Rose D’Or Awards 2019: nominees

ABC factual Employable Me has been nominated for a prestigious Rose D’Or Award.

The Northern Pictures-produced series has been nominated in the Reality and Factual Entertainment category against titles including 63Up and The Repair Shop.

Employable Me is the only Australian TV show nominated this year, however Eureka’s Holey Moley is nominated in the Studio Entertainment category alongside The Last Leg and Michael McIntyre’s Big Show. Seven recently announced a version for 2020.

Josie Mason-Campbell, ABC Head of Entertainment & Factual, said: “Employable Mehas connected deeply with our audience and has been duly celebrated in Australia and internationally. The Rose d’Or nomination is further recognition of the brilliant team at Northern Pictures, who treated this important subject with authenticity, care and humour. The ABC is proud to share such diverse and distinctive stories that bring about meaningful change in how we see the world and each other.”

Cian O’Clery, series Director, said: “We’re delighted Employable Meseries two has been nomination for a Rose d’Or Award. It’s an honour for the Northern Pictures team to stand side by side with some of the world’s leading factual producers. Both series of Employable Me have struck a chord with audiences and critics alike and that’s thanks to the wonderful participants who generously collaborated with us to share their stories and to the ABC for their commitment to making meaningful television.”

Also nominated are Chernobyl, Years and Years, Killing Eve, Plebs, After Life, Succession, Escape at Dannemora and This Time With Alan Partridge.

The awards hosted by Lenny Henry, will take place in London on Sunday 1st December.

Drama
Killing Eve – Endeavor Content / Sid Gentle Films Ltd / BBC / BBC One / UK
Escape at Dannemora – SHOWTIME, Red Hour Productions, BUSYHANDS, The White Mountain Company, Michael De Luca Productions, BZ Entertainment / SHOWTIME / CBS Studios International / USA
Succession – Gary Sanchez Productions, Project Zeus / HBO / Sky Atlantic / USA
Chernobyl – Sky Atlantic, HBO / Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games / Sky / UK
Years and Years – Red Production Company / StudioCanal / HBO / BBC One / UK
8 Days: To The Moon and Back – BBC Studios – The Science Unit / BBC Studios / BBC2 / UK

Comedy Drama and Sitcom
Sex Education – Eleven Film for Netflix / Netflix / UK
Plebs – Rise Films / Acorn Media & DRG / ITV2 / UK
The Bisexual – Hootenanny Pictures (Bi) Limited, a Sister Pictures Company / All3Media / UK
Arde Madrid – Movistar+ / Beta Film / Spain
Derry Girls Series 2 – Hat Trick Productions Ltd / Channel 4 / Hat Trick International / UK
After Life – Derek Productions for Netflix / Netflix / USA

Comedy
Shabas – Eight productions LTD / Kan 11 / Ido Rosental / Doron Tzur / Israel
Famalam – BBC Studios / BBC Three / UK
Baroness Von Sketch Show – Frantic Films / Banijay Rights / CBC / Canada
Couples Therapy – Seefood TV AS / Magnify Media / NRK / Norway
This Time With Alan Partridge – Baby Cow Productions / BBC Worldwide / UK
Kroymann – btf GmbH / SWR, NDR, Radio Bremen / Das Erste / Germany

Reality and Factual Entertainment
Blackout – SVT / SVT1 / Sweden
63Up – MultiStory Media / ITV / GE / UK
The Repair Shop – Ricochet Ltd. / Warner Bros. / BBC2 / UK.Netherlands / France
Our Dementia Choir with Vicky McClure – Curve Media / BBC Studios / BBC One / UK
The Circle – Motion Content Group / all3media international / Channel 4 / UK
Employable Me – Northern Pictures / All3Media / Australian Broadcasting Corporation / Australia

Arts
David Bowie: Finding Fame – BBC Studios / SHOWTIME / UK
Instant Dreams – Pieter van Huystee film & TV / Cinema Delicatessen / NTR / Netherlands
Dance or Die – Witfilm / Dutch Core / NTR / Netherlands
Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know Me – Storyvault Films; Wasted Talent; Tempo Productions / Kew Media / Sky Arts / Showtime / UK
She Composes Like a Man – Peiling / SVT 1 / Sweden
The Greenaway Alphabet – Beeld TV / Wide House / NTR / Netherland

Studio Entertainment
Dance Revolution – Quebecor Content & Fair-Play / Armoza Formats / Canada
The Last Leg – Open Mike Productions / BBC Studios / Channel 4 / UK
Holey Moley – Eureka Productions / ABC / USA
Michael McIntyre’s Big Show – Hungry McBear / BBC One / UK
Songland – United Television Alternative Studios / NBC / USA
Let’s Keep It Between Us – 17 Juin / Newen Distribution / France 2 / France

Children and Youth
Guilty – DR / DR Ultra / Denmark
Katy – BBC Children’s In-House Productions for CBBC / CBBC / UK
Hi Mum, Bye Dad (Van vader naar moeder) – NTR / SKY HIGH / NPO ZAPP / Netherlands
ZombieLars – Tordenfilm / Global Screen / NRK Super / Norway
Jenny 2 – My recovery – Productions Avenida / Attraction Distribution / Unis TV / Canada
Nighthawks – De Mensen / The New Flemish Primitves / VRT (Ketnet) /  Belgium

Soap or Telenovela
Vidas Opostas (aka “Tangled Lives”) – SP Televisão / SIC – Sociedade Independente de Comunicação / Portugal
30SOMETHINGS – Warner Bros. ITVP / Een / Belgium
Orphans of a Nation – Globo / Brazil
BBC Casualty – BBC Studios / BBC One / UK
EastEnders – BBC Studios / BBC One / UK
Topíssima – Casablanca Estudios / Record TV / Brazil

Social Media Video Series
InstaLove – Eyeworks Film & TV Drama / Instagram / één / MNM / Belgium
Carpool Karaoke – CBS Television Studios / Fulwell 73 Productions / CBS Television Studio / Apple TV / USA
SWIPE – VERTOV / KRO-NCRV  /  NPO 3 / Netherlands
The Dead Girls Detective Agency – Keshet Digital Studios / Insurrection Media / Indigo Development and Entertainment Arts / Snapchat / USA
SKAM Austin – XIX Entertainment / Facebook Watch / USA
Ballybeg Post Office – Little Dot Studios / UK

Source: Buzz