What are the nominees for the RTS East Programme Awards 2024?

The Royal Television Society East announces the nominees for the RTS East Programme Awards 2024, which celebrate television filmed or produced in the East of England in the last year. Across 14 competitive categories, 41 programmes have been nominated, recognising outstanding work in journalism, factual, scripted, short form, crafts, and promotional film.

ITV News Anglia leads the way with 6 nominations, including News Story of the Year for "Send SOS" and "Cost of Learning Crisis", On-Screen Personality for David Whiteley, and News Journalist of the Year for Rob Setchell.

Following closely is the BBC with 5 nominations, with Debbie Tubby and Nikki Fox competing for News Journalist of the Year and Janine Machin nominated for On-Screen Personality. Competing for On-Screen Personality is also Matt Baker, who is being recognised for his work on the series "Matt Baker's Travels in the Country: USA" and "Travels with Mum and Dad."

With 5 nominations, True Vision East’s productions are also featuring heavily in the awards. "Stacey Dooley: Ready for War?" secured three nominations for Craft Director, Editor, and Cinematographer, while "The Sixth Commandment" was nominated for Craft Cinematographer and Scripted – Single or Series.

New to this year’s ceremony are Awards for Short Form Digital, Games and VFX, and News Craft Talent. VineFX ("The Lazarus Project" Series 2) and Sketchbook Games ("Lost Words: Beyond the Page") go head-to-head in the Games and VFX category, while Eye Film, Meantime Media, and Louis James-Parker LTD compete for Short Form Digital.

In addition to Short Form Digital, Norwich's Eye Film is also nominated for Promotional Film and Factual – Specialist, competing in the latter category against DragonLight Pictures ("Six Inches of Soil") and Bohemia Films ("The Gold: The Inside Story"), who also secured a nomination in Factual – Documentary for "Being Kae Tempest."

Rachel Watson, Chair of RTS East, said: “We are so excited to announce the nominations for this year’s RTS East awards. There’s so much talent working in film and television in the East of England and we’re delighted that our expanded awards this year are able to showcase the very best in the industry across a range of genres. And it’s an honour to have Anglia Ruskin University on board as our major sponsor for the 2024 awards, as it’s such an important part of our own remit to encourage and support the next generation of award winners. We’re looking forward to celebrating at our awards ceremony in Cambridge on June 21st”.