entertainment category.
The ceremony will take place on October 22, with TV3 broadcasting a highlights show on October 25.
Drumroll please, the shortlist is as follows:
Irish Pictorial Weekly (RTÉ)
Mrs Browns Boys (RTÉ/BBC)
Moone Boy (Sky)
The Savage Eye (RTÉ)
50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy (Sky)
The Imelda May Show (RTÉ)
Ireland AM (TV3)
The Voice Of Ireland (RTÉ)
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)
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)
Fair City (RTÉ)
Red Rock (TV3)
Lords and Ladles (RTÉ)
Nationwide: Fr. Browne’s Forgotten War (RTÉ)
Wild Ireland (RTÉ)
The Zoo (RTÉ)
A Sporting Chance (RTÉ)
Bressies Teenage Kicks (RTÉ)
Connected (RTÉ)
WWoofáil California (TG4)
Bliain in Inish Mór (TG4)
Darndale - The Edge of Town (TV3)
The High Hopes Choir (RTÉ)
The Shelbourne (RTÉ)
Close to Evil (RTÉ)
Dolores Keane - A Storm in the Heart (RTÉ)
It Came From Connemara!! (TG4)
Man on Bridge (RTÉ)
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
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)
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)
Arkle - The Legend Lives On (RTÉ)
GAA USA (TG4)
The Notorious (Conor McGregor) (RTÉ)
Second Captains Live (RTÉ)
Fleadh TV (TG4)
Referendum 2015: RTÉ Live Results Coverage (RTÉ)
St Patrick’s Day Concert (BBCNI)
Vincent Browne in the George (TV3)
Our Farm (RTÉ)
Shutterbugs (RTÉ)
Saol Faoi Shráid (TG4)
Two Tube (RTÉ)
Bing
Lily’s Driftwood Bay
Nelly and Nora
Puffin Rock
