Netflix hits Bridgerton and South Korean survival drama Squid Game lead the nominees at the 60th annual Rose d’Or Awards
Netflix hits Bridgerton and South Korean survival drama Squid Game are among the top nominees at this year’s 60th annual Rose d’Or Awards.
The streaming giant has once again produced some top quality awards fodder ahead of the ceremony, which will ‘recognise excellence in entertainment programming’.
Last month Sue Perkins was announced as the new host of the ceremony, which will take place virtually for the second time later this month.
Nominated: Netflix hits Bridgerton (pictured) and South Korean survival drama Squid Game are among the top nominees at this year’s 60th annual Rose d’Or Awards
The nominee shortlist was voted for by a jury of 150 broadcast execs and leading producers from some of the biggest series from the last 12 months.
Period drama hit Bridgerton is up for the drama prize alongside fellow Netflix triumph, Squid Game.
Meanwhile, HBO’s Mare Of Easttown – which starred Kate Winslet as a small town detective – is nominated in the same category alongside Channel 4 Aids drama It’s A Sin and Jimmy McGovern’s prison series Time.
Smashed it: The streaming giant has once again produced some top quality awards fodder ahead of the ceremony, which will ‘recognise excellence in entertainment programming’
Help, which featured Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham and followed their story at a residential home during the Covid pandemic, is also up for the drama prize.
The comedy nominees include the BBC’s Famalam, Netflix special Bo Burnham: Inside and Motherland, another BBC show.
Strictly Come Dancing is up for the studio entertainment award alongside America’s Got Talent, A League Of Their Own and The Masked Singer UK.
Host: Last month Sue Perkins was announced as the new host of the ceremony, which will take place virtually for the second time later this month
The reality and factual entertainment nominees include Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace, Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back, Love On The Spectrum and Married at First Sight.
The BBC’s medical drama Casualty is nominated in the soap or telenovela category. Mark Rowland, chair of the judges for the Rose d’Or Awards, said: ‘Despite the very considerable production challenges faced during the pandemic, we’ve seen an amazing breadth of subjects and creative treatments – with production standards higher than ever.
‘Congratulations to all the nominees on an amazing achievement.’
The Rose d’Or Awards will take place on November 29.
Impressed: Meanwhile, HBO’s Mare Of Easttown – which starred Kate Winslet as a small town detective – is nominated in the drama category (pictured)
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