The shortlist for this year’s TRIC Awards have been announced ahead of the awards event hosted by Roman Kemp later this month.
The event, on June 25th, is set to bring together stars from comedy, drama, entertainment, factual programming, news, radio and streaming content. There will also be a special live performance from Pixie Lott, as part of the live-streamed event.
A total of 18 awards will be presented on the day, including the Radio Personality Category which sees Sara Cox go up against Ken Bruce, Roman Kemp and Chris Moyles.
The Radio Show category shortlist has Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp, Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden, Ken Bruce, and The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show.
The News Presenter Category includes previous winners Nigel Farage and Eamonn Holmes shortlisted alongside Susanna Reid and Matt Chorley.
The Nominees
1/ DRAMA
Death in Paradise
Happy Valley
Kin
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
2/ ENTERTAINMENT
Gogglebox
Im A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
Race Across The World
Strictly Come Dancing
3/ GAME SHOW
1% Club
The Chase
Dragons Den
The Traitors
4/ FACTUAL
Martin Lewis Money Show Live
Mr Bates vs The Post Office – The Real Story
Planet Earth III
The Repair Shop
5/ LIVE EVENT
FIFA Women’s World Cup Final
Glastonbury: Elton John’s Farewell
The Coronation of TM The King and Queen Camilla
The Ashes Test Match Special – BBC Radio 5 Live
6/ FOOD
Gordon Gino and Fred: Viva Espana
The Great British Bake Off
MasterChef
Saturday Kitchen
7/ DAYTIME
A Place in the Sun
Escape to the Country
Homes Under the Hammer
Ken Bruce
8/ NEWS
BBC Breakfast
BBC News at Six
GB News Breakfast
Good Morning Britain
9/ NEWS PRESENTER
Eamonn Holmes
Matt Chorley
Nigel Farage
Susanna Reid
10/ PODCAST
Staying Relevant: Sam Thompson & Pete Wicks
That Peter Crouch Podcast
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The Rest is History
11/ INTERVIEW OF THE YEAR.
Alastair Stewart reveals his heartbreaking diagnosis to Camilla Tominey
Louis Theroux Interviews Dame Joan Colins
Ken Bruce interviews Noel Gallagher
Piers Morgan Uncensored: PM and the PM
12/ SOCIAL MEDIA BROADCAST
Amelia Dimoldenberg
Giovanna Fletcher
Joe Wicks
Sophie Hinchcliffe
13/ RADIO PERSONAILITY
Chris Moyles
Ken Bruce
Roman Kemp
Sara Cox
14/ RADIO SHOW
Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp
Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden
Ken Bruce
The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show
15/ TV PERSONALITY
Ant & Dec
Bradley Walsh
Martin Lewis
Piers Morgan
16/ SOAP ACTOR
David Neilson (Roy Cropper)
Derek Thompson (Charlie Fairhead)
Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle)
Maureen Lipman (Evelyn Plummer).
17/ SOAP OF THE YEAR
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale
The Archers.
18/ TRIC SPECIAL AWARD
This story first appeared on radiotoday.co.uk