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Hidden Assets, Smother nominated for RTS Ireland Television Awards

Angeline Ball and Cathy Belton in RTÉ's Hidden Assets, which has been nominated for an RTS Award
Angeline Ball and Cathy Belton in RTÉ's Hidden Assets, which has been nominated for an RTS Award

RTÉ dramas Hidden Assets and Smother are among the nominees for the RTS Ireland Television Awards 2022.

Entertainment shows Ireland's Fittest Family, Last Singer Standing and Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week are also among this year's nominees.

In the Factual category, RTÉ Investigates - Who Am I? The story of Ireland's Illegal Adoptions, The Case I Can't Forget and The Killing of Fr. Niall Molloy have all been nominated.


RTÉ Kids nominated in several categories


The prestigious awards, which are chosen by peer jury members, recognise the best in Irish TV productions and international co-productions.

Last Singer Standing is nominated in the Entertainment category

This year's ceremony will be held in Dublin's RDS Concert Hall on Tuesday 12 April, with Blathnaid Treacy and Nuala Carey hosting the gala event.

Special guests Villagers and Oliver Callan, along with a range of small-screen stars, will gather to celebrate excellence in Irish television from the past year.

Limited tickets for the event are on sale now.

Take a look at the full list of nominations for the RTS Ireland Television Awards 2022 below.

DRAMA
Dalgliesh - New Pictures Ltd [Channel 5]
Hidden Assets - Saffron Moon [RTÉ]
Smother - Treasure Entertainment Ltd / BBC Studios [RTÉ]

ENTERTAINMENT
Bowie: Starman with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra [RTÉ]
Ireland's Fittest Family - Animo TV, Kite Entertainment Ltd [RTÉ]
Last Singer Standing – ShinAwiL [RTÉ]
Special Forces - Ultimate Hell Week - Motive Television [RTÉ]
The Deirdre O'Kane Show - Kite Entertainment Ltd [SKY]

FACTUAL SERIES
Misneach- Midas Productions [TG4]
Murder at the Cottage: The Search for Justice for Sophie - Hell’s Kitchen, Dare Films in association
with Sky Studios [SKY]
RTÉ Investigates - Who Am I? The story of Ireland's Illegal Adoptions [RTÉ]
The Case I Can't Forget - Rare Television Ireland Ltd and Green Inc Film and TV Ltd [RTÉ]
The Killing of Fr. Niall Molloy - Flawless Films [RTÉ]

FACTUAL SINGLE
Keelin Shanley: Faraway, Still Close - Scratch Films Ltd. [RTÉ]
Let the Rest of the World Go By - Angelo Films / Ponder [RTÉ]
Síle Seoige: Deireadh Tochta - TYRONE PRODUCTIONS [TG4]
The Irish Wedding - Atom Films [RTÉ]
Tomorrow Is Saturday - GMarsh TV Productions [RTÉ]

SPORT
17 Days in The Crucible - Proposition Films [Eir Sport]
Barney Curley: The Man Who Beat The Bookies - True Films [RTÉ, BBC Northern Ireland]
Finding Jack Charlton - Noah Media Group, Virgin Media, BBC [Virgin Media Television]
Horizon Tokyo - Brick Films [RTÉ]
Rachael Blackmore: A Grand Year - Fifty-Three Six [RTÉ]

NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS
Brexit, the protocol and the fallout 2021 [Sky]
Opening Another Year With COVID [Virgin Media Television]
RTÉ Investigates - Covid 19 The Third Wave [RTÉ]

ANIMATION
Adam Saves Christmas - Kavaleer Productions [RTÉ]
Bóin agus Beach - Paper Owl Films [RTÉ]
Dagda's Harp - Cardel Entertainment [RTÉ]

SPECIALIST FACTUAL
An Cuan - Oddboy Media [TG4]
Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland - Averner Films [RTÉ]
My Tribe - Mo Threibh - Mind the Gap Films [RTÉ]
Seán Ó Riada - Mo Sheanathair - Táin Media [TG4]
Voices of Ireland - Red Shoe [Sky]

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME
Critters TV - Turnip + Duck [RTÉ]
Mo Shaol, Do Shaol - Macalla Teo [TG4]
Na Debs - TicToc Drama - Fibin Media [TG4]
Nova Jones - Friends of Nova - JAM Media [BBC]
Royals Next Door - Ink and Light, Pikkukala Oy, Pikkukala ES & Walking the Dog [RTÉ]

FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Eating With The Enemy - Animo TV Productions LTD [Virgin Media Television]
Gogglebox Ireland - Kite Entertainment Ltd [Virgin Media Television]
Home of The Year – ShinAwiL [RTÉ]
Reeling in the Years 2010-2019 [RTÉ]
The 2 Johnnies Take on - Straywave Media Ltd [RTÉ]

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