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Just moments later the host said Michaela had also scooped Best Female Actress for her electrifying performance in the series, but the TV star was unable to thank the judges because her internet had cut out.
Jonathan told viewers: Now Michaela is at home trying to sort her internet connection. It s frustrating because she was overlooked in other award shows. Michaela, I may destroy your internet provider.
Congratulations! The critically-acclaimed show won all three of its nominated categories; Mini-Series, and Michaela Coel (pictured) for both Actor (Female) and Writer – Drama
Great television: I May Destroy You was one of the summer s most critically-acclaimed shows around the world when it aired on BBC One and HBO
I May Destroy You, Normal People and I Hate Suzie lead the nominations for Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2021
I May Destroy You has garnered three nominations for Mini-Series, and Michaela Coel for both Actor (Female) and Writer – Drama
Normal People s Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones picked up nods in the Actor (Male) and Actor (Female) categories
Also nominated in the Actor (Female) category is Glenda Jackson for Elizabeth Is Missing
Shaun Parkes turn in Small Axe and Lennie James in Save Me Too completes the nods for Actor (Male)
Billie Piper s dark comedy, Sky Atlantic drama I Hate Suzie has received two nominations for Drama Series and Writer (Drama) for Lucy Prebble
Michaela Coel and Daisy Edgar-Jones lead Royal Television Society nominations - The Number One magazine feat. news, reviews, movie trailers, cinema, DVDs, interviews + film & movie gossip UK & worldwide.
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RTS Program Award Nominees Unveiled
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The Royal Television Society has revealed the nominees for its RTS Programme Awards 2021, in partnership with Audio Network, with the BBC leading the pack with 40 nominations.
Up for best drama series are
Save Me Too (World Productions for Sky Atlantic),
I Hate Suzie (Bad Wolf for Sky Atlantic) and
In My Skin (Expectation for BBC Three and BBC One Wales).
Miniseries up for the award are
Adult Material (Fifty Fathoms for Channel 4),
Small Axe (Turbine Studios and Lammas Park for BBC One) and
I May Destroy You (Various Artists/FALKNA for BBC One).
Review of Charlie Brooker s end-of-year round-up for Netflix
It fast became a cliché to say that the spiralling dystopia of 2020 was like an out-of-control episode of Black Mirror. So it was probably inevitable that Charlie Brooker would be called upon to offer a satirical summary of the momentously awful 12 months, especially given his track record with the Wipe series for the BBC.
The result is a wry, often bleakly amusing look at the year, albeit without the astringent personal bite Brooker normally brings to his year-end round-ups.
Death To 2020 boasts an 18-strong writing team – providing welcome credits for a lot of up-and-coming but gig-starved British comedians – who have peened they’ve penned some spot-on jokes, from fire being described as ‘angry radicalised air’ to a caption describing Buckingham Palace as ‘as seen on the Netflix Original series The Crown’. But it feels like a writers’ room project, missing Brooker’s strong sense of distinctive auth