“ Industry” scribe Matthew Barry is writing the feature-length drama, which is a co-commission with BBC Wales. Produced by Quay Street Productions and Boom, “Men Up” tells the story about a trial for the sex drug that took place in Wales in 1994. “ Doctor Who” showrunner Russell T Davies is set to exec produce a new BBC drama about the first trials for Viagra. The BBC’s “ Am I Being Unreasonable?” scored four nominations and the broadcaster’s hit “ The Traitors” is nominated in the entertainment category. The BBC leads with 40 nominations across the 30 categories, followed by Channel 4 with 20, ITV with 11 and Sky with 9. Ambika Mod (“ This Is Going to Hurt”), Saffron Hocking (“ Top Boy”) and Adelayo Adedayo (“ The Responder”) compete in the female category with Adeel Akhtar (“ Sherwood”), Stephen Walters (“Anne”) and Stephen Merchant (“ Four Lives”) in the male category. This year, the Rts has introduced two new performance categories – supporting actor male and supporting actor female. Billie Piper (“I Hate Suzie Too”), Kate Winslet (“I Am Ruth”) and Monica Dolan are nominated in the leading actor female category, while Kane Robinson (“ Top Boy”), Kit Connor (“ Heartstopper”) and Chaske Spencer (“ The English”) are contenders for leading actor male. The Royal Television Society ( Rts) has unveiled the nominees for this year’s Rts Programme Awards.

Long Shadows by Kate Sherwood