War and Peace and The Night Manager have emerged as front runners in the nominations for the RTS Craft & Design Awards 2016, which celebrate behind the scenes talent in production.
BBC Sunday night dramas The Night Manager and War and Peace received four nominations each.
They will battle it out in the Effects – Special category against Doctor Who Series 9, while The Night Manager is also nominated in the Costume Design, Make Up Design – Drama, and Music – Original Title.
War and Peace’s remaining nominations are in the Photography – Drama & Comedy, Picture Enhancement, and Production Design – Drama categories.
Channel 4 series Flowers picks up three nominations – for Editing – Entertainment and Comedy, for Music – Original Score, and for Production Design – Drama.
In the newly extended Director categories, John Alexander (One Child), Bruce Goodison (Murdered by My Father) and Craig Viveiros (And Then There Were None) will compete for the Director – Drama prize.
Jack Clough (People Just Do Nothing), Rob and Neil Gibbons (Alan Partridge: Scissored Isle) and Richard Laxton (Mum) are nominated for Director – Comedy Drama/Situation Comedy.
James Bluemel (Exodus: Our Journey to Europe), Huw Cordey (The Hunt: The Hardest Challenge) and Clare Johns (Life and Deaf) will fight it out in the Director – Documentary/Factual & Non Drama category.
The RTS Craft & Design Awards In Partnership With Blackmagic Design are chaired by Cheryl Taylor, Controller of CBBC.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony, hosted by Sandi Toksvig, on Monday 28 November 2016 at the London Hilton, Park Lane.
Nominations in full
Costume Design – Drama
Phoebe de Gaye The Living and the Dead Monastic Productions for BBC One
Fotini Dimou The Dresser Playground Television UK/Sonia Friedman Productions/Altus Productions/Prescience for BBC Two
Signe Sejlund The Night Manager The Ink Factory, Demarest Films, Character 7, Producciones Fortaleza AIE, BBC and AMC for BBC One
Costume Design – Entertainment & Non Drama
Claire Finlay-Thompson Hunderby Baby Cow Productions for Sky Atlantic
Heather MacVean The Keith Lemon Sketch Show Talkback (part of FremantleMedia UK) for ITV2
Lucy Williams Murder In Successville Tiger Aspect for BBC Three
Design – Programme Content Sequences
Simon Baker, Diana Elkins & Tamsin Herbert Formula 1 British Grand Prix Evoke Films for Channel 4
Made in Colour Newsround: China – The Left-Behind Children Made in Colour for CBBC
Made in Colour Newsround: The Battle of the Somme Made in Colour for CBBC
Design – Titles
Ron Chakraborty, Jonathan Bramley, BBC Sport Marketing Team & RKCR/Y&R 2016 Rio Olympics BBC Sport, RKCR/Y&R, AAO @Passion Pictures, Jamie N Commons, Native Music & Jungle for BBC
Miki Kato & Momoco The Last Panthers Warp Films for Sky Atlantic
Alex Maclean The Durrells Sid Gentle Films/Masterpiece for ITV
Design – Trails & Packaging
Ron Chakraborty, Jonathan Bramley, BBC Sport Marketing Team & RKCR/Y&R 2016 Rio Olympics BBC Sport, RKCR / Y&R, AAO @Passion Pictures, Jamie N Commons, Native Music & Jungle for BBC
Lambie-Nairn Channel identity for Olympic Channel Lambie-Nairn for Olympic Channel
Shaun Qureshi The Rack Pack Zeppotron for BBC iPlayer
Director – Comedy Drama/Situation Comedy
Jack Clough People Just Do Nothing Roughcut TV for BBC Three
Rob and Neil Gibbons Alan Partridge: Scissored Isle Baby Cow Productions for Sky Atlantic
Richard Laxton Mum Big Talk Productions in association with The Money Men for BBC Two
Director – Documentary/Factual & Non Drama
James Bluemel Exodus: Our Journey to Europe KEO Films for BBC Two
Huw Cordey The Hunt: The Hardest Challenge Silverback Films, co-produced with the BBC, BBC Worldwide, BBC America, The Open University, CCTV9, NDR Naturfilm for BBC One
Clare Johns Life and Deaf CTVC/Flashing Lights for BBC Four
Director – Drama
John Alexander One Child BBC Drama Productions/Sundance TV for BBC Two
Bruce Goodison Murdered by My Father BBC Studios for BBC Three
Craig Viveiros And Then There Were None Mammoth Screen/Agatha Christie Productions/Lifetime for BBC One
Editing – Documentary/Factual
Alex Elkins Handmade by Royal Appointment: Steinway & Sons BBC Arts for BBC Four
Gwyn Jones The Prosecutors: Real Crime and Punishment Gold Star Productions, Open University for BBC Four
Simon Sykes, Nick Fenton & Sunshine Jackson Exodus: Our Journey to Europe KEO Films for BBC Two
Editing – Drama
Adam Biskupski Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories Sid Gentle Films for Sky Arts
Tom Hemmings Doctor Foster Drama Republic for BBC One
Katie Weiland The Tunnel: Sabotage Kudos and Shine France for Sky Atlantic and Canal +
Editing – Entertainment and Comedy
Gary Dollner ACE Fleabag Two Brothers Pictures for BBC Three
Selina MacArthur Flowers Kudos for Channel 4 in association with Seeso
Ben Yeates The Rack Pack Zeppotron for BBC iPlayer
Editing – Sport
Dave Horwell and the Editing Team Ski Sunday 2016 BBC Sport for BBC
Nicholas Perry, John Nicholson & Simon Livingstone & BBC Sport Production Team Olympics 2016 (Opening Ceremony Opener) BBC Sport & Karma for BBC
