Story Of The Twos up for three gongs

Harry and Paul's Story of the Twos has been nominated for three Royal Television Society awards.

But the pair have been divided in the comedy performance category, where Harry Enfield has been nominated – but Paul Whitehouse hasn’t.

In contrast, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton share a performance nomination for Inside No. 9.

Story of the Twos is also up for best scripted comedy, while Whitehouse, Enfield and Charlie Higson are nominated in the comedy writing category.

The key comedy nominations are:

Best comedy performance
Harry Enfield for Harry and Paul's Story of the Twos
Sarah Hadland for The Job Lot
Reece Shearsmith & Steve Pemberton for Inside No. 9

Scripted comedy
Harry and Paul's Story of the Twos
Him & Her: The Wedding
Moone Boy

Best comedy writing
Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson for Harry and Paul's Story of the Two
Jessica Knappett for Drifters
Sam Leifer, Tom Basden for Plebs

Entertainment

 A League Of Their Own
Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

The Graham Norton Show

Entertainment performance
Keith Lemon for Celebrity Juice
Graham Norton for The Graham Norton Show
Claudia Winkleman for Strictly Come Dancing

Billy Connolly has also been nominated for best presenter for his ITV show about death, Billy Connolly's Big Send Off. He’s up against Grayson Perry for Who Are You? and Dr Lucy Worsley for The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on March 17 in London.

Published: 25 Feb 2015