Whisper Films & Channel 4 & Matt Loughlin Channel Formula 1 – Monaco Grand Prix Opener Whisper Films & Channel 4
Effects – Digital
BDH Digital Effects Team Countdown To Life: The Extraordinary Making Of You BBC Studios/Science/London for BBC Two
Lola Post Production A Midsummer Night’s Dream BBC Wales for BBC One
Milk Visual Effects Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands ITV Studios for ITV
Effects – Special
Pau Costa Moeller The Night Manager The Ink Factory, Demarest Films, Character 7, Producciones Fortaleza AIE, BBC and AMC for BBC One
Jens Doeldissen & Darius Cicenas @ Film Effects War and Peace BBC Cymru Wales in association with TWC & LookoutPoint for BBC One
Real SFX & Millennium FX Doctor Who Series 9 BBC Wales for BBC One
Lighting for Multicamera
Martin Kempton Upstart Crow BBC Comedy for BBC Two
Gurdip Mahal, Ross Williams & Rob Bradley The Voice 2016 Series 5 Wall to Wall for BBC One
The Lighting Team Coronation Street Live ITV Studios for ITV
Make Up Design – Drama
Claire Pritchard Jones & Neill Gorton A Midsummer Night’s Dream BBC Wales for BBC One
Jenny Shircore The Dresser Playground Television UK/Sonia Friedman Productions/Altus Productions/Prescience for BBC Two
Jenna Wrage The Night Manager The Ink Factory, Demarest Films, Character 7, Producciones Fortaleza AIE, BBC and AMC for BBC One
Make Up Design – Entertainment & Non Drama
Neill Gorton & Vanessa White Catherine Tate’s Nana Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One
Emma Leon & Reza Karim The Keith Lemon Sketch Show Talkback (part of FremantleMedia UK) for ITV2
Vanessa White, Floris Schuller & Neill Gorton Tracey Ullman’s Show BBC Comedy & Allan McKeown Presents for BBC One
Multicamera Work
Camera Team & Nikki Parsons Strictly Come Dancing – Series 13 BBC Studios for BBC One
Coky Giedroyc & Richard Valentine The Sound of Music Live! ITV Studios -Entertainment for ITV
The Camera Team Coronation Street Live ITV Studios for ITV
Multicamera Work – Sport
Pete Andrews & Centre Court Camera Crew Wimbledon 2016: The Men’s Final BBC Sport/Visions OB for BBC
Andrew Clement, Joe Noonan, Richard Lancaster & Glen Woodcock FA Cup 2015-16: First Round – Salford City v Notts County BBC Sport & Arena for BBC
Jim Storey The Open IMG for Sky and the World Feed
Music – Original Score
Edmund Butt From Darkness BBC Productions for BBC One
Edmund Jolliffe Elizabeth at 90 – A Family Tribute Crux Productions for BBC One
Arthur Sharpe Flowers Kudos for Channel 4 in association with Seeso
Music – Original Title
Edmund Butt & Tim Rice From Darkness BBC Productions for BBC One
Victor Reyes The Night Manager The Ink Factory, Demarest Films, Character 7, Producciones Fortaleza AIE, BBC and AMC for BBC One
The Insects The Living and the Dead BBC Cymru Wales for BBC One
Photography – Documentary/Factual & Non Drama
Peter Beard My Son the Jihadi True Vision Productions for Channel 4
Camera Team New Zealand: Earth’s Mythical Islands A BBC Studios/NDR Naturfilm/National Geographic Channels Co-production for BBC Two
Morag Tinto imagine. . . Antony Gormley: Being Human BBC Studios for BBC One
Photography – Drama & Comedy
Stuart Biddlecombe Hinterland Fiction Factory for S4C/BBC Wales/All3Media International
Tony Miller BSC Fleabag Two Brothers Pictures for BBC Three
George Steel War and Peace BBC Cymru Wales in association with TWC & LookoutPoint for BBC One
Picture Enhancement
Ross Baker Doctor Thorne Hat Trick Productions for ITV
Simone Grattarola War and Peace BBC Worldwide/BBC Cymru Wales/The Weinstein Company/Lookout Point for BBC One
Kevin Horsewood A Midsummer Night’s Dream BBC Wales for BBC One
Production Design – Drama
Luana Hanson Flowers Kudos for Channel 4 in association with Seeso
Stevie Herbert The Durrells Sid Gentle Films/Masterpiece for ITV
Chris Roope War and Peace BBC Cymru Wales in association with TWC & Lookout Point for BBC One
Production Design – Entertainment & Non Drama
Antony Cartlidge Murder In Successville Tiger Aspect for BBC Three
Patrick Doherty Strictly Come Dancing – Series 13 BBC Studios for BBC One
Peter Gordon Time Crashers A Wall to Wall Media and GroupM Entertainment Production for Channel 4
Sound – Drama
James Bain, Howard Bargroff, Pete Gates & Steve Browell Marcella Buccaneer Media for ITV
Simon Bysshe, Nigel Squibbs, Jamie Caple & Jeremy Price The Tunnel: Sabotage Kudos and Shine France for Sky Atlantic and Canal +
Billy Quinn, Martin Jenson, Duncan Price & Alex Ellerington River Kudos for BBC One
Sound – Entertainment & Non Drama
Matt Coster, Harry Hills, Pete Howell & Ben Wood Life in the Air BBC NHU for BBC One
Greg Gettens, James Evans & Gregor Lyon Charlie Hebdo: 3 Days That Shook Paris Films Of Record for More4
Tony Revell Strictly Come Dancing – Series 13 BBC Studios for BBC One
Design & Craft Innovation
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Judges’ Award
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Lifetime Achievement Award
